Top Stories for Wednesday 11 September 2013

Wind batters the South Island causing havoc;Orion lines company says 19 thousand customers still without power;Ashburton farmer tells of weather woes;MOH acknowledges number of prisoners needing mental health treatment;UN Security Council to meet;Auckland Council expects applications for new housing within weeks;400 turn up to final Labour leadership meeting in Christchurch;Four men convicted in Indian rape case;South Canterbury Rugby Union shocked by rape allegation;Efforts continue to recover failed finance company deposits;NZer in Saudi Arabia has money confiscated under anti-terrorism law.