1The Auckland Council wants its unitary plan finished and notified by the end of September 2013. It is a plan that will set the rules for major changes designed to turn sprawling Auckland into a more intensely populated, compact city over the next ten years. However, Aucklanders who care have only ten weeks to respond to the draft plan. The Council itself is split over the rapidity of the process. How are the planners responding to the pressure being put on them to slow the process down? Interview with Chief Planning Officer at the Auckland Council, Roger Blakeley.

2The proposal to reduce all savings accounts in Cypriot banks by up to 20% has set alarm bells ringing in other nations. Could a similar situation occur in New Zealand should the banks find themselves in dire straits? Interview with banking and finance expert David Mays about what has been termed the 'Cyprus Haircut' and how we can avoid something similar happening in New Zealand.