Ian Telfer

Auckland's North Shore mayor is negotiating a deal to take leaky homes out of the courts but is threatening to walk away unless the Government offers more. Audio

A consumer watchdog has issued a scathing assessment of the financial advice industry after finding evidence of widespread incompetence. Audio

A respected economic think-tank says New Zealand's environmental priorities give far too much emphasis to fighting climate change. Audio

A new survey has revealed many National party voters are very unhappy with the Government's changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme. Audio

The High Court has begun hearing the case of a Kapiti Coast woman and her son who claim they were severely poisoned by a wrongly installed gas heater. Audio

Insurers say they're wary of being burned again in a political war over workplace injury insurance. Audio

A new report shows 10 percent of tradespeople have left the building industry as a result of the recession. Audio

Lists just released by local bodies show there are tens of thousands of potentially contaminated sites which may never be investigated. Audio

At least two regional councils are refusing to release lists they hold of sites potentially contaminated with toxic waste. Audio

The clean up has begun on one of the country's most polluted waterways, the Waiwhetu Stream, near the mouth of Wellington's Hutt River. Audio

The dairy boom may not be what it sued to be, but there's a new export product China can't get enough of - logs. Audio

The Government is moving to fix a legal glitch that has seen the Department of Conservation billed over $800,000 for cutting down feral pine trees. Audio

New analysis suggest the Government's changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme may have killed off new forest plantings for carbon credits by up to a decade. Audio

The forestry sector is working out the best ways to cash in on the Emissions Trading Scheme, which is being introduced to Parliament on Thursday. Audio

The head of the Waikato dairy factory believes a sludge spill at his plant was an act of sabotage which the union vehemently denies. Audio

It's been described as a revolutionary new trap for stoats which could lead to the pest's total eradication. Audio

A West Coast mayor is calling for a lone objector to a long-awaited hydro-electricity scheme to give in, and stop holding back progress in the region. Audio

Agricultural scientists say the Father of the Green Revolution, Norman Borlaug, is the hero of their profession. Audio

A senior police officer who was caught driving after drinking heavily at the police college bar has been convicted and fined. Audio

The Government has settled a bitter decade-old dispute with the West Coast timber industry over promises made to it by the former state owned enterprise Timberlands. Audio