Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

The week In Review podcast for week ending May 25th 2012, including Budget 2012 reaction and comment, sentencing of the Urerewa Four, Shane Jones stood down from Labour's front bench while an immigration decision is investigated by the Auditor-General, suppression orders lifted over an attack on a North Shore teenager, Iwi leader helps end acrimonious industrial dispute, more shaking in Christchurch and ghostly goings on in Dunedin. (34′47″)

A review of the week's news including: parent-carers of disabled children a step closer to being paid, prescriptions to double in price from January, trade unions say employment law changes will allow employers to walk away from talks, head of Welfare Working Group brought back to oversee welfare reforms, no guarantee from Minister that teachers won't lose jobs in new plan, Greek crisis puts skids under dollar and world dairy prices, wind energy industry hailing research predicting big fall in costs, quake-hit Christchurch suburb is reborn, report into Swimming New Zealand expected to recommend that chief executive and board go, calls for a kitty curfew in Waikato. (30′35″)

A review of the week's news including: Pike River families say 18 months of "hell" have been for nothing; Government wants female beneficiaries and their teenage daughters on long term contraception; Minister of Finance downplays deteriorating Government accounts; no retrial for "Urewera Four"; report on air crash triggers calls for tourists' boycott; John Key says drug testing may be introduced to tourism sector; male Queensland fruit fly in Auckland suburb gives export sector the jitters; Dunedin City Council launches plan to create 10,000 jobs, increase incomes over next decade; Conservative Party leader's "promiscuous" remark sparks outrage; Lam hints he won't be reapplying and duck shooting season starts. (36′23″)

A review of the week's news headlines, including: John Banks in a storm of controversy over two cheques, changes to liquor laws dismissed by opposition as a smokescreen, student allowances cut, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade documents leaked to opposition, law change to deter people-smugglers, joblessness rises, ill-prepared hikers risk death on Tongariro Crossing, claim that NZ's native eels heading for extinction, All Black legend Sir Fred Allen farewelled at Eden Park, Kimbra wins International Songwriting Competition. (36′07″)

A review of the week's headline news including: The stiffest prison sentence yet for a finance company director has been imposed on Rod Petricevic of collapsed finance company Bridgecorp; A vet is crushed to death by a former circus elephant at a Zoo south of Auckland; The commissioner appointed to run Moerewa School in the Far North arrives at the school to some local disquiet; New papers reveal just how much the Government conceded to Warner Bros to ensure the Hobbit Movies were made in New Zealand; The Student Volunteer Army in Christchurch was presented with the ANZAC of the Year award; The RSA set to re-brand its clubs to attract younger members; National Party MP's have an uncomfortable time at the public hearings on partial asset sales and; The New Zealand television comedy series, Super City, is under serious consideration by the ABC network in America, with the possibility it could eventually hit prime time. (32′27″)

A review of the week's headline news including: 123 jobs at KiwiRail's engineering workshops in Dunedin hang in the balance; SkyCity's Chief Executive is defending gaming options at its Auckland casino; orthopaedic surgeons say they're working hard to determine exactly how many New Zealanders have a hip replacement system that's been recalled; tobacco companies are vowing to fight a government plan to remove branding from cigarette packets; the rebuild of central Christchurch has been taken out of the control of the City Council and will now be managed by a newly formed unit within the Government's Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA); Trade Me's decision to open up the site to overseas retailers is ruffling a few feathers and; Hamilton singer Kimbra's hit number one in the US. (32′47″)

A review of the week's headline news including: Government to use rare veto to block extended paid parental leave, asylum seekers set sail for New Zealand, Government plans to keep high risk offenders locked up after the end of their prison sentence, Government says extra spending on consultants is justified, police celebrate fatality-free Easter road toll period, business confidence up, but what does that really mean?, Christchurch trades companies struggling to find experienced staff as rebuild begins, Government proposes delay in full implementation of ETS, Blues rugby coach targetted by racists over team's string of losses, and thousands enjoy the mighty warbirds in Wanaka. (34′21″)

A review of the week's news including: Plans by the only bystander ever to be shot by the Armed Offenders Squad to prosecute the officer who pulled the trigger while the family of a teenage driver killed by mistake in the same incident pursues a private criminal prosecution against the officer responsible, the Maori Party co leader Pita Sharples is alarmed several Whanau Ora providers have had their contracts cancelled for non performance, more debris expected on Bay Of Plenty beaches after the wrecked Greek container ship Rena is hit be huge seas, police may soon announce whether criminal charges will be laid now the Pike River Mine Royal Commission has completed it's hearings, latest crime figures show crime at a fifteen year low, opposition MPs want ACC to explain why it has special rules for handling 'VIPs' and Bay of Plenty small business owners are taking fewer holidays then anywhere else in New Zealand according to a new survey. (34′11″)

In this edition... the Lombard Finance Directors are sentenced while questions are raised over whether one of the directors, Sir Douglas Graham should retain his knighthood, Labour MPs ignore a threat of legal action, an arrest in the Mellory Manning case, New Zealand cricket star Chris Cairns wins his libel case against the former head of the Indian Premier League, tributes flow for one of New Zealand's most distinguished scientists who died last weekend, a new study has found women often stay with abusive partners to protect their pets and the Air Force's Red Checkers flying display team is making a nationwide tour to celebrate seventy five years of the force. (32′27″)

A review of the week's news including: cabinet minister resigns, bitterness envelops Ports of Auckland dispute, jury hung on most significant charge in Te Urewera trial, court grants Kim Dotcom $60,000 a month, NZ's expat Tongans mourn their King, funeral held for boating tragedy victims, rave reviews for NZ's fastest built stadium in Christchurch and Volvo Ocean Race yachts farewelled from Auckland (30′03″)

A review of the week's leading news: ACC admits massive breach of privacy, more public service job losses expected with formation of "super ministry", man credited with saving New Zealand rugby dies at 52, indebted Otago Rugby Union gets a last minute rescue, seven missing in Foveaux Strait after fishing boat sinks, Auckland's mayor fails to resolve dispute between Ports of Auckland and striking workers, armed man rampages through streets of Christchurch, HIV support groups upset at court's "sexual violation" ruling, urgent investigation into how breast screening missed cancers, David Shearer confirms Labour's capital gains tax policy will stay. (41′23″)

A review of the week's leading news: ACC admits massive breach of privacy, more public service job losses expected with formation of "super ministry", man credited with saving New Zealand rugby dies at 52, indebted Otago Rugby Union gets a last minute rescue, seven missing in Foveaux Strait after fishing boat sinks, Auckland's mayor fails to resolve dispute between Ports of Auckland and striking workers, armed man rampages through streets of Christchurch, HIV support groups upset at court's "sexual violation" ruling, urgent investigation into how breast screening missed cancers, David Shearer confirms Labour's capital gains tax policy will stay. (41′23″)