Guyon Espiner

Ardern stands by Broadcasting Minister after RNZ meeting, Broadcasting Minister's meeting with Hirschfeld - analysis, Curran, Hirschfeld meeting: Melissa Lee reacts, 'A lot of problems' in Middlemore… Audio

America's Cup: Last-minute deal secures Auckland venue, America's Cup: Goff hails agreement on base, Nurses, employers meet in new bid to resolve pay dispute, National says NZ First apology for threat… Audio

Trump slaps $60b of tariffs on Chinese imports, Middlemore leaky buildings: Health Ministers Clark, Coleman in dark, Ex-Waikato DHB chair blamed for Murray fiasco, Obama fans crowd streets to spot… Audio

US sanctions Russia over election meddling, UK, US, France, Germany slam Russia in joint statement, Early childhood centres unsafe, not enough staff, Corrections reviews where sex offenders living Audio

UK PM slams Russia, expels diplomats after Skripal poisoning, Russia's NZ ambassador says 'no motive' for Skripal attack, Man offered $8k bribe to keep sham marriage, woman claims, Stephen Hawking… Audio

Trump fires Tillerson,without warning - US media; Skripal poisoning: tension grows as Russia denies involvement; Defence Force admits Hit & Run had correct village; toxic foam: new concerns about… Audio

Labour's general secretary stands by his decision not to tell the police, parents or the PM about sexual assaults on teenagers at a Labour Party summer camp, Theresa May blames Russia for the nerve… Audio

The police face renewed criticism of their pursuit policy after three people die in a chase near Nelson, We look further into the case of a 14-year-old boy who was placed into the care of a Mongrel… Audio

Church pressures council to act over risk of building collapse; NZ to sign CPTPP in Chile; Trump expected to soften on tariffs plan; 11 child sex offenders on one street, Corrections confirms; shallow… Audio

UK police say a former Russian spy and his daughter were posioned with a nerve agent, Fraudster Joanne Harrison is denied parole for a second time, and Police continue their investigations into the… Audio

Devonport naval groundwater toxicity 120 times over limit, Statistics Minister Shaw confident of Census success, NZ's Pacific involvement not like China's - Ardern, Nurses' choice: Accept pay deal or… Audio

A woman left blind and disfigured by her abusive partner speaks out in the hope it will help others, The mother of a severely disabled man vows to continues her fight to be paid for caring for him for… Audio

Abuse inquiry: Privacy breach laid against Sir Anand Satyanand; NZ Census 2018, explained; Black Caps star Ross Taylor aims to inspire Pasifika players; UK sex abuse inquiry demands govt pay victims… Audio

Struggling polytech sector holds crisis meeting, Wellington High Court holds top secret case, Winston Peters' National MPs legal action going ahead, Winston Peters' National MPs legal action going… Audio

More contamination from toxic firefighting foam has been revealed, Simon Bridges says changes are coming to National's line-up but nothing too radical, and Warriors star knocks back an offer from the… Audio

Five in the running to replace Bill English -- who will National MPs choose today? Renewed demands the Royal Commission into abuse investigate the Catholic Church, And Immigrant workers say dodgy… Audio

Truck drivers warned as towbar cracks revealed, Weather: Man dies in freak slip, Fiordland tourists airlifted, Russell McVeagh faces further sex scandal allegations, Takaka Hill rd re-opens after Gita… Audio

US gun debate surges as NRA reacts to Florida, Support for NZ's Olympic teen medallists 'overwhelming', 'If you work hard, anything's possible' - Nico Porteous, Kupe waka heads for spectacular NZ… Audio

Gita: Takaka faces huge clean-up, waits on supplies, Gita: Storm sweeps 16 slips over Takaka road, New Plymouth on boil water notice, work starts on broken pipe, Human Rights Commission under review… Audio

Roads are closed, power's cut and people are out of their homes after last night's big storm, it's been revealed hundreds of drivers have been caught out bribing testing officers to get a licence, and… Audio