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MPs have been given a message - loud and clear - that a six percent threshold for hearing claims is callous and a breach of the ACC scheme. Audio

An Australian prison union says arguments that privately run jails bring greater efficiency and cost effectiveness are spurious and don't deliver better prisons for inmates or staff. Audio

Auckland's long-running bus dispute has ended with workers finally accepting a pay offer that's the same as one they rejected earlier this month. Audio

Exactly a year ago, the Indian city of Mumbai was attacked by ten armed men in a raid that left more than 170 people dead including nine of the gunmen. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

One of Austalia's hideous cane toads which slipped through biosecurity at Queenstown Airport has been captured, contained and killed. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

President Obama has decided that he will go to the UN climate change conference-taking place in Copenhagen next month after all. Audio

The Manawatu River has been called one of the most polluted in the western world after new tests of its water. Audio

Eric Houghton's whose father died in the crash thirty years ago says the January flight being organised by Christchurch businessman Mike Pero is badly thought out and should not go ahead. Audio

Both National and the Maori Party have been quick to dismiss Phil Goff's claims. Audio

The Labour leader Phil Goff is telling New Zealanders they should be worried about what kind of deal the National-led government is stitching together with the Maori Party over the foreshore and… Read more Audio