Conan Young

A man whose wife died in the collapsed CTV building has told an inquest he was stopped by the police from rescuing her, and that they ignored valuable information on where she was was inside the… Audio

More Councils are considering hiring debt collectors to recover unpaid parking fines. Audio

Councils around the country are considering bringing in the debt collectors to recover unpaid parking fines after a successful trial in Auckland. Audio

The head of the board of trustees at troubled Christchurch Girls High School has stepped down as chair amid the wrangling over principal Prue Taylor. Audio

The mayor of Christchurch wants to look at combining the city's universities and polytechnics into a central city campus, to be called the University of Oceania. Audio

The former principal of Christchurch Girls High, Prue Taylor, has gone to the Employment Relations Authority asking for her job back. Audio

A public memorial service has just finished in the West Coast town of Blackball for the 29 men who died in the Pike River mine disaster. Audio

Friends and relatives of the 29 men killed in the Pike River mine two years ago today have marked the anniversary with a private memorial service close to the entrance of the mine. Audio

It's two years since the Pike River coal mine disaster and most of the families of the 29 men who died there say they're as determined as ever to recover the remains. Audio

Frustrations came to a head today in Christchurch over delaying elections for the Canterbury Regional Council. Audio

The Christchurch mayor, Bob Parker, is defending the extra leave being offered to council staff and is rejecting a call from the employers for an inquiry into how the decision was made. Audio

The Insurance Council is mounting a legal challenge against the Christchurch City Council over its rules regarding earthquake-prone buildings. Audio

Christchurch principals say the hiring of one their own to advise the Ministry of Education on controversial merger and closure decisions will add much needed local knowledge to a process that had… Audio

The Fire Service's night shift commander during the rescue effort at the CTV Building last February has told an inquest it was the fault of firefighters at the scene that a command centre to… Audio

The Minister of Education has done a u-turn on the most controversial proposal to come out of the planned shake-up of schools in Christchurch. Audio

The CTV inquest has been told the most senior fire fighter on duty on the day of the Christchurch earthquake was missing in action. Audio

The largest provider of household insurance in Christchurch, IAG, fronted up to its customers last night. Audio

Recommendations for widespread changes are predicted in the Pike River Royal Commission's Report which is to be made public today. Audio

The assistant national secretary of the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union, Ged O'Connell, told our reporter, Conan Young, that he hopes the report will recommend legislation changes to… Audio

A man who supplies rescue equipment to the fire service has described leading the charge to save people from the rubble of the CTV building because fire and police crews were too indecisive. Audio