Network News broadcast.
Student debt has topped $7 billion. One Wairarapa man has a student debt so high that the Inland Revenue don't think he will ever pay off.Ben Patterson (Helicopter Pilot); Fleur Fitzsimons (NZ University Students' Association); Steve Maharey (Associate Education Minister).
Numbers on the hikoi protesting the Government's seabed and foreshore legislation more than halved today. Voxpop; James Papali'I (Manukau City Council).
Taxpayers are to pay millions of dollars to fast-track operations in a bid to get sickness and invalid beneficiaries back to work. Mikaele Fauea (Sickness Beneficiary); Steve Maharey (Social Services Minister); Muriel Newman (Act MP); Ray Smith (Work and Income).
A three day State funeral for former Fijian PM and President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara has begun in Suva. Filip Baba (Warrior Guard); Y P Reddy (Mourner).
US troops are engaged in a fierce battle in the Iraqi town of Fallujah tonight. Colin Powell (US Secretary of State).
The Libyan leader has used a landmark visit to Europe to call for peace and forgiveness.
The South African President's swearing in for a second term as President coincided with Freedom Day, celebrating ten years of democracy. Thabo Mbeki (South African President); Thandi Davis (Communications Executive).
Interest rate rises may be only days away due to the falling dollar. David Drage (ANZ Chief Economist); Brendan O'Donovan (Westpac Chief Economist); Julie Galyer (Wainui Joinery).