Tim Graham
Top Stories for Monday 14 January 2013
More arrests may be made over the pack attack on a Featherston man. There are calls for more to be done to protect police officers in sole-charge stations and freedom campers challenge a bylaw… Audio
Top Stories for Friday 11 January 2013
Prebbleton fires destroy homes; Selwyn district mayor Kelvin Coe on the Prebbleton fires; Fiji's military government dumps draft constitution; Three Oscar nods for The Hobbit; NSW expects tough… Audio
Top Stories for Thursday 10 January 2013
Criticism of a plan to leave asbestos in quake damaged Christchurch homes. Flooding and lightning strikes overnight in Southland and a helicopter pilot talks to us about battling the Bush fires in… Audio
Top Stories for Wednesday 9 January 2013
The bushfires blaze across Tasmania, New South Wales and Victoria. Back home, the fire risk in Hawkes Bay has been raised to extreme and cuts in funding for surf lifesaving as the numbers of rescues… Audio
Top Stories for Tuesday 8 January 2013
New South Wales faces catastrophic fire conditions today. New figures show thousands of mistakes made by the Novopay system and if you're back at work and feeling a bit blue after a holiday - you're… Audio
Top Stories for Monday 7 January 2013
The hunt for bodies begins in Tasmania as the bushfires continue to blaze - 100 people are missing. The police in Coromandel search for the man accused of indecently assaulting a five year old girl… Audio
Top Stories for Friday 4 January 2013
Five men are charged in India over the rape and murder of a young woman. A six year old girl is in critical condition after a quad bike accident - we talk to a hawke's Bay doctor about the region's… Audio
Top Stories for Thursday 3 January 2013
Bad weather hits the West Coast, washing out a bridge and leaving people isolated. Share markets around the world rally as US politicians make a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff and the New Zealand… Audio
Top Stories for Wednesday 2 January 2013
Police hunt for the man who stabbed a tourist in Waihi. From behind bars, a triple murderer claims to have abandoned his alter ego that told him to kill women and state housing tenants are told to… Audio
Top Stories for Tuesday 1 January 2013
Wet weather mars New Years celebrations in some parts of the country. In the US, there are no signs of a deal between the White House and Republicans as the deadline for the fiscal cliff looms and the… Audio
Top Stories for Monday 31 December 2012
Equestrian Mark Todd and broadcaster Paul Holmes top the list of New Years Honours. Emergency services in Solomon Islands assess the damage caused by tropical cyclone Freda and President Obama… Audio
Top Stories for Friday 28 December 2012
The Treasury warns the share market may not be able to handle three Government asset sales at once. President Obama cuts short his holiday as the US gets close to going over the fiscal cliff and a… Audio
Top Stories for Thursday 27 December 2012
A series of attacks on police officers sparks calls for the police to be armed. A blow-out in the budget for security for politicians and the Black Caps lose out in a Twenty20 decider. Audio
Top Stories for Wednesday 26 December 2012
Drunken youths attack police officers in Dargaville. Social services agencies say they're under more stress than ever and in the US, gun rights advocates call for Talk show host Piers Morgan to be… Audio
Raymond Ratima has parole frozen until 2014
The mass murderer Raymond Ratima has had his parole chances frozen until late 2014. Ratima is serving a life sentence for killing seven family members in Masterton in 1992, including his pregnant… Audio
1.7 billion pricetag on quake strengthening
The Government has put a 15 year deadline and a one-point-seven billion dollar pricetag on bringing as many as 25 thousand earthquake-prone commercial buildings up to standard. Audio
More fax machine blunders emerge at Corrections
The head of Corrections has admitted to two more privacy breaches by his staff faxing sensitive files to the wrong place. Audio
Criminal record sent to removal company by accident
The Corrections Department has mistakenly faxed a man's entire criminal record to the wrong place, in the latest privacy slip up by a Government department. Audio
Tolley disappointed by Corrections privacy breach
The Corrections Minister, Anne Tolley, says she's disappointed a man's entire criminal record was faxed by her department to the wrong place. Audio
Local Govt shake up passes into law
Ratepayers are being warned not to expect cheaper bills as a result of Parliament passing legislation to radically revamp local councils. Audio