Mary Wilson

The Pope will be welcomed tomorrow on his eighty-first birthday at a ceremony on the lawns of the Whitehouse. Audio

An international report calls for major changes to farming practices to stave off a major food crisis. Audio

Activists are calling for a boycott of a major French retail chain in retaliation for the Olympic torch protests in Paris. Audio

The WWF commissioned a survey of five hundred people and found 83 percent support a ban on set and trawl nets. Audio

18 year old Ford Randell was sentenced at the Hastings District Court yesterday on four counts of intentional damage. Audio

MP Gerry Brownlee and list MP Nicky Wagner painted a grim picture of life in the South Island's largest city. Audio

A High Court jury in Blenheim has acquitted a man accused of causing a gas explosion which killed his friend in a car. Audio

Six students and a teacher from Elim Christian College died when a flash flood swept them down a Central North Island Stream. Audio

Murray Foreman is charged with murdering 71-year-old Jack Nicholas in August 2004 with a high-powered rifle. Audio

The Foreign Affairs Minister, Winston Peters is calling it a"seismic change"for our international representation. Audio

The area has now been cordoned off and will remain so until the police have examined the items in question. Audio

A new study has found workers who helped make 2,4,5-T in New Plymouth have elevated levels of dioxin in their blood. Audio

The Principal of Elim Christian College Murray Burton is paying tribute to those killed in the flash flood. Audio

Police have ended their 18 month investigation into the theft of hundreds of emails from former National party leader Don Brash. Audio

The defense has tried to paint Miss King as a careless mother, she used drugs only days before the twins were fatally injured. Audio

Questions raised today over the pursuit centre's response to the severe weather warning the MetService issued yesterday morning. Audio

The six students and a teacher were swept away by a flash flood in a gorge near the Tongariro National Park yesterday. Audio

The Housing Minister's plan to address the demand for emergency housing has been criticised as little more than electioneering. Audio

Dr David Romano is an expert on the ancient Olympics and explains the torch relay is only a recent part of Olympic history. Audio

The head of the International Olympic Committee says the Beijing games will rebound from the chaos of this week's torch relays. Audio