The Week In Review

A review of the week's news including... Government lawyers ask the High Court to order the Institution of Professional Engineers to resume its investigation into the civil engineer responsible for… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including... The mother of one of the 29 who died in the Pike River Mine is flawed by the announcement that that the mine entry aims to recover bodies, industrial action is… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including... A woman is missing on the West Coast and a bridge approach at Arthur's Pass has been washed after heavy rain deluged the region, the Immigration Minister… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including... the case of convicted drug smuggler Karel Sroubek, the sole survivor of a massive avalanche describes clawing her way out from under the wave of snow and ice… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including... new strike action announced by teachers, support for the National party and it's leader falling in the latest political poll, one of the country's worst child… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including... National's leader apologises profusely following the release of a six-and-a-half minute phone recording, Dame Jenny Shipley concedes the board of failed… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including... no immediate reprieve for motorists from eye-watering fuel prices even as the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern admits New Zealanders are being fleeced, the greens… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including... The GCSB says New Zealand hasn't been targeted by Russian cyber attacks but a security analyst doesn't agree, NZ First is one step closer to campaigning on a… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including... the Prime Minister uses her first speech to UN General Assembly to challenge Donald Trump's world view and appears on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, more… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including... people suffering seizures and heart attacks admitted to hospital after smoking synthetic drugs, Massey University's Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor is disappointed… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including... the one hundred thousand dollar payout for the job Derek Handley got, and then lost, the Cancer Society's medical director is frustrated by the human cost of… Read more Audio

A review of the week's news including... Clare Curran resigns as a minister after a bumbling stint in Government, three prison guards are acquitted of charges relating to an attack on a prisoner… Read more Audio