Katrina Batten

The Wanganui District Council says hundreds of people outside the rohe made submissions about their preference for the spelling of the district's name; The former National MP, Tau Henare, has been… Audio

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 13 February. This week.....should we be leaving coal in the hole to save the planet; we travel to Japan to compare… Audio

Iraq's foreign minister meets with Murray McCully and a child abuse trial at the High Court in Auckland is abandoned. Audio

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 13 February. This week.....should we be leaving coal in the hole to save the planet; we travel to Japan to compare… Audio

The Defence and Prime Minister at odds over reasons for troop involvement in Iraq and an application to mine phosphate off the Otago coast is turned down. Audio

Waitangi wrap up; Ngati Kahungunu wants to assert greater influence over a pan-iwi-owned fisheries company; A Wairarapa tribe wants to study the age of an ancient argillite adze - which could prove… Audio

Waitangi wrap up; Ngati Kahungunu wants to assert greater influence over a pan-iwi-owned fisheries company; A Wairarapa tribe wants to study the age of an ancient argillite adze - which could prove… Audio

Police tell the family of an Otago prisoner who died they will not be laying charges, and a state of drought declaration could be imminent for Otago and South Canterbury Audio

Pathologists say the proposed integration of laboratory services in the Wellington region amounts to privatisation to save money. Four men, including the former Chairman of Harness Racing New Zealand… Audio

There are only 28 judges who define themselves as Maori working in New Zealand's legal system; A co-chair of a youth law advocacy group suspects banning prisoners from voting in general elections… Audio

There are only 28 judges who define themselves as Maori working in New Zealand's legal system; A co-chair of a youth law advocacy group suspects banning prisoners from voting in general elections… Audio

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 23 January. This week...a survivor remembers the horrors of Auschwitz; the media, the summer and what makes news… Audio

The Green Party co-leader, Russel Norman, is stepping down as co-leader. The Otago Regional Council says the drought gripping much of the region is now worse than the last big one 16 years ago. Audio

representative of the Ratana church says Tuheitia, the Maori king, would have been very disappointed by the Prime Minister's non attendance at the church's annual celebrations. The primary teachers'… Audio

A representative of the Ratana church says King Tuheitia, the Maori king, would have been very disappointed by the Prime Minister's non attendance at the church's annual celebrations. The primary… Audio

Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 23 January. This weekwhat are media commentators looking forward to for 2015; changing farming habits to cope with… Audio

The dollar declines on money printing plans in Europe and Air New Zealand is tipped follow rivals and lower long-haul airfares. Audio

Auckland's overheated housing market is being blamed on the Resource Management Act and Cricket World Cup organisers satisifed with security planning despite terror-threat concerns. Audio

An Auckland Selection Body has lodged an appeal against a Judge's order to undergo a reselection process. About 13-thousand people were drawn to Lake Karapiro for this year's ActivePost Waka Ama… Audio

An Auckland Selection Body has lodged an appeal against a Judge's order to undergo a reselection process. Ngati Porou has turned around its farming fortunes. A researcher is calling for kaumatua or… Audio