1Waikato farmers have asked the Government to declare the region an official drought zone.

2The New Zealand wine industry is making a big push to market New Zealand wines to The Netherlands, Sweden and Germany.

3Interview with Auckland Mayor Len Brown about: Auckland's housing market; entertainment and cultural facilities; extremely dry summer conditions.

4Government spending cuts totaling US$85 billion are about to come into effect in the United States but Wall Street continues to rise. On the local front, there is speculation that Rupert Murdoch' Newscorp is about to sell its stake in Sky television.

5Interview with the Christchurch couple who have established a legal test case by legally challenging their insurance company (Tower Insurance) over the controversial Red Zone decision to repair rather than rebuild their home.

6Analysis of the latest 3 News Reid Research poll which shows that, if an election were held tomorrow, National could govern alone.

7Despite patchy showers of rain across the North Island over the weekend, there was no relief for parched farms after the driest February in forty years. Interview with NIWA Senior Climate Scientist Georgina Griffiths.

8New Zealand fair trade importer Trade Aid celebrated its 40th anniversary at a kite day in Auckland yesterday. Interview with one of Trade Aid's co-founders.

9More than 70,000 visitors attended the four-day Mobile World Congress in Barcelona where the latest smartphone products and services were launched.