Late Edition

Plans for Christchurch new hospital take shape, William Shatner beans onto Afternoons and in Dateline Pacific, Fiji's government exercises its power in the provinces. Audio

In the programme this evening: Rain falls, but the drought isn't over yet; Remembering a day in the life of Aotearoa 30 years ago; And in Dateline Pacific - truth and reconciliation in Solomon… Read more Audio

A new growth plan for Auckland, new research on whale strandings, and in Dateline Pacific, a dengue fever outbreak in New Caledonia. Audio

The government's role in solid energy's debt; More evidence that life could have been possible on Mars; and in Dateline Pacific - Tonga's dependence on what its expats send home. Audio

A petition to stop the partial privatisation of state owned power companies arrives at parliament; 2013 - bad news for pasture but likely to be a good vintage for wines, and in Dateline Pacific… Read more Audio

In the programme tonight, judging the nation's judges; taking life without a grain of salt, or at least fewer of them; and in Dateline Pacific a celebration of Pasifika music in the queen city. Audio

Labour wants a parliamentary inquiry into Solid Energy. In praise of foreign investment on the waterfront and in Dateline Pacific - Chinese refugees in Palau. Audio

Why it's not just farmers who'll pay for the drought. Nine To Noon ponders the future of home grown children's tv and in Dateline Pacific is a Solomon Islands warlord the Nelson Mandela of the… Read more Audio

The drought spreads. A mother wants an open investigation into her soldier son's death. And official and unofficial reaction to the video alledging to show Fijian authorities beating two men. Audio

Late Edition for 5 March 2013. Audio

In the programme tonight, details of the partial sale of Mighty River Power; less rides on Auckland's suburban trains; and in Dateline Pacific a new take on the Polynesian myth. Audio

Hobbit diplomacy; French cuisine and in Dateline Pacific Guam tackles a snake problem. Audio