Breakfast spoke to Ewen McQueen, the leader of Christian Heritage New Zealand about the damage inflicted on the party in the wake of it's former leader Graham Capill pleading guilty to sexual charges against children. Mr Capill is no longer a member of Christian Heritage New Zealand. For more information on Christian Heritage NZ see www.chnz.org.nz
National party leader Don Brash has indicated he'd do a deal with Winston Peters if the numbers were there after the election. Breakfast talked to political commentator Chris Trotter and Salient News Editor Keith Ng about Brash's comments what it might mean in view of any pre election deals.
This morning on the Breakfast Programme media commentators Wendyl Nissen and Jim Tully discussed the role of sport, the convergence of sport and politics and gossip surrounding sporting hero's in the news media.
The Corrections Association's concerned about reports that inmates at Hawke's Bay prison were given fried chicken after their cells were searched and claims similar incidents have happened at the Auckland Court's cells. Breakfast spoke to Beven Hanlon, National President for the Corrections Association.
Pacific Correspondent Barbara Dreaver examined issues around adoption in the Pacific islands on the show today. The adoption of children through an agency is a relatively new phenomena in the pacific. Its so new that most island nations don't have the legislation or resources to deal with it. This was tragically highlighted in Samoa where, two weeks ago, a child died of malnutrition after being in the care of an adoption agency.
Russell Brown has published a book to help us sort out who we are. Great New Zealand Argument: Ideas About Ourselves (Activity Press, $29.95) it gathers together some of the country's best pieces of navel-gazing into a book.David Lange's speech at the Oxford Union is reprinted in full, the first time it has appeared in print .
Last week Kay issued the challenge to Paul that they should get moving, and should both use pedometers to see how much they do each day. The company, Health and Human performance, answered the call with an offer to supply pedometers to the pair and this morning outlined their 10,000 step programme. Dr Louise Schofield took Kay and Paul through the programme and what their activity levels may mean to them. www.10000steps.co.nz.
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