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The Labour Minister has ordered a report into workplace deaths following 30 fatalities in just five months this year - almost double the figure for previous years. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The Copenhagen summit shouldn't be written off just yet, according to a leading New Zealand policy analyst after the leak of a compromise deal sent the talks into turmoil. Audio

One person is dead after a helicopter crashed during a bushfire operation in New South Wales. Audio

Opponents of a plan for intensive dairy farming in South Canterbury say they're worried that one of the company directors involved has breached effluent discharge consents in the past. Audio

Consumer New Zealand says it expects customers to be the winners from the Government's plan to radically overhaul the electricity industry. Audio

Scientists have been tagging individual whitebait in an effort to re-introduce the disappearing species to Auckland waterways. Audio

To the United States now where there's evidence the allegations about Tiger Woods's extra-marital affairs are damaging the top golfer's brand. Audio

The distraught mother of Dean Carroll, who died after being misdiagnosed at Christchurch Hospital, sobbed in court this morning as video footage showing her son in acute pain was played to the… Read more Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

Hamilton International Airport says it's being singled out and bullied over a plan by Customs to charge it for providing services which other airports get for free. Audio

The police in Hamilton say they hold grave fears for an elderly woman missing now for a week, although there's no evidence yet that she's been the victim of an attack. Audio