Patrick O'meara

This weekend Australia could elect its seventh Prime Minister in nine years. After leadership spill after leadership spill, analysts have told our reporter Demelza Leslie they're hoping the leadership… Audio

The tourism and aviation industries have put the Department of Conservation under intense pressure to get an eight-fold increase in the number of helicopters allowed to land on a Fiordland glacier… Audio

New Zealand tops the world in the ability to use computers and the Internet. That's even though nearly half of us can only do the basics. Our education correspondent John Gerritsen makes sense of the… Audio

$150 for the cheap seats to watch the All Blacks take on the British and Irish Lions next year? Will rugby fans snap the tickets up? Max Towle spoke to some to find out. Audio

Auckland's mayor Len Brown isn't ruling out that commuter trains will run to Auckland airport. That's even though the city's Transport Agency says that would be too expensive. But Mr Brown told Todd… Audio

A South Otago town with just a pub, a dairy and a fish and chip shop is hoping to attract more people to live there by selling brand new houses for just 230-thousand dollars. Our reporter Ian Telfer… Audio

British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn takes a huge hit in a no confidence vote and Nigel Farage exchanges barbs with his fellow European Parliament MPs.Guyon Espiner speaks to correspondent Dan… Audio

A post mortem is being conducted today on the body of man found in a bale of cardboard at a Hamilton factory yesterday.Our reporter Andrew McRae is outside the factory in Frankton. Audio

Melanoma sufferers and cancer groups say Pharmac plans to fund the advanced melanoma drug Keytruda will save lives and change lives. We talk to Pharmac's Sarah Fitt about why Pharmac changed its mind.

Hundreds of tonnes of steel that doesn't meet the New Zealand standard has been used to build the huge Waterview highway and tunnel in Auckland. Our reporter Phil Pennington has the details. Audio

``Beyond description. Beyond words. Beyond a joke'' that was the view of The Sun's deputy chief sports editor Martin Lipton after England's defeat by Iceland in Euro 2016. We speak to him 24 hours on.

Melanoma patients and cancer groups say Pharmac's plans to fund the advanced melanoma drug Keytruda will save lives and change lives. Sharon Brettkelly reports. Audio

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

Money rained from the sky in Tonga's capital, Nuku'alofa as part of the lavish celebrations for the 150th anniversary of Tupou College. Indira Stewart has more about the festivities at Tonga's - and… Audio

The Finance Minister admits up he got his numbers wrong when he was defending his decision to veto a Labour Party bill to extend paid parental leave. But that won't change anything for the bill as our… Audio

Auckland's mayor Len Brown says it's not yet a done deal that trams, and not commuter trains, will be built to connect the city to the airport. He told Todd Niall the council needs to be involved in… Audio

As David Cameron heads to Brussels to talk to European leaders, Germany warns Britain there will be consequences for its decision to quit the EU. Meanwhile, attacks on immigrant communities in Britain… Audio

Hundreds of tonnes of steel that doesn't meet the New Zealand standard has been used to build the huge Waterview highway and tunnel in Auckland. Our reporter Phil Pennington has the details. Melanoma… Audio

Volatility continues on the world's markets in the wake of Britain's vote to quit the European Union. RNZ Economic Correspondent Patrick O'Meara looks at the latest movements and discusses the… Audio

New Zealand exporters grappling with the implications of Britain's decision to leave the European Union have been told to keep calm and carry on. Audio