On Q + A this Sunday

Guyon Espiner talks to former ACT leader Rodney Hide about the coup that toppled him and what comes next

Then, Greens Co-leader Russel Norman is critical of the Mana Party and the killing of Osama bin Laden. With the political landscape changing to its left and right, what does parliament’s third largest party stand for now and how does it convince voters it’s serious?

The death of Osama bin Laden. We hear from Dr David Kilcullen, an adviser to Gen. David Petraeus and one of the world's most influential experts on counterinsurgency. How will Al Qaeda react? What lessons can we learn?

And Paul Holmes speaks to New Zealand journalist Peter Arnett, the first western journalist to interview Osama bin Laden, for CNN in 1997. What was he like and what does this mean for the war in Afghanistan?

Joining Dr Jon Johansson on the panel will be New Zealand Herald journalist Fran O’Sullivan and left-wing strategist, former Chief of Staff for Phil Goff, John Pagani.

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