Katrina Batten

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 26 June. This week..... does current affairs have a place on commercial TV; From Africa to Aotearoa - collecting DNA… Audio

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 19 June. This week..... the TV cop shows taking over our screens; brain training to slow the progression of… Audio

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 12 June. This week..... can NZ afford the increasing cost of superannuation; should people convicted of serious… Audio

A multi million dollar bill to fix Wellington's flooding problem; The falling dollar proves a double edged sword for the economy. Audio

Hurunui's mayor confirms the digger driver buried in a landslide owns the quarry and the Government records paper-thin surplus despite earlier Budget projections. Audio

Discharge without conviction for a Whanganui woman who admitted the manslaughter of her son and electronic consoles on Auckland buses are being replaced after one exploded. Audio

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 5 June. This week..... calls for a regional growth plan; media reaction to the demise of Campbell Live; what it means… Audio

Amnesty International makes case for New Zealand to double its refugee quota and whistleblower suggests Helen Clark as a candidate to clean up FIFA. Audio

The Prime Minister says people smugglers now have the capability of getting to New Zealand;The state houses the Government is selling will be sold at market value. Audio

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 3 April. This week.....Insight looks at China's engagement with Pacific nations; Morning Report turns 40; how Maggie… Audio

A report criticises the treatment of people held in police cells and NASA launches a test balloon from Wanaka. Audio

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 27 March. This week.....an historic win for the Black Caps in the Cricket World Cup; media reaction to the sacking of… Audio

The covers are off at Eden Park as the Black Caps look to make Cricket World Cup history. Les Munro's war medals will remain in New Zealand. Audio

A disciplinary hearing for the engineer whose company designed Christchurch's CTV building and the founder of modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, dies. Audio

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 20 March. This week.....how the media coped with the announcement of a potential poisoning threat to infant milk… Audio

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 13 March. This week.....the media reaction to Teina Pora's Privy Council decision to quash his convictions; the… Audio

Havoc for West Coast residents after widespread flooding; Fire fighters battling a Northland forest fire prepare for a wind shift. Audio

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 6 March. This week.....a dying woman lobbies for reforms on assisted dying; Stephen Hawking's first wife on why she… Audio

A claim criticism of tourist drivers is getting out of control and opposition parties call for pay increases for public sector chief executives to be reined in. Audio

The former National MP, Tau Henare, has been roped in to help the Crown and two East Coast tribes to outline what the iwi want from their treaty claims; An authority on taonga Maori and the Kaihautu… Audio