1British Chancellor George Osborne has presented his twice yearly Budget statement, extending austerity measures until 2018.

2NATO has approved Turkey's request to station several patriot anti-missile batteries along its border with Syria. There are fears that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad could resort to using chemical weapons against his people. Analysis.

3Politics: including; MP Brendan Horan kicked out of the New Zealand First Party following allegations he stole money from his late mother's bank account; Horan denies any wrongdoing and says he will not be resigning from Parliament; Prime Minister John Key angry in Parliament while being questioned about his commitment to recovering the bodies of the 29 Pike River miners; Key's preferred Prime Minister rating declining steadily.

4Analysis of the latest business and financial news.

5Interview with the Opposition Leader about: 50,000 people having left for Australia to find work; Labour rising in the polls.

6The New Zealand Youth Delegation to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Doha are concerned that talks are not progressing as fast as they need to. Meanwhile, the PowerShift NZ-Pacific 2012 youth climate summit is about to get underway in Auckland.