Matthew Dallas is from the Manawatū Standard and he joins us to talk about the stories making headlines in the region including the inquest into the 2014 death of Shaun Grey and the state of Ward 21 at Palmerston North's Hospital. We also talk about the removal of the contentious planter boxes on Pioneer Highway, the future of the Old Gorge Road, a man taking a poisonous snake from the beach and PNCC's attempt to make the rates bill a tad more palatable.