Jock Anderson

The Prime Minister, John Key, has described as "underwhelming" David Shearer's first major speech since taking over as Labour leader. Auckland's landlords stand accused of taking advantage of the… Audio

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Sugar is being called so toxic to the human body that it should be regulated as strictly as alcohol by governments worldwide; mail delivery has stopped to some earthquake-hit Bexley houses; the… Audio

An earthquake measuring 5.7 rattled much of the country; the motorist cleared of charges over the death of a cyclist is called the "fall guy" for a "highly hazardous pinchpoint" on Tamaki Drive; the… Audio

Sven Gronemeyer of La Trobe University says his decoding of a Mayan tablet with a reference to a 2012 date denotes a transition to a new era and not a possible end of the world as others have read it… Audio

The Labour Party's two horse race for the leadership is now focussed on a series of meetings with the party membership next week; Standard & Poor's has downgraded the credit ratings of the big four… Audio

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The English may be famous for their stiff upper lip but British people now enjoy 13 hugs each a day, research has found; a team of Auckland researchers has obtained $790,000 in reseach funding to… Audio

On the eve of the general election, a new poll shows Act's John Banks still trailing National's Paul Goldsmith by 9% in the pivotal seat of Epsom. Audio

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Topics - Prosecutions against five high-ranking Khmer Rouge cadres are set to be dropped as United Nations trials in Phnom Penh collapse amid farce and acrimony. The Wallabies have nothing to fear… Audio

Topics - The container ship Rena, which ran aground on the Astrolabe reef near Tauranga on Wednesday morning, appears to be breaking up. A Labour-led Government would consider introducing weekly… Audio

The first day of spring is here; scientists confirm the Return Trip Effect; Fashion Week; a $1 gun sale; and U.S. retailer JCPenney has come come under fire for selling a t-shirt bearing the words… Audio

Selling of SOEs, and seismologists examine the link between 2 aftershocks in Christchurch yesterday. Audio

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Topics - Work is making more than one in 10 people ill, with high levels of stress prompting 13 per cent of employees to say they fear for their emotional or physical safety in their job. A man who… Audio

Topics - Sporadic violence has broken out in several cities around England, while London has remained largely quiet with a heavy police presence on the streets. The New Zealand Rugby Union says Adidas… Audio

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Topics - The News of the World phone hacking scandal continues and more than 41,000 Australians applied for personalised number plates with the Roads and Traffic Authority in the past year. Audio

Topics - Amnesty International says Prime Minister John Key appears to have forgotten New Zealand's legal obligations towards asylum seekers. One of the country's worst mass killers, Stephen Anderson… Audio