15th July 2011

On Q + A
9am Sundays on TV ONE

Labour has laid out its economic vision for New Zealand – and how it will try to define the election race – with its tax policy launch this week.
Guyon Espiner talks to Shadow Finance Spokesman David Cunliffe, the man who wants to manage this country’s books. We’ll take an in-depth look at his plans and economic ambitions.

Then we’ll take a step back to look at the global economy, with Ross Westgate, London-based host of ‘Worldwide Exchange’ on the world’s largest finance network, CNBC. We’ll discuss the growing Eurozone crisis that has turned Irish debt into “junk” status this week and now threatens Italy’s economy, which could be “too big to save”. Plus we look at the market risks should the US default on August 2.

Later, two men who have left high-profile leadership roles to seek a political career – but from very different sides. Andrew Little has stepped down from CEO of the EPMU, the country’s largest union, to stand for Labour in New Plymouth, while Don Nicolson has ended his term as President of Federated Farmers and is standing for ACT in Clutha-Southland. They’ll debate politics and their visions for New Zealand with Paul Holmes.

On the panel this week, our political analyst Claire Robinson is joined by investor, author and member of the government’s Tax Working Group Dr Gareth Morgan plus former Labour Party President and pollster Mike Williams.

Q+A, 9-10am Sundays on TV ONE. Repeats at 9.10pm Sundays, 10.10am and 2.10pm Mondays on TVNZ 7

On Marae Investigates
10am Sundays on TV ONE

One of the 17 accused of firearms charges after the Tuhoe Terror raids has died still awaiting trial. Marae Investigates looks at the toll his nearly four year wait for justice has taken.
Don Brash stirred up race relations this week, but can the Mana and Maori Party work together to combat him. We talk to Mana spokesperson, Annette Sykes and Maori Party President Pem Bird.
And could a campaign to make us a nation of narks help stop child abuse? We profile NARK founder Cherie Sweeney and look at calls for mandatory training for all who work with children.

On Sunday
7:30pm Sundays on TV ONE

WIRED DIFFERENTLY
Cormelius Arie Smith Voorkamp has this week unwittingly made us aware of Asperger’s… about Autism.
It’s a different world for autistic kids – at one level they struggle communicating, usually keep to themselves, have temper tantrums, flap their hands and repeat things. For parents it can be heart-breaking all day, every day. You can’t take a day off from autism. It’s a 24/7 commitment and even life’s simplest pleasures like a visit to the park or a restaurant can be hard work. Could YOU cope? SUNDAY gets alongside families living with autism and it seems they need help as much as the kids.

MY STOLEN LIFE
This is a remarkable story of trauma and survival. It’s about a young woman called Jaycee Dugard who was abducted 18 years ago when she was just eleven. She was snatched from a school bus stop just outside her home at Lake Tahoe California. In her first interview since the ordeal she talks about how she was held in her captor’s backyard in handcuffs and repeatedly raped. She gave birth to two children in that backyard. Why did she not try to escape when opportunity presented and why does she not hate the man who put her through this ordeal?

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