26 Dec 2015

The Week In Review for week ending Friday 25 December 2015

From The Week In Review, 6:00 pm on 26 December 2015

A review of the week's news including... Hollywood's powerbrokers welcome a court decision Kim Dotcom and his associates can be extradited to the United States to face movie piracy and racketeering charges, the Government leaves the door open to the possibility of taxpayers money being spent reinstating Christchurch's cathedral, illegal practices uncovered by Labour Department inspectors have found widespread worker abuse and exploitation, Blackcaps captain Brendon McCullum is pulling stumps on his illustrious international career, the tourism industry is scrambling to ensure there are enough hotel beds and tourist buses a record numbers of visitors expected this summer, New Zealand is set to get a new Maori science academy, we meet the first person attempting to cross the Antarctic continent alone, two veteran RNZ presenters hung up the headphones this week and what word made the grade in this year's word of the year poll?