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A judge says more needs to be done to tighten up maintenance standards in the shipping industry, after an oil spill in Timaru last year. Audio

A Tauranga fish processing company has been fined 16-thousand dollars after two of its workers suffered frostbite while unloading a boat. Audio

Two 12-year old boys have been named as the ANZAC of the Year Award winners. Audio

The Ministry of Education says a proven Maori student support plan is not being cut, axed or scrapped; However, an East Coast secondary school says officials need to be careful when tinkering with the… Read more Audio

The Government is making it easier for New Zealand companies to win public sector contracts. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Satirists are taking their chances with the litigious leader of the Conservative Party Colin Craig - relentlessly mocking him after he threatened one satirical website with legal action. Audio

The stock exchange's dairy futures and options contracts have built up a sufficient following around the world in the last two years that NZX is going to extend trading hours from early in the… Read more Audio

The lawyer for one of the men accused of being part of an al-qaeda backed plot to derail a Candadian passenger train has told a court the charges are false and they will fight them vigorously. Audio

The Labour Party is continuing to insist that military morale is low, after it released a leaked survey and then accused the Government of gagging the Chief of the Defence Force. Audio

The Government is looking at making it easier for the police to warn people about convicted killers without breaching privacy laws. Audio

Hackers backing Syria's regime spooked US markets this morning after they hacked into the Associated Press's Twitter account and falsely posted that President Obama had been injured in an explosion at… Read more Audio