Conan Young

The Chief Executive of New Zealand Post says the company is looking at owning fewer post shops and bringing in more self service technology. Audio

Things are slowly starting to improve in the South Island after snow overnight and this morning closed roads and schools and caused another round of power outages. Audio

Some residents in the Christchurch suburb of St Albans are worried plans to widen one of the main roads into the city will split the community in two. Audio

A Parliamentary inquiry into manufacturing spells out an alternative economic approach to revive the sector, but is being snubbed by the Government which says opposition parties are trying to… Audio

A Christchurch business leader says a government take-over of the City Council's building consents would only make things worse. Audio

A safety consultant says nine out of ten aircraft pilots are failing to report mid-air problems including near misses or mechanical problems because they're scared of being prosecuted. Audio

The Minister of Education has raised the prospect of private investors building and maintaining a new super school in the Christchurch suburb of Aranui. Audio

The Ministry for Primary Industries says the worst drought in 70-years has knocked one-point-three-billion-dollars off export revenues for this financial year. Audio

Cantabrians who have been forced to wait up to seven months for the Earthquake Commission to respond to their official information requests are welcoming an investigation, saying it is long overdue. Audio

Canterbury Cricket has told the Environment Court it may not even need a resource consent to upgrade Hagley Park for international matches because of the power of the quake recovery rules. Audio

A couple who have fostered 82 babies, a prominent poet and novelist, and the country's most successful rugby sevens coach are among the New Zealanders named in the Queens Birthday honours. Audio

Emotions are running high at some Christchurch schools in the face of the Education Minister's final decision on their fate today. Audio

An unlicensed, brain-damaged man of 87 who drove the wrong way onto a motorway, killing himself and his wife, was warned not to drive - but the police did not intervene despite being asked to. Audio

Legal arguments have been heard today over whether the Environment Court should have taken into account a possible second mine when it approved a mine on the Denniston Plateau. Audio

The Government is promising extra money to house homeless young people though it is not saying how much. Audio

A Christchurch school threatened with closure is fighting to stay open and may take the minister of education to court if she tries to shut the 136-year-old school down. Audio

A day after the five Aranui schools learned their fate, another Christchurch school is holding a protest against the decision to merge it with a neighbouring school. Audio

Five Christchurch schools under threat of merger will learn their fate from the Ministry of Education this afternoon. Audio

The main road between Christchurch and Sumner is still closed after a cliff-top home which was threatening to topple onto passing traffic was demolished. Audio

Farmers affected by a meat export hold-up in China say New Zealand has to get the basics right if it wants to keep building trade with the economic giant. Audio