1With Love From New Zealand Christchurch businessman Phil Cooper travels to the Philippines with an ambitious project in his mind. He wants to send a message of love and support from New Zealand to say thanks for all the help Filipinos have given to Christchurch. Paula Penfold visited one of the areas of the Philippines worst hit by Typhoon Haiyan to find out if Mr Cooper can pull off his idea and deliver his Christmas present.

2It's a race against time for one New Zealand family trying to get their severely disabled son Phoenix Suttie a shot at a normal life.

3Updates on some of the big stories featured on 3rd Degree during 2013: including; wheel-clamper Daniel Clout clamping cars in New Plymouth; the case for convicted murderer Teina Pora's innocence; New Zealand's biggest individual fraudster David Ross; suggestions of new evidence in the Bain family murders; investigation into the greyhound racing industry; appalling number of deaths in the forestry industry; brave survivor of a dowry dispute; sexual abuse claims against a visiting swami; the eviction of the Gray family from their farm in Taranaki; castaway Ryan Blair's escape from a massive crocodile; Pete Bethune's team of eco-warriors; mining iron sands off the seabed; New Zealander Vernon Gardner imprisoned in the Philippines over a very small debt; Andrew McClaren surviving a terrorist attack in a Kenyan shopping mall; Lorde's overnight fame; Stan Walker meets life-long idol Beyonce; Stephen Adams rise to fame in the Oklahoma City Thunder basketball team; South African heavyweight boxer Francois Botha's loss to New Zealander Joseph Parker; mixed martial arts fighter Gentiane Lupi; castle-building in Oamaru; double amputee Liam Malone's rise in the athletics world.