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The police have been told to make urgent changes to the way they handle child abuse cases to prevent further failures to investigate in a reasonable time. Audio

Police are told to make urgent changes to the way they handle child abuse cases. KiwiRail gets an extra 250 million dollars from taxpayers. The Prime Minister has signalled the Budget will not just… Read more Audio

The oil company British Petroleum says it's finally been successful in siphoning oil from a burst pipe on the seabed in the Gulf of Mexico. Audio

The Green Party is calling for the immediate phasing out of the toxic gas methyl bromide. Audio

The United States Commerce Secretary Gary Locke has arrived in Hong Kong leading a clean energy delegation that will tour Asia's leading economic powers. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

The largest supplier of casual workers in the country has told the Hastings court that directors of a Hawke's Bay horticultural company denied on several occasions that they employed illegal labour. Audio

The University of Otago should spend a billion dollars over the next twenty five years to create a world class campus to replace deteriorating buildings, ghetto student housing and bleak windswept… Read more Audio

A new cloud of ash from a volcano in Iceland has triggered another shutdown of airports in the United Kingdom, including Europe's largest - Heathrow. Audio

Victims of the Tapawera flood near Nelson are angry at forestry operations they say have contributed to the silt, mud and massive logs which have damaged their homes. Audio

The Crown says a toddler they claim was killed by her grandmother died of extensive brain injuries caused by a blow or by her head hitting an object. Audio

To Bangkok, where a government deadline looms closer for all women, children and the elderly to leave the Red Shirt encampments in the city's main business district. Audio