27th May 2011

Outgoing Secretary to the Treasury, John Whitehead is off to the World Bank. Guyon Espiner will be talking to him about the state of the economy – we last interviewed him exactly a year ago, and a lot has changed. With Treasury once again predicting some positive growth in the years to come, we’ll look at whether their crystal ball might need a bit of a polish, and discuss Mr Whitehead’s parting gift, which sees Treasury now taking account of social and environmental impacts of policy, rather than just counting the dollars and cents.

Then Paul Holmes will interview Trademe founder Sam Morgan about his latest project – Pacific Fibre – a new, high-capacity cable linking us with the US and predicted to deliver faster, cheaper internet. Without such an upgrade, and relying on our existing overseas connections, Sam Morgan says the Government’s new multi-billion dollar high speed broadband initiative is “destined to fail”.

Joining Dr Jon Johansson on the panel is Wellington Mayor Celia Wade Brown, no doubt energised from the airport’s imminent backdown over the Wellywood sign and Canterbury University Vice Chancellor Rod Carr.

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And then later on Marae Investigates:

The panel will discuss poverty in the wake of the recent budget. Panellists are Greens co-leader Metiria Turei, Mangere Budgeting Services CEO Darryl Evans and Maori Party MP, Rahui Katene

Kapa Haka groups have been left thousands of dollars out of pocket by a weaver who took their money but delivered promises instead of piupiu. We track her down for answers and look at how weavers are under pressure to cope with the rising demand for Kapa Haka costumes.

And the programme profiles Kapa Haka star, Ria Hall who’s about to launch into mainstream recording and looks at efforts to promote Maori Music to the masses.

Marae Investigates
10am Sundays on TV ONE