Eric Frykberg

There are warnings today that plummeting prices for carbon on world markets could jeopardise attempts to improve the environment by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Audio

Readers and fellow writers are mourning the death of one of New Zealand's most celebrated and best loved authors, Margaret Mahy. Audio

The bad weather that affected the Coromandel and the Bay of Plenty yesterday has eased overnight. Audio

Tax specialists in New Zealand expect a crackdown on money laundering begun three years ago will overcome tax dodging by wealthy people highlighted in a new report out of New York. Audio

Eric Frykberg looks back at 50 years of independent RNZ news and the challenges that lie ahead. Audio

Independent radio news is half a century old next week. Audio

Government action is being called for as housing affordability worsens. Audio

Australian miners insist they have nothing against New Zealanders working across the Tasman despite union concerns about the influx of foreign workers. Audio

Mr Dotcom will now be allowed to see, in advance, a lot of what prosecutors are saying about him. Audio

A Treasury report has admitted smoking actually saves the Government money in the long run. Audio

The electricity industry is conceding the age of big hydro schemes is at an end after the termination of a large project on Buller River yesterday. Audio

The Government is vowing to press on with asset sales despite a report saying it would cost it in the long run. Audio

The wind energy industry is hailing research that predicts a big fall in the cost of using windfarms to generate electricity. Audio

Regulators and generating companies are confident the country will avoid a power crisis this winter despite the South Island lakes being low. Audio

Families of the miners killed in the Pike River disaster are threatening to block coal sales from the mine if it is re-opened commercially without the bodies of the dead miners being brought out… Audio

A computer error has given 306 would-be immigrants a lucky break and gained them entry to New Zealand which would have been otherwise denied to them. Audio

The state coal mining company Solid Energy is expected to reveal it plans to buy the assets of Pike River Coal Mine this evening. Audio

One of the most serious plane crashes here in recent years has been blamed on the pilot, the company that hired him, the company that modified his aircraft and says the Civil Aviation Authority should… Audio

The Government's human rights record is coming under fire from four organisations at a special hearing before the United Nations. Audio

Four organisations have criticised New Zealand's human rights record at a UN special hearing in Geneva. Audio