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The Government's dream of an Auckland Waterfront stadium appears doomed, after the Auckland Regional Council voted unanimously for Eden Park as their preferred option for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Tony Reid (One News); Trevor Mallard (Rugby World Cup Minister); Mike Lee (Chairman, Auckland Regional Council); Keith Locke (Green MP); Dick Hubbard (Auckland City Mayor); Alex Swney (Heart of the City); Mark Donnelly (Mt Eden Neighbours Association); Don Braid (Mainfreight Chief Executive); Bill Hodge (Constitutional Law Expert); Steve McDowell (Former All Black); Gray Bartlett (Entertainer); Nicole Bremner (One News).
National has been squirming over revelations in Nicky Hager's book The Hollow Men which has finally hit the bookshelves after being held up by a Don Brash injunction. Guyon Espiner (Political Editor); Robbie Burton (Craig Potton Publishers); Don Brash (National Party Leader, September 2005); Nicky Hager (Author); Gerry Brownlee (National Deputy Leader); Bill English (National, Clutha-Southland).
John Key looks likely to become the new National Party Leader, with apparently only Bill English considering standing against him. Francesca Mold (Deputy Political Editor); Bill English (National MP); Judith Collins (National MP); Simon Power (National MP); Gerry Brownlee (National Deputy Leader); Guyon Espiner (Political Editor).
Former Russian Spy Alexander Litvinenko has died, with Doctors now saying they are not sure what killed him after earlier believing it was the poison Thallium. Jim Sciutto (ABC News, London); Marsha Lipman (Author, Lawless Russia).
Baghdad has been rocked by its bloodiest day since the US invasion of Iraq. Hillary Brown (ABC News); Tony Cordesman (ABC News Consultant); Lieutenant Charles Morton (1st Cavalry Division).
Fiji is again on edge after Australia's Foreign Minister predicted there would be a military coup within a fortnight. Commander Frank Bainimarama (Fiji Armed Forces Chief).
A Meridian Energy plan to build a windfarm in Central Otago is being opposed by some saying that it is not as green as is claimed. Voxpop; John Elliot (Landowner); Ewen Carr (Windfarm Opponent.