The Week In Review for week ending Fri Dec 22 2017

A review of the week's news including... Some medicinal cannabis users say the Government's plan to overhaul the law offers hope but no material changes for them, mental health issues down on the farm, Greyhound Racing NZ denies dogs ill treated, the Government's gets a pat on the back for its new road safety initiative, the High Court puts a roadblock in the way of a plan to extend Wellington Airport's runway, A West Coast mayor says it's a relief to hear the coalition government will consider new oil, gas and mining permits, but he's alarmed conservation land remains off limits, Air NZ is stalled by faulty replacement plane, Christchurch ratepayers will have to foot part of the bill to help repair the city's quake-ravaged Anglican cathedral, RNZ Mediawatch's take on the Court of Appeal's upholding of the Commerce Commission's view that a major media merger would lessen competition and reduce the diversity of news, the economic cost of shifting the vehicle import trade away from Auckland's downtown port put as high as a billion dollars - Phil Goff responds and one in eight of the people who were in hospital emergency departments at 2 oclock in the early hours of Saturday morning in 2017 were there because of alcohol, an improvement on last year.