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The Auckland War Memorial Museum is taking on new staff and setting new priorites to bolster its academic and research resources. Audio

News from the business sector. Audio

Housing New Zealand documents show crisis housing services are being over-whelmed, with one saying they have to turn away twenty people for every one they can help. Audio

Civil Aivation has confirmed that a Pacific Blue flight out of Queenstown with 65 passengers and 6 crew on board did breach the rules about flying after dark. Audio

In most Australian states and territories it is illegal to drive with a blood-alcohol level above the rejected point-zero-five level and there have even been calls to reduce it to point-zero-two in… Read more Audio

The Government has acknowledged there is plenty of research about how many lives could be saved by lowering the drink driving limit, but it says there's not enough that specifically relates to New… Read more Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

There are calls for a review of the flight training industry, after a mid air collision near Fielding claimed the life of flying instructor Jess Neeson and her 64-year-old student Patricia Smallman. Audio

An Australian taskforce has been set up to sift through the thousands of classified military records of activity in Afghanistan. Audio

An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

The police have named a man they're hunting in connection with life threatening injuries inflicted on a 6-month-old baby. Audio

Investigators trying to establish why two small planes collided near Fielding yesterday, have now left the scene of the crash. Audio