Top Stories for Monday 14 October 2013

Wet and windy weather expected across the country today; Queenstown considers tax on tourists to fund convention centre; Government not ruling out online voting for 2016 local govt elections; Senate leaders try to avoid US fiscal default; Parole Board to hear arguments today on Teina Pora; Police to release pictures in hunt for McCann; Len Brown to visit Reserve Bank next month in a bid to solve housing crisis, and; Makeup of Hawke's Bay Regional Council hinges on special votes.