1Hard Pill to Swallow Herbal remedies. One Auckland woman believes they were the difference between living and dying. Others say they are a vital part of pain relief. Now the government wants to follow Australia's lead and introduce a law that many think will seriously limit our ability to buy them. What will it mean? Should we be worried? Is this a government overreaction?

2Free to Speak Seventeen-year-old Rebecca Glass is an intelligent, attractive, vibrant young woman who suffers from one of the great medical mysteries with no known cure. Like hundreds of millions of people around the world Rebecca stutters in her speech - but now doctors have finally come up with a simple solution that gives hope to people like Rebecca.

3The Good Life They made a television series about it but now one New Zealand woman is doing it for real; living off the land literally courtesy of her inner city veggie garden. Linda Hallinan believes she's living proof it can be done without too much cost or sacrifice - and her message is: it's better for you and the planet.

4Update on a 2005 story about Tony Ashton who received a serious brain injury during a basketball game. Plus, update on the story two years ago of Chad Buckle, who committed suicide while in the care of Wellington Hospital's Mental Health Unit. Update, also on the story of Liam Ashley, who was murdered in the back of a prison van and the death of Folole Muliaga last week after mercury Energy cut her power off.