Best of the Week - 31 January 2014




RNZ: Best Of The Week show

Summary: Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 31 January. This week.... Lorde comes home with 2 Grammy's; boosting our economic growth by encouraging more mothers back to work; annoyance by the media's coverage of David Bain's wedding; the amazing tiny world of Willard Wigan; paying tribute to musician and social activist Pete Seeger; Dave Dobbyn to compose a tribute to Pike River's 29 miners; the spitfire trap and new searches for predator control; why men want to be a part of the Big Buddy programme; and the open source collaboration seeking a cure for malaria.