The Stadium

If he wasn't getting enough attention already Winston Peters is in the spotlight again, this time as a character in a satirical play.

"The Stadium" is a comic look at the struggle to organise the 2011 Rugby World Cup and in his typical fashion Peters takes centre stage.

Here's Georgina Ball. click here to see the story in Quicktime or click on one of the links below.

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This year marks 150 years since the first arrival of Dalmatian immigrants to New Zealand.

Dalmatians are a small ethnic group from the Croatian Coastline who first arrived ehre as goldminers in 1858, then as gum diggers later in the 19th century.

Today Dalmatians are a welcome addition to our society, but their early days here are marked by hardship and discrimination.

Renee Graham looks back to see how they've moved forward.

The Dunedin South Electorate has been traditionally a safe Labour seat. But recent reports of tension and discontent within one of the three local branches may be threatening Labour's hold over voters.

In an unusual move current MP David Benson-Pope has not been reselected to run for the seat in the next election and instead Labour has chosen newcomer Clare Curran as their candidate.

As Georgina Ball reports some party members remain unhappy with the new candidate but Labour's now working hard to appear united.

The National Library Upgrade: Last month's budget included $69 million for an upgrade of the National Library in Wellington.

The library houses a vast and priceless collection of national treasures, including the Alexander Turnbull Library collection, but in a building that's dated and too small.

Renee Graham examines the upgrade plans, and takes a sneak peak at some of the items that'll be coming out of the vaults and into the light of day.

Whether it's a John Le Carre novel or a Jason Bourne movie Spy Fiction, sometimes called 'Spi-Fi', is an intruiging and hugely popular genre, not least of all because it takes us inside a secret world.

The people who produce these tales have to know and understand what goes on in this world in order to be convincing. One of the most popular recent examples of this is the BBC drama 'Spooks', which screens here on TVOne.

But 'Spooks' has its origins not in gritty central London where it's set, but in the gorse-covered hills of Crofton Downs, Wellington. This from Renee Graham.