Mary Wilson

A teenager is in custody charged with murdering a girl while he was on bail. The row over protestors in Dunedin's Octagon tests the city's bylaws and the asteroid passes safely between earth and the… Audio

A bloody rampage targeting social workers sparks a nationwide security review. Michael Jackson's doctor is found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and a complaint's been laid against police, over… Audio

Labour promises to extend working for families to beneficiaries as well. National plans to keep the very worst sexual and violent offenders in jail and evidence the September earthquake saved lives… Audio

Labour's electoral finance plan comes under fire; the latest employment figures and; Auckland rates sharing. Audio

A man pleads guilty to helping his terminally-ill mother to commit suicide. The sex offender dubbed the Beast of Blenheim cannot be kept in jail much longer and the Aratere interisland ferry has been… Audio

The Melbourne Cup is about to start - we cross live to Flemington. National promises a major overhaul of benefits and Graham Henry calls it a day. Audio

The gloves are off as John Key and Phil Goff clash over the economy. Qantas starts flying again and the war of the roses being fought out in Hamilton. Audio

More milk is spilled as the cost of the maui gas leak escalates. A bold plan by Labour to raise the retirement age to 67 and the police have been called in to investigate a potentially fraudulent… Audio

Farmers have begun dumping huge tanks of milk and hundreds of workers have spent the day idle at factories and production plants crippled by the big North Island gas leak. Audio

The Maui gas leak brings thousands of businesses to a halt. Drug mules who hid millions of dollars worth on P in their shoes are jailed and the High Court in Auckland has heard senior managers at the… Audio

The economy takes centre stage five weeks ahead of the election. A serious leak shuts down the Maui gas pipeline and a euthanasia trial has opened in Dunedin and the Crown is basing its case on early… Audio

The Electricity Authority says it will step in if trading on the electricity hedge market doesn't reach satisfactory levels. Audio

The ACT Party's survival in Parliament could now be down to how strongly the National Party, and its leader John Key, wants it to happen. Audio

The chief of the Defence Force will not allow Afghan prisoners captured by New Zealand forces to be sent to prisons on a UN torture list but can't guarantee the same for people arrested in joint… Audio

Defence Minister Wayne Mapp; Oil-hit Mount Maunganui beach reopens; Guilty verdict in Kiko Li case; Party atmosphere in Auckland; One in eight Marlborough vineyards for sale; ACT's survival could be… Audio

The man police shot in Hawkes Bay was unarmed. A National Finance director is jailed for six years and nine salvors on board the container ship Rena have started pumping oil again and are expecting to… Audio

Salvers are back on the Rena but not pumping oil. John Key predicts a third credit downgrade and the last lot of Rugby World Cup tickets are snapped up. Audio

No oil has been pumped off Rena today but more has spilled into the sea. An Air Force pilot who crashed his plane and died had a history of flying dangerously and National's plan to get more workers… Audio

Fears the Rena will lose more oil and that the back half of the ship will come off. One person is dead in a light plane crash in Arrowtown and the lawyer who did everything to beat a drink-drive test… Audio

A battle is brewing for control of the medical honey products maker, Comvita, after the coffee and food giant, Cerebos made a 71-point-6 million dollar takeover offer. Audio