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On today's episode, the corrections watchdog says the country's worst prison riot, which had prisoners and guards fearing people would burn alive, could have been prevented, New Plymouth mayor and Local Government Transport Forum chair Neil Holdom discusses the Government's plan to patch up the country's pothole-stricken roads has levelled up, with an extra $1.6 billion being allocated for repairs, we have our weekly political panel and cross the Tasman for the latest from Kerry-Anne Walsh as well as get a preview of the Super Rugby quarter-finals from rugby reporter Joe Porter.

We cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh.

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei hopes to bring back the traditional name of part of Auckland's waterfront, which is Te Tōangaroa, meanwhile the southern suburb of Takanini could be changed back to its original spelling with an extra 'a' Takaanini. New Zealand Geographic Board secretary Wendy Shaw spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Listen to our weekly political panel.

The fourteen-day window for search and recovery at the Papua New Guinea landslide in Enga has closed. UNICEF's Papua New Guinea representative Angela Kearney spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

An update on what's happening in the sports world with Nathan Rarere.