The Nation's First Programme

TV3’s weekly current affairs show “The Nation” returns this weekend on Saturday and with a new extended version on Sunday.

The show will feature the first of what will this year be regular in- depth current affairs investigations.

This weekend sees reporter Natasha Smith go to New Orleans to find out what lessons Christchurch can learn from the way that city recovered from Hurricane Katrina.

Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee will be in the studio with Duncan Garner to discuss Natasha’s findings.

And in the Sunday edition an extended panel including the Director of the University of Auckland Business School Real Estate Research Unit, James Young, Dominion Post columnist Jane Bowron and Press editor, Andrew Holden, will discuss the future of Christchurch with Sean Plunket.

In following weeks Sean will conduct extended “Hard Talk” type interviews with prominent New Zealanders. These will alternate with the in-depth tape pieces.

And to lighten the morning up we will be running the first of a series of short satirical topical animated films put together for us by a group of anonymous Wellington media people. This week they take aim at Phil Goff, Darren Hughes and John Key --- all at once!

This year the show is at the new time of 1030 on Saturdays and the extended edition runs at 0800 on Sundays --- on TV3.

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