Mary Wilson

Hu Mohamed, his wife and two children are sheltering on their catamaran in a mangrove swamp waiting to be rescued, after a horror ride down the raging Burnett River which ripped moorings apart and… Audio

Three people are dead and Queenslanders are bracing for the worst as raging floodwaters inundate homes, submerge bridges and bash boats together. Audio

Three dead in Queensland floods, Mayor drives through flood waters to reach worst hit town, Joyce says Government likely to stick with Novopay, Firework believed to have started deadly club blaze and… Audio

New research from the ChangeMakers Refugee Forum shows disability services in the capital do not include refugees. Audio

Mary Wilson looks at why the American state of Colorado has legalised cannabis. Audio

A 13 year old boy goes to jail for murder. Police target forced marriage and the economy slows to a crawl in second half of 2012. Audio

The embattled head of education quits after barely a year in the job. A man who wants to become a woman is sent to a men's prison and guidelines wanted on safe sleeping with babies. Audio

Seven people are killed on Tokoroa roads. A petrol tax hike to bolster the government's books and common law trumps Maori protocol in the burial of James Takamore. Audio

Cyclone Evan batters the main island of Fiji. The verdicts in Cottrell trial and Samoa counts the cost of Evan. Audio

Twelve-year-olds in Taranaki could get the emergency contraceptive pill, free, from pharmacies under a new scheme proposed by the District Health Board. Audio

The listed firm, Rubicon, says its current share price doesn't reflect the true value of the firm. Audio

The police want to cut the number of Maori being prosecuted by 25 percent within six years (2018), but they will have to do it without any more funding. Audio

The former World and Olympic rowing champion, Rob Waddell, has been appointed Chef de Mission of the New Zealand Summer Olympic and Commonwealth Games Teams. Audio

Andy Thomson of the aid agency Oxfam is in Apia. Audio

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Murray McCully, says help is on standby, but Samoan authorities are coping well so far. Audio

In Samoa, streets are flooded, houses are smashed and uprooted trees litter the landscape, in the aftermath of the deadly cyclone that has killed at least three people. Audio

A defence lawyer has told a jury his client is guilty of manslaughter only, as the Phillip Cottrell murder trial draws to a close. Audio

To Samoa, now where New Zealand's High Commissioner, Nick Hurley, is describing Cyclone Evan as the worst storm to hit in 20 years. Audio

Stargazers should turn their eyes to the night sky this weekend for what's been described as the best meteor shower of the year. Audio

It's been revealed that Catholic primary school pupils attended a prayer group alongside a convicted pedophile and the church never warned the school about the man. Audio