1The Advantage New Zealand 2013 Petroleum Conference starts in Auckland today and aims to showcase New Zealand as a potential destination for investment. However it is bound to raise some concerns. Interview with the Chief Executive of New Zealand Oil and Gas.

2Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stands accused of using chemical weapons against his own people. Will this be a game changer for Syria as far as the rest of the world is concerned?

3Police in Hollywood are dealing with a series of celebrity pranks, which have seen numerous actors visited by SWAT teams due to bogus emergency calls.

4Aucklanders are being asked to dig into their own pockets to fund a multi-billion shortfall in the funding for the city's major transport projects.

5Analysis of the latest business and financial news including the easing of world share markets after the United States released its latest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figure.

6The estimated cost of rebuilding Christchurch has blown out by around $10 billion. Interview with Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker.

7New Zealand is siding with Sri Lanka in a bitter diplomatic dispute over the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting which is planned to be held in Colombo, despite protests over Sri Lanka's human rights record.

8The estimated cost of rebuilding Christchurch has blown out by around $10 billion. Interview with former Reserve Bank Governor and former National Party Leader Don Brash about this and other current political issues

9It has been ten years since iTunes was introduced and in that decade it has sold over 25 billion songs and revolutionised how people buy music. A look at the highs and lows of iTunes.

10The full scale of the devastation caused in China's Sichuan Province by an earthquake a week ago is beginning to become clear.