Top Stories for Friday 7 October 2011

Oil spill response teams prepare for worst from Rena; Three out of the four RWC quarter finals will be hard fought; Trustees confirm former kura principal was suspended; Opposition claims of blowout in borrowing costs fail to materialise; Obama calls for higher taxes to fund jobs bill; Otara parents threaten vigilante action for sex offender; Auckland commuter rail purchase caps 20-year rebuild; Parliamentarians squirming over pay rise.