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A Taranaki business couple behind a million dollar tax fraud have been jailed but IRD doesn't fancy its chances of recovering the money. Audio

Our Political Editor Jane Patterson is with us now. Audio

The Government has had to abandon its most controversial plans to change the Resource Management Act. Audio

Recovery teams have today brought down the remaining three victims from the Fox Glacier chopper crash, plus key parts of the wreckage. Audio

Recovery teams have today brought down the remaining three victims from the Fox Glacier chopper crash, plus key parts of the wreckage. The Government has had to abandon its most controversial plans to… Read more Audio

A lawyer for the Nauru opposition MP who can't leave the Pacific Island because his passport's been cancelled, says the country's justice minister is pursuing a personal vendetta. Audio

Otago University researchers say toddlers are picking up anti-obesity attitudes from their mothers. Audio

Community Law says too many Maori are not getting the legal advice they need. Audio

The shooting down of a Russian warplane in Turkey has raised questions in Australia about the safety of their airforce which is operating in the same air space. Audio

Court documents have shed more light on how a row over music at a party, ended with a man stabbing two members of his extended family, one in the back and the other fatally, almost a year ago. Audio

More than half of Fonterra's farmer shareholders have voted to cut the number of the company's directors by a third. Audio

Redcliffs school is vowing to fight to stay open in the face of the Education Minister this afternoon backing the move to close it. Audio