Chris Whitta
Midday News for 16 January 2012
Details of the charges emerge in New Zealand's biggest-ever fraud case. Audio
Midday News for 11 January 2012
Doubt cast on the government's claim the Rena's owner would have to remove the entire wreck. Audio
Midday News for 10 January 2012
The Rena's stern is sinking off the Tauranga coast. Audio
Midday News for 6 January 2012
Christchurch businesses ask for EQC cover to protect them from crippling increases in insurance excesses. Audio
Midday News for 27 December 2011
Police investigating the Turangi campground say they are following strong lines of inquiry. Audio
Midday News for 20 December 2011
The Prime Minister is to review the controversy surrounding a school adviser on national standards and MPs are sworn in for the new Parliament. Audio
Midday News for 19 December 2011
Property owners hit by last week's floods in Nelson and Tasman brace themselves for news about their future. The Christchurch City Council's CEO gets a whopping 14-percent pay rise. Audio
Science: Earth Sciences
Tonight, Motutapu Island geology and new knowledge about the history of Mt Ngauruhoe with geologist and paleontologist Dr Hamish Campbell from GNS Science. Audio
Life after water reduction
Environmental social scientist Jonathan Sobels discusses the social impacts on the Lower Murray and Lakes communities in light of the plans to limit extraction in the Murray-Darling Basin. Audio
Arts : jazz
Resident jazz maestro Fergus Barrowman looks at a superb CD : Making Baby Float, NZ'er Tim Hopkins, and Indian American saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa. Audio
Naomi Pocock : home not home
Naomi Pocock about what long-term Kiwi travellers think and feel once they finally return home. Audio
Midday News for 30 November 2011
Investigations are under way after gas built up to an explosive level at a Huntly coalmine and the former chief prosecutor of the Serious Fraud Office faces charges. Audio