Morning Report

The Education Minister says the government made the decision to increase class sizes after November last year. Audio

She's got more than 25,000,000 followers on twitter - 9,000,000 more than Barack Obama - and is fifth on Forbes list of the most powerful celebrities in the world. Audio

Syria has announced it's expelling ambassadors and diplomats from eleven Western countries in response to the co-ordinated expulsion of Syrian ambassadors by those states after the massacre of more… Read more Audio

Al-Qaeda's second-in-command, Abu Yahya al-Libi, a longtime public face of the terror network, has been killed in a drone strike according to US officials. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Bulging Kiwisaver accounts are being singled out as one of the factors behind a relatively resilient performance from local shares in the face of faltering global markets. Audio

The lawyer for the man accused of murdering Scott Guy in 2010 says plenty of other people had reason to want to kill the Feilding farmer. Audio

Reporter Marcus Irvine comments on the impact of the snow at the Mt John Observatory in Tekapo. Audio

Robert Schikker farms at Mt Somers, near Ashburton. Audio

A severe weather front has begun moving across the country, as Civil Defence and Council staff keep an anxious watch on roads and power supplies. Audio

The Green Party says ACC's complaint to the police against Bronwyn Pullar was never credible, and was nothing more than a smokescreen to distract the media. Audio

Yesterday Hekia Parata was asked repeatedly by our parliamentary chief reporter, Jane Patterson, why National did not campaign on the change in teacher student ratios during the election. Audio