1Human Lie Detector Sarah Hall meets the human lie detector. Steven van Aperen can detect whether someone is telling the truth or telling lies and he is in hot demand by police all round the world. So Sarah puts him to the test.

2A hospital has apologised to a West Coast woman who suffered horrific burns when near-boiling water burst inside her during a procedure. Ms Partridge had gone in for a thermal ablation, a procedure carried out thousands of times in New Zealand without incident. Something went wrong and she was scalded with 86degC water, internally and externally. She received no immediate first aid, and her internal injuries were not discovered for five days. But their anger is as much about the way they have been treated since. They have been accused of mounting a witch hunt against the specialist who carried out the procedure.

3Samantha Hayes attends Barkley Manor, an Auckland private school for dogs. Barkley's pampered pupils have their own school caps, report cards and state-of-the-art facilities. And their owners spend thousands of dollars a year for the privilege.

4Update on last week's programme "The Vote" which was centred around the debate over decriminalisation of cannabis.