1Raste Khan - a man who took part in the drug trial that led to a New Zealander and five others to suffer massive organ failure - has said that it was a living hell to watch the others deteriorate. Khan had been given the placebo instead of the actual drug.

2Update on the children of a small rural NZ school who travelled to Marseilles as part of an exchange programme last year. They have recently hosted 12 children from Marseilles.

3Book Club: Interview with author Vikram Seth about his latest book "Two Lives".

4A poll will be run with the question: Which do you think is the most racist city in NZ?

5Interview with a member of the NZ Men's Bedminton Team live from the Melbourne Commonwealth Games.