Week in Review for 7 December 2012

A review of the week's news, including... a severe storm and tornadoes that swept across west Auckland killing three people, the sole survivor of the RSA triple murders in 2001 settles a lawsuit with the Corrections Department for 300-thousand dollars, hundreds of teachers voted to strike for a day in February, the oil company Petrobras is quitting New Zealand after just the first stage of exploring for oil and gas off East Cape, the former Government minister John Tamihere isn't saying if he wants to be a MP again after being accepted back into the Labour Party, a New Zealand robotics and computer scientist who has been playing key roles in technology for the Mars rovers, New Zealand waka crews have arrived at Easter Island otherwise known as Rapanui and Spartacus TV show memorabilia up for auction.