In the pod today: Israel ramps up the airstrikes in response to more than 1000 rockets from Gaza; the government has put workers' noses out of joint over its public sector pay restrictions - we hear from the Deputy Prime Minister and there's a stoush brewing over the authenticity of a musket purported to have belonged to the great Ngapuhi chief Hongi Hika ... it's expected to fetch more than 100-thousand dollars at auction.