Patrick O'meara

The Reserve Bank has defended its .25 percent interest rate cut today, saying a larger cut wasn't needed. Audio

The Reserve Bank reviews interest rates this morning and it's almost certain rates will fall. But will retail banks pass the cut on? Maybe not. Audio

The Reserve Bank looks set to resume its rate cutting policy in a monetary policy statement to be released at nine o'clock. Audio

Unions say higher wages are good for the economy, but can employers afford to pay them? Audio

The European Union may investigate New Zealand's tax laws as it tries to crack down on countries that are operating as tax havens. Audio

Experts are worried that with a growing economy comes the bad habits of borrowing and spending. Economists say the overheated property market is a key driver and that NZ is once more becoming… Audio

The emergence of persistently low inflation has led to calls for an overhaul of the Reserve Bank's inflation target. And as Patrick O'Meara reports, some pundits say the bank's actions have done… Audio

There is doubt further cuts in interest rates by the Reserve Bank will do much to help lower the dollar. The central bank wants the currency to fall and the inflation rate to rise to 2 percent… Audio

Papua New Guinea's prime minister faces a vote of no-confidence in parliament today amid mounting pressure for his removal. And as RNZ International's Johnny Blades reports although he claims to have… Audio

Media companies Fairfax and NZME have decided to pull out of going to Rio to cover the Olympics next month, saying Sky Television is using its broadcasting rights to unfairly curtail news coverage… Audio

A secret ballot that will knock out some of the 12 contenders - which include Helen Clark - for the UN Secretary General job has taken place in New York. We cross to New York to find out more about… Audio

A sell-out crowd of five-and-a-half-thousand watched Joseph Parker's fourth round demolition of Solomon Haumono in Christchurch last night. Our reporter Conan Young was there. Audio

America is sending a naval ship to the New Zealand navy's 75th anniversary celebrations. Our Foreign Affairs Minister says he will not be asking the United States to confirm or deny whether the ship… Audio

Moko Rangitohe-riri's mother Nicola is said to be devastated at the news the three year old's co-killer Tania Shailer is appealing her 17 year prison sentence. No word yet on whether David Haerewa… Audio

One of its architects of New Zealand's anti-nuclear law, Sir Geoffrey Palmer, says New Zealand's legislation was trying to stop the nuclear proliferation but now progress in nuclear disarmament has… Audio

The Finance Minister Bill English dismissed Winston Peters's criticism. Audio

Fish and Game has a new approach to cleaning up New Zealand's waterways - it's urging people to stand for their local authority in October's elections, on a promise to improve water quality. Audio

American vice-president Joe Biden's announcement the US Navy will send a ship to help celebrate the New Zealand navy's 75th anniversary ends a standoff that began when the Lange government passed… Audio

Group lost in Te Urewera recovering in hospital; Peters: Government needs to front up to housing realities; Finance Minister dismisses Winston Peters complaints; Why did MSD help families move into… Audio