1This month, Aucklanders have been told they have only two options for bridging the gap between available funding and the implementation of the crucial transport plan to keep the region moving over the next thirty years - increased rates and fuel taxes; or road tolls supplemented by small rate/fuel tax increases. Interview with the Chair of the Auckland Transport Consensus Building Group about the Transport Minister's wholesale dismissal of their recommendations.
2Interview with former Maori Party Co-Leader Pita Sharples about life after leadership and his impending retirement from politics in 2014.