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MP's have heard that some proposed changes to accident compensation cover may result in the reintroduction of the right to sue. Audio

The Labour Party leader, Phil Goff has announced an end to the 20 year consensus between Labour and National over the best way to control inflation and says he would make significant changes to the… Read more Audio

A District Court judge has told a teenager who attacked an elderly returned serviceman that it was a gratuitously violent and cowardly crime. Audio

One of the Defence Force's most experienced explosives experts has been killed in a freak accident today at Waiouru Military Camp. Audio

Czechs and Slovaks have been marking 20 years since the so- called Velvet Revolution. Audio

A task force of medical experts has caused confusion and debate in the United States after recommending women should not have mammograms until they're 50 and then have them only every two years. Audio

The last few days have been some of the deadliest in one of the world's most dangerous cities. Audio

An anthropological team in Argentina, set up to find and identify the remains of people who vanished under brutal regimes between 1974 and 1983, is finding success matching exhumed skeletons to DNA… Read more Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

The Pentagon has responded to the massacre at a United States army base in Texas by launching a review of all defence services, to screen for potentially violent and unstable staff. Audio

The humble plastic rubbish bin has been identified as one way to significantly reduce arson attacks. Audio

China correspondent Quentin Sommerville is in Beijing. Audio