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A Dunedin secondary school is hoping to improve their 13 and 14 year olds' literacy by tackling what's known in the teaching profession as "summer fade". Audio

Sea Group Holdings which has been granted a prospecting permit to look for gold in part of Coromandal harbour is already facing opposition. Audio

The Crown signed a Deed of Settlement today on Wakatau marae in Nelson, for all outstanding historical Treaty claim with Ngati Koata; The Maori tertiary institution Te Wananga o Aotearoa which… Read more Audio

Record numbers of low income people are relying on emergency food in the lead up to Christmas. Audio

An Auckland Relief Committee and a mayoral fund have been set up to help Samoa and Fiji recover from Cyclone Evan. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

An international team of scientists in Antarctica has sucessfully drilled a 763 metre ice core which they say will give the most detailed record yet of climate change in the Ross Sea region. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

Another Novopay blunder - a school caretaker, Ronnie Moffat, has gone from being short by 110 dollars every pay day to getting holiday pay of 100 million dollars. Audio

The principal of the Taranaki school, that the teenage killer Jordan Nelson went to, is promising to campaign to change the nationwide system that failed to alert them to his troubled background. Audio

It's been revealed Treasury has problems with the Government's controversial plan to introduce charter schools and opposes using unregistered teachers. Audio

Treasury spells out problems with charter schools, 13 year old killer's school wants troubled students tracked, school caretaker gets hundred million dollar holiday pay, Scientists drill crucial ice… Read more Audio