The Panel with Rosemary McLeod and Catherine Robertson (Part 1)

Topics - The embattled Act party leader, John Banks, says he will not stand in next year's General Election following a decision ordering him to stand trial for electoral fraud. Commissioners at the Kaipara District Council are taking legal advice over whether they can sue auditors who failed to notice a debt blow-out at the former council. The gap between the rich and the poor appears to be widening with the number of New Zealanders earning more than $100,000 increasing by nearly three quarters.