15 Nov 2013

The Week in Review - week ending November 15, 2013

From The Week In Review, 6:00 pm on 15 November 2013

A review of some of the week's news including: the police take to internet to encourage Roast Busters perpetrators and victims to come forward, Government refuses to pay Pike River families compensation, Maori mental health patients in "seclusion" twice as much as non-Maori, Waitangi Tribunal says Treaty breaches over establishment of Tongariro National Park and power scheme means iwi due compensation, PM leaves for CHOGM despite boycott call, Government finally decides Picton will stay Cook Strait ferries berth-place, two New Zealand teens in global influence rankings, South Island brown teal next native bird to be declared extinct, calls for Ricki Herbert to step down after All Whites' savaging by Mexico, new Highlands Motorsport Park first venue outside Australia to host GT championship - and locals love it.