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Opens with the 9:00 news and the weather read by Warwick Burke.
Sunday edition features an interview with Professor of Demography at Waikato University, Ian Paul who provides New Zealand demographics and population statistics in relation to 'The Baby Boomers' and 'The Baby Blippers', planning and human resources; Bruce Hill reporting from the Solomon Islands where an increase in Bouganvilleans (war refugees) have fled the 8 ½-9 year civil war to get medical treatment, the Solomon Islands' government cannot sustain the hospital costs.
Focus on politics: Winston Peters on his first coalition government budget, he's looking for a 'fair-go' response from the public.
10:00 news and weather read by Warwick Burke.
Artsweek: Paul Bushnell talks to mezzo soprano Sarah Walker about master classes and composers Jason Kamisnski and Phillip Brownlee; music from Jesse Cook.
Bookmarks: C.K. Stead reads poems from his recently published, 'Straw into Gold : poems new and selected'
Jazz music track from Phil Evans
Film Show: Jonathan Dennis reviews Mike Leigh's new feature film (with mixed feelings), 'Career Girls' which premiers in New Zealand, Dennis refers listeners interested in reading about Leigh's films to a book titled, 'The world according to Mike Leigh' by Michael Coveny. Mike Leigh talks about his films as a celebration and lamentation of life, 'Career girls' he says is a film about memory and growing older, his films he says are tragic and comic all at once.