Mihingarangi Forbes

An American website selling shower curtains and cushions featuring Maori portraits has removed most of the items after complaints from New Zealand. Audio

The family of the last serving member of the Maori Battalion's A Company is unhappy the government turned down its request for ceremonial support to lay the 92 year old soldier to rest. Audio

Centrally influential Maori leader and former Maori Council president Sir Graham Latimer has died at the age of 90. Audio

There's a renewed effort to bring home the remains of thirty one New Zealand soldiers who were killed in Malaysia and Vietnam and have been lying in non commonwealth war cemeteries ever since. Audio

The Wellington City Council has scrapped a proposal to fine people who are over an hour late to burials $50. Audio

The suicide rate for Maori is two-and-a-half times more than for non-Maori and typical of indigenous people around the world. Audio

United Future leader Peter Dunne says there's a lot of water to go under the bridge before the next election in 18 month's time and he hasn't even thought about whether he will stand again in his… Audio

The Prime Minister says building consents are not just a piece of paper, and do result in houses being built. Audio

An historic Antarctica-New Zealand site is likely to be submerged under water this summer due to climate changes which are causing lake levels to rise in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Audio

Auckland businessman Jeremy Hamish Kerr who threatened to spike infant milk formula with 1080, has admitted charges relating to possessing and selling party pills. Audio

The Government is being urged to punish Auckland charter school Vanguard Military School which is breaching its contract by refused to enrol students later than January. Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

Lucrative offers from European clubs haven't been enough to lure Sonny Bill Williams away from the All Blacks and a crack at a third Rugby World Cup title. Audio

A beleaguered Wellington City Council has been told in no uncertain terms the way it conducted the rollout of a controversial cycleway in the suburb of Island Bay has hurt its ambitions for city-wide… Audio

The sister and father of New Zealand woman Cindy Waldron feared dead after she was taken by a crocodile in Queensland say they will stay at the site of the attack until the search for her ends. Audio

The chairman of tribal river trust Te Arawa River Iwi Trust has hit back at elders who are questioning the financial management of the trust. Audio