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Dunedin's mayor has called a southern summit to fight the loss of skilled jobs from AgResearch's Invermay campus. Audio

Political pressure is mounting for the Government to re-examine the murder and rape conviction of Teina Pora. Audio

New Zealand's main commercial watchdog wants to know why Fonterra took so long to tell investors about its botulism contamination. Audio

Waikato dairy farmer Peter Scatchard wants the heads of Fonterra's chair John Wilson and its chief executive Theo Spierings to roll. Audio

China's state news agency has slammed New Zealand's 100 Percent Pure brand labelling it "a festering sore". Audio

A twelve-week-old puppy called Milo, has been killed in a series of burglaries and home invasions in the Auckland suburb of Glen Innes last night. Audio

Fonterra has been hoding a news conference in the last hour. Audio

Ngati Kahungunu is accusing the Hawke's Bay Regional Council of steamrolling ahead with its proposed Ruataniwha dam - despite the tribe's opposition; A Maori business consultancy group, Poutama Trust… Read more Audio

Opposition parties have used information dumped by the Government last Friday to attack the credibility of the Prime Minister over his handling of the inquiry into the leak of the GCSB report. Audio

Peter Scatchard is a dairy farmer in Waikato who runs 550 cows. He wants the chair of Fonterra and its chief executive to quit. Audio

The Finance Minister, Bill English, says the impact of the Fonterra contamination scare should be small and not significantly slow down the economy. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio