Geoff Robinson

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The Labour Party says the government should release details of offers it says were made for South Canterbury Finance. Audio

Education groups are upset the government is axing its main support programme for troubled schools. Audio

A move to specifically ban Maori who hold customary title over the seabed and foreshore from charging fees for access, is being described as an insult to iwi around the country. Audio

And there is a New Zealand link to the rescue. The harnesses the miners are wearing that measure their vital signs was invented by a New Zealander, Brian Russell. Audio

There have been scenes of joy and elation as one by one, the trapped Chilean miners have come to the surface. Eighteen miners have now been freed - over half of the 33 trapped 7-hundred metres beneath… Audio

There have been scenes of joy and elation as one by one, the trapped Chilean miners have come to the surface. Audio

There have been scenes of joy and elation as one by one, the trapped Chilean miners have come to the surface. Seventeen of 33 miners have now been freed - after being trapped 7-hundred metres beneath… Audio

Heavy rain has continued to fall on the East Coast, north of Gisborne, overnight - with fears of even more evaucations and road closures. Audio

The Maori Party is dismissing claims that its members have lost confidence in its leadership over changes to the Foreshore and Seabed Act. Audio

The Screen Production and Development Association says it wishes to meet with the union representing actors to discuss employment rights. Audio

The Finance Minister is calling an audit of the Government's retail deposit guarantee scheme, 'timely', in view of the payout to South Canterbury Finance depositors last month. Audio

Rail and air services have again been heavily disrupted in France, after a third general strike against changes to the state pension system. Audio

Returning now to the local body elections, and the writer and former television presenter Dave Cull has ousted Peter Chin who had served as mayor of Dunedin for six years. Audio

Pundits are scratching their heads over the local body election results in Wellington. Audio

The Breakfast television presenter Paul Henry may have resigned after a series of on-air gaffes but it remains to be seen how much damage the controversy has caused to his former employer. Audio

The United Airlines pilot, who in 1989 miraculously landed a Boeing 747 that had devloped a massive hole in its fuselage, has died at the age of 81. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The first of 33 trapped Chilean miners could be brought to the surface as soon as Wednesday - more than two months after they were trapped 700 metres underground. Audio

The tightest mayoral tussle is in the capital. Audio