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The Australian redback spider was a new and unwelcome visitor to Japan this year. Audio

In New York, a row has flared up between between a group of cyclists and their Orthodox Jewish neighbours. Audio

The Copenhagen summit is still generating heated debate over why it failed to produce a legally binding agreement on cuts in carbon emissions. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

This year a Kakapo was catapaulted into an internet star, after the critically endangered green parrot attempted to mate with the back of a British TV presenter's head. Audio

"A docu that has you falling in love with two of the crazier people you've never met." Audio

It's a matter of hours before Christmas celebrations get underway, but for some families it is a time of remembrance 5 years after the Boxing Day Tsumani. Audio

The road toll has jumped by six over the past 24 hours. Audio

This year a life-size bronze sculpture of Phar Lap in full gallop was unveiled in the South Canterbury town where he was born. Audio

One of the greatest mysteries of the golden age of flight - what happened to Amelia Earhart - might finally be solved in the coming months when a team of researchers return to a tiny archipelago near… Read more Audio

The New Zealand record company Flying Nun has again been bought by the man who first started the label in the eighties, with bands like The Chills and The Clean. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio