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The investigators point out Phillip Smith's escape was a rare event. But Corrections Chief Executive is Ray Smith says they could have done so much better. Audio

Investigators have found multiple failures by Corrections, Customs and others let murderer and child sex criminal Phillip Smith expose big security gaps and escape to Brazil. Audio

Multiple failures that let murderer and child sex criminal Phillip Smith escape to Brazil and high profile maori women backing a visit by the American singer Chris Brown. Audio

MP Rino Tirikatene is calling the Governement out over lack of consultation in establishing the Kermadec Ocean sanctuary. Hapu opposing the settlement of their Treaty claims under Ngapuhi's Tuhoronuku… Read more Audio

The first of two cast-iron sculptures by the creator of the UK's Angel of the North, Anthony Gormley has been installed, in the middle of the Avon River in Christchurch. Audio

Ratepayers in and around Wellington could get more bang for their buck with the region's mayors describing talks to co-ordinate services as a far cry from the hysteria that characterised an earlier… Read more Audio

More people are taking to the web to get synthetic cannabis in the hope they won't get caught. Audio

Dame Malvina Major, has announced that she's retiring from singing Audio

New Zealand veterans of the government protest against nuclear testing in the Pacific are hoping a report due out soon will prompt a closer look at the impact of radiation on their children and… Read more Audio

Auckland homes could become twice as affordable in fifteen years time, through higher density housing, and lower construction costs. Audio

Australia's now moving to reconsider how it has ramped up detaining and deporting New Zealand after signs of strain in the two countries' relationship. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio