10 Aug 2012

The Week in Review for 10 August 2012

From The Week In Review, 3:00 pm on 10 August 2012

A review of the week's news including... The return home of the bodies of two New Zealand soldiers killed in Afghanistan, two teenagers and their rock climbing instructor who disappeared in rough seas while climbing on Mt Paritutu in New Plymouth are presumed dead, New Zealand's most notorious sexual predator will be released to live near Whanganui, the man in charge of the raid of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom's home has defended his use of the police's elite strike force and the involvement of the FBI, the New Zealand Olympic Committee has vowed to get to the bottom of problems with documents that saw at least four athletes left off final confirmation start lists, hundreds of Blue Chip investors have escaped being forced to sell their homes to cover the failed company's losses, a week of volcanic eruptions, and Sir Peter Snell is to become one of the inaugural members of the International Association of Athletics Federations' hall of fame.