Kim Baker Wilson

The government's plans for an Auckland super city are continuing to draw deep divisions. Audio

The Maori Party is pushing for a conscience vote on Maori seats on the Auckland super council, saying it rejects the Cabinet's final decision not to have the seats. Audio

A member of the Royal Commission on Auckland Governance says the government's decision to exclude Maori seats from the supercity is a"cop out and bad decision." Audio

Just three weeks have been set aside for designers to come up with the new look for the Rugby World Cup's 'party central'. Audio

An Australian serving as a Supreme Court judge in Tonga has been appointed to head a Royal Commission of Inquiry into last weeks ferry disaster. Audio

The Tongan government must now decide if it will seek overseas experts and spend possibly millions of dollars on recovering bodies from what's thought to be the wreck of the Princess Ashika. Audio

Our reporter Kim Baker Wilson is in Nuku'alofa where angry and grieving relatives are camped outside the offices of the Shipping Corporation which owns the ferry. Audio

Relatives of those missing in Tonga's ferry disaster say Transport Minister Paul Karalus is ducking for cover by resigning from his post. Our reporter Kim Baker Wilson is in the capital Nuku'alofa. Audio

The Tongan Prime Minister has defiantly defended his government's handling of Wednesday's ferry disaster, and rubbished claims it wasn't fit for use. Audio

The Tongan Prime Minister has just given a televised address to the nation about the government's response to the Ferry disaster. Audio

There are new claims that the sunken Tongan ferry was dangerously rusty and shouldn't have been at sea and the previous owner says training for the new crew taking over the vessel was cut short. Audio

The head of the New Zealand Navy dive team trying to locate the wreckage of the sunken ferry Princess Ashika off the coast of Tonga has warned that the search will be long and challenging. Audio

93 people are still missing and still only two bodies have been found following the sinking of the Tongan ferry, The Princess Ashika. Audio

A top level investigation is being launched into the Tonga ferry disaster even as the potential death toll rises towards 100. Audio

And back now to our reporter Kim Baker Wilson who is at the court. Audio

For the latest on today's verdict in the Taito Phillip Field trial we're joined again by our reporter Kim Baker Wilson who is at the court. Audio

A jury has found the former MP Taito Phillip Field guilty of 11 of 12 corruption and bribery charges - the first convictions of their kind in New Zealand. Audio

The jury in the Taito Phillip Field trial has indicated it's having trouble reaching unanimous decisions. Audio

Court officials at the trial of Taito Phillip Field were today caught up in a tense standoff with a group of protestors. Audio

Rowdy protesters today disrupted the High Court trial of Taito Phillip Field, as the Judge was in the process of summing up. Audio