Ben Brown

The Food Safety Authority has found chemical residues on some fruit and vegetables are three times over their legal limit. Audio

The former minister is facing 40 charges, 15 of bribery and corruption, 25 of perverting the course of justice. Audio

MP Taito Phillip Field is today due to find out if he'll be committed for trial on charges of bribery and corruption. Audio

A new report is highlighting a string of problems with the way the military is storing its ammunition and explosives. Audio

Editor Emma Neale and poets talk about their contributions to a new anthology of poems on parenthood. Audio

New measures have been unveiled to protect parts of the Tasman and South Pacific oceans from the effects of bottom trawling. Audio

More than half a million SuperGold card holders have been promised free off-peak public transport and cheaper hearing aids. Audio

Labour MP facing forty charges, fifteen of bribery and corruption and twenty-five of perverting the course of justice. Audio

A Thai immigrant says Taito Phillip Field met with her and others to decide what to say to the Noel Ingram inquiry. Audio

A Thai immigrant has told a depositions hearing that Taito Phillip Field let her stay at a safe house rent free. Audio

Almost a hundred job vacancies have already been identified by a team trying to help workers at a Thames sawmill. Audio

The Copyright New Technologies Amendment Act was passed yesterday and is designed to update and clarify Internet copyright law. Audio

Beer - it's a kiwi favourate - but according to NIWA global warming might just be about to taint your pint. Audio

A bill has been passed to protect the Waitakere Ranges and its foothills from creeping urbanisation and development. Audio

Are you still wearing shorts every day? Enjoying barbecues outside? Sleeping without the extra blankets on? Audio

A proposal by the Ak city council to replace all the region's council's with a single body has been rubbished by other mayors. Audio

The Tino Rangatiratanga flag is one step closer to being flown outside the offices of the Manukau City Council. Audio

NZ drug companies have put an election-year pitch to political parties over where they think policy should be going. Audio

A draft report on water quality in the Hauraki Gulf and the rivers which feed into it has uncovered widespread contamination. Audio

Police are investigating a suspected street race in the Birkenhead area of Auckland which left two people dead. Audio