Catherine Hutton

Rural folk between Napier and Taupo are contending with heavy snow fall and rain in one of the worst storms for years. Audio

Locking up New Zealanders for breaching their visa conditions is expensive and supports a system which was designed to catch terrorists, a Kiwi detainee in Australia says. Audio

The official tally of patients on waiting lists to see specialists is on the rise but RNZ's Catherine Hutton reports those figures don't tell the whole story. Audio

University of Otago's Associate Professor of Surgery Phil Bagshaw details how thousands of patients are missing out on specialist care. Audio

A Christchurch family is lucky to be alive after being rushed to hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning. Five members of the family spent Friday night in decompression chambers at Christchurch… Audio

A Christchurch family is lucky to be alive after being rushed to hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning. Our reporter Catherine Hutton spoke to a member of the family. Audio

Dunedin Lotto shop owner Julie Moyle says Powerball winners are deserving of their $13.3 million prize. She tells reporter Catherine Hutton the whole experience of selling a winning ticket was… Audio

The Government is cancelling more than a quarter of the 114 Strengthening Families contracts and moving the funding to the newly established Children's Teams. Critics say they're dumping a proven… Audio

The Act Party weighs in on the landbanking debate. Its leader, David Seymour, says the compulsory purchase of land should only be used for building roads, not for development. We ask him why. Audio

Airline pilots are blaming a faulty part for contributing to the plane crash which killed Two Degrees chief executive Eric Hertz and his wife Kathy three years ago. Catherine Hutton reports. Audio

Some budgeting advisers are worried changes to how their services are funded will mean younger people are helped at the expense of the elderly. Audio

A second report has been released from office of the Children's Commissioner, calling for major changes to Child Youth and Family. Audio

New contracts for the country's budgeting services expect them to deal with the same number of clients, despite slashing funding by 25 percent. Audio

It's emerged New Zealand is spending millions setting up and running an embassy in Colombia - a country which is only a minor trading partner. The Foreign Minister, Murray McCully, says with a booming… Audio

Budgeting services are facing an uncertain future as the Government prepares a major shake up of the sector. Audio

The further you live from a power station, the more you pay for power - a future solution proposed by the Electricity Authority. Catherine Hutton reports. Audio

A damning new report by the Fisheries Centre at British Columbia University exposes deliberate and systematic dumping of fish, high levels of wastage, and chronic misreporting of catches. Audio

Those dealing with Auckland's most needy say the Government's efforts to deal with the city's housing crisis are failing. Audio

Organisations which help Auckland's most needy say affordable housing is at a crisis point and the Government cannot continue to ignore it. Audio

The Labour Party say plans to spend millions on emergency housing don't come close to addressing the issue of homelessness. Audio