RNZ: Sunday Morning

A Netball roundup with Penny Miles from netballscoop.com.

The Salvation Army recently released a report on the welfare of Pacific Island people - High unemployment and low incomes are concerns, but also worrying, are housing problems that see many Pacific familes increasingly locked out of owning their own home. A new initiative aimed at turning around the home ownership problem has been launched by Auckland Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse. It is a 3 year pilot programme called Turanga.

Election authorities in Fiji have registered the political party of the Prime Minister Rear Admiral Frank Bainimarama. However the registration of the Fiji First party has been shrouded in controversy with the regime accused of breaching provisions of its own decrees.

Sentry Taitoko died in a police cell over three months ago but his family still don't know why. The police say he died of respiratory problems, despite his family reporting no history of such a condition.

The Green Party are having their annual general meeting this weekend, and should election night go the way they hope on September 20, for the first time in 24 years Green MP's could become Ministers. A new health package aimed at teenagers has been launched with other policy statements to come.

Eleanor Ozich is the founder of the food blog 'My Petite Kitchen', she now has a cookbook, the 'My Petite Kitchen Cookbook'.

Have you ever wondered about the psychology of supermarkets? With retail expert and specialist in consumer behavior Paul Harrison.

Patrick Clifford, along with his long time colleagues Malcolm Bowes and Michael Thomson, and more recently Carsten Auer, is responsible for some acclaimed buildings in NZ architecture.

Winston is looking a bit queasy under attack from Brendan Horan as the lid comes off the can of worms that is cricket match fixing.

This is no ordinary review, this is the 'Unexpected Review' - where we ask a well known New Zealander to give us their thoughts on some popular culture. This week we're off to the movies with former Waitakere Mayor Bob Harvey.

Physician turned journalist Sheri Fink reconstructs the terrible events at a New Orleans hospital - as floodwaters rise, power fails and temperature climbs. 'Five Days at Memorial Hospital' was the culmination of six years work, the reporting of which won her a Pulitzer Prize.

Professor John Weaver has carried out one of the most comprehensive reviews of suicides in New Zealand after examining over 12,000 coroners' reports from throughout the last century - 1900 to 2000. He wants to see a wider and more long-term view of suicide prevention, urging people to look beyond depression as the main cause of suicide - and to begin addressing some of the wider impacts of society. Wallace talks to Professor Weaver, from McMaster University, Ontario, about his new book, 'Sorrows of a Century'.

Wayne looks at the use of our first names in all of our transactions these days, and the social implications. Wallace follows up with Auckland social critic Tony Watkins.

The match-fixing scandal erupts in the media - and the unmasking of Player X; an award-winning writer brings journalists and newsmakers together; opening up TV archives to give taxpayers a fair suck of the sav.

Alasdair Roberts is a Professor of Law and Public Policy at Suffolk University Law School in Boston. His book - 'Blacked Out: Government Secrecy in the Information Age, received the 2006 Brownlow Book Award, from the US National Academy of Public Administration. He recently gave a talk on Keeping Government secrets in the information age, for the Australia NZ school of Government at Victoria University.