Patrick O'meara

Queenstown is putting itself forward as the first region in New Zealand to be classified as a Special Economic Zone. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

A teacher is tonight behind bars awaiting sentence, after being found guilty of having a sexual relationship with a young boy. Audio

New Zealand Football has lost its appeal against a ruling that denied the under-23 team a chance to qualify for the 2016 Olympics. Audio

A Palmerston North rapist's two-year sex crime spree is over, ending today with the 34 year old man sent to jail indefinitely. Audio

Sky Network Television expects its full-year net profit to be as much as 11 percent down on the year earlier, as additional programme expenses and new subscriber services increase costs. Audio

Midwives pan research about child deaths as scaremongering; Police Minister confident new penalties will result in fewer fleeing drivers; A woman arrested for faking work visa applications; Farming… Audio

The Wellington City Council is investigating after one of its venues was used for an unofficial school ball where nearly 50 people became so drunk they needed medical treatment. Audio

An Australian lawyer says John Key's suggestion that detainees should sign up to be deported then fight their cases from New Zealand is plain wrong. Audio

The Government is setting up a taskforce to look at pay equity. The working group, which is still being formed, will begin to meet later this month and will be tasked with agreeing to equal pay… Audio

More now on the woman ordered deported to New Zealand who is at the centre of one of Australia's most disturbing child abuse cases. Audio

More now on the police recalling 400 breathalysers they only began rolling out in July - 50 out of 340 or so tested have are returning faulty readings and they don't know why. Audio

The country's biggest fund manager, AMP Capital Investors, says the recent ructions in investment markets - caused by nervousness about China - are no reason to panic. Audio

The days of a gender pay gap in New Zealand could be numbered. The Government has announced a taskforce to look at pay equity, with the working group to begin meeting later this month. Audio

Otago University is being called punitive and mean for making staff who stayed home during a shooting threat take the day as annual leave. Audio

Ex All Black Mils Muliaina has had a sexual assault charge against him dropped in a Welsh court but his supporters say damage has been done. Audio

Police are recalling hundreds of state-of-the-art breathalysers after faults, and they're waiving any charges or infringements linked to them. Audio

Hundreds of breathalysers recalled, prosecutions waived;NZ can't stop Betty Colt being sent here;Players Assoc calls Muliana's treatment outrageous;Mt Albert Grammar principal says its investigating… Audio

Scott Guy's family prepare for Ewen Macdonald's release from jail next month. Deportees are top of the agenda with Malcolm Turnbull due to touch down in Auckland and the Black and Blue quarter final -… Audio

The Government's books are back in the black for the first time in seven years. Audio