1A group of Auckland principals say education underfunding is so dire that many schools may soon start slipping backwards and they are refusing to support the Government's Schools Plus programme which would see all students in some sort of education until they are 18. Now the Primary Schools are joining forces with the secondary schools in demanding additional funding.
2A visiting British criminologist says NZ is too soft on crime. Interview.
3Interview with the PM about: Government petrol price probe; schools' rebellion; arming police.