Down the List for 7 April 2013

Where does the real power in New Zealand lie? That's right, with a bunch of bureaucrats, underlings, officials, and lowly-ranked list MPs that you and I have never heard of. Whether it's in sport, politics, commerce, education or the arts, the only way to find out what's really going on in this country is by going ... Down the List. Written by Dave Armstrong and produced by Radio New Zealand's Drama department. Today, it's a game of bluff and double bluff in Bluff. With the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter facing an uncertain future, delicate negotiations are taking place between the government and Rio Tinto.