Top Stories for Wednesday 5 September 2012

Immigration powers to detain a 'recipe for disaster', Immigration NZ respond to criticism of law changes, First national hui announced by Maori King in almost 30 years over water rights, Democratic National Convention gears up, Spring Creek workers begin looking for jobs in Australia, Biggest ever hospital building project 'can't come soon enough', City council committee calls for immediate halt to Christchurch heritage demolitions.