1Second Class Citizens With the lure of higher wages and a warmer climate across the ditch, Kiwis have, for decades, made the exodus to what was well known as the ‘Land of Plenty’ Australia. But 12 years on since a radical change to the Australian Social Security Act, there is now a mood change among expats. That's because the act outlaws only Kiwis to entitlements that are available to all other taxpayers regardless of nationality. And it's the lack of entitlements that have forced many New Zealanders into desperate situations. The latest incident of the New Zealand-born but Australian-proud Oscar winning actor Russell Crowe, being rejected an Australian citizenship is a direct result of this Act. And it's happening to many more kiwis. Billie Jo Hohepa-Ropiha crossed the Tasman to investigate and find the Māori woman who's spearheading the one-mission campaign to get the discriminatory law overturned.
2Interview with former Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Phil Goff about the previous item regarding the treatment of ex-pat New Zealanders living in Australia as second class citizens.
3Evicted Eighty-three year old kuia, Norma Whaanga, is being evicted from her home on Māori land belonging to her late husband's family. The news has caused an uproar in the tiny east coast settlement of Mahia. For the past 19 years Norma has battled through Māori Land Court proceedings to try and remain on the land that's been her home for over 4 decades. Norma's step-sister in-law Nyron Ransfield, who's the Chairperson of The Whaanga Family Trust, describes the situation as a squatter living on their land.
4Interview with the new President of the Maori Party, Naida Glavish.
5A Bubbly Business Scientists say that having a hobby or a sport makes you a happier individual. But when you are a solo mother living in rural Northland, there are not many choices around. But Deseree Hudson has managed both. She has found a hobby that is clean and fun, and a sport that is downright dirty and rough, and it has given her a new lease on life.