Parliament's Privileges Committee has taken its first step this afternoon in considering the future of newly independent MP Alamein Kopu. The Speaker referred the matter to the committe after the Alliance claims that Ms Kopu effectively resigned from parliament when she resigned from the Alliance. LIVE Q&A WITH STEPHEN PARKER
To Florida now and a possible breakthrough in the hunt for the killer of Italian designer Gianni Versace. Following a police seige of a houseboat near Miami, a body's been found inside. LIVER WITH RICHARD ARNOLD
The Ngati Tama Iwi has lodged a claim with the Waitangi Tribunal for an area that includes the land under Parlament Buildings and the Beehive. Ngati Tama claim the land had been the site of the Raurimu Pa and was stolen last century. LIVER WITH TUFFY CHURTON FROM NGATI TAMA TRUST
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[illegible] plight of Tracey, a woman with bi-polar disease, deaf, suffering from malnutrition and living rough on the streets of Hamilton has raised the issue [illegible] again of the difficulty of getting help for the mentally ill. Today, police charged her with disorderly behaviour so she could enter the system and be asessed. LIVER WITH MOTHER JANIE
New Zealand's most famous sailor has been caught in the middle of a father and son dispute stretching beyond the grave. Sir Peter Blake's appointment to succeed the late oceanographer, Jacques Cousteau, has been criticised by Cousteau's son, Jean-Michel as ridiculous and a useless media event. EX HIRST
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At the High Court in Auckland, Northland judge Martin Beattie's been in the witness box as his trial continues on 45 charges of expenses fraud. LIVE Q&A WITH GLENDA WAKEHAM
There's concern mental health patients are "stuck" in Auckland Hospital's Conolly unit because of a lack of suitable accomodation in the community. EX OWEN
This year's South Pacific Forum is due to meet in less than two months in [illegible] - but the Cook Islands opposition is calling for the meeting to be moved to another country amid reports the venue may not be ready in time. EX [illegible]
This morning a Fielding farmer, John Bolton Riley, set out on the worlds first solo trip across the Tasman in a Microlight aeroplane. LIVER WITH ORGANISER BILL PENMAN
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Pressure is mounting on New Zealand to lodge a claim for ownership of the country's continental shelf. The Royal New Zealand Navy's Hydrographic Officer Iain Lamont warns that if a claim isnt lodged, the mineral-rich shelf will be swooped on by other countries, eager to exploit it. LIVER WITH IAM LAMONT
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NASA engineers are taking steps to preserve good communications with the Mars Pathfinder after losing contact with the spacecraft earlier this week. LIVER WITH DR BOB ANDERSON IN PASADENA