Sean Plunket
Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
We are joined by our correspondent in Canberra, Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio
Atheists plan anti-God slogans on buses
The Atheist Bus Campaign is calling for donations so it can put their message on buses in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Audio
River Plate commemorated
Ministry of Culture and Heritage's military historian Ian McGibbon. Audio
Local government expert says super city boards too few in number
Peter McKinlay is director of Auckland University of Technology's Local Government Centre, who are making a submission to the Local Government Commission about supercity boundaries. Audio
Top Stories for Wednesday 9 December 2009
A wave of bombings in Baghdad claim 130 lives, The Copenhagen summit is told this decade is the hottest on record, A bungle over dumping toxic soil could force the Wellington Regional Council to sue… Audio
Top stories for 07 December 2009
In the programme this morning: under-privileged children visit theatre of expletives and adult sexual themes; 'factory-farms' on dairy agenda in Canterbury; count-down to Copenhagen; Xmas cheer to… Audio
Top Stories for 4 December 2009
How much will it cost to get your bum on a seat at the Rugby World Cup? Major Iwi threaten to boycott the super city's Maori advisory board and calls for the Brash taskforce to be scrapped. Audio
Top Stories for Thursday 3 December 2009
The search is on for a replacement for the Auckland Harbour bridge after its revealed the old one may only last another 20-years, An increase in US troops in Afghanistan leads to a warning of… Audio
Top Stories for Tuesday 1 December 2009
Bid to protect wild rivers from development, Government spending levels unsustainable, Maori remains returned to New Zealand and New Zealand spam king fined 21 million dollars by a US court. Audio
Top Stories for Friday 27 November 2009
Air New Zealand's flight to the ice prepares for take off, The Maori Party says Phil Goff is re-opening racial wounds, The Coromandel is targeted for more gold mining. Audio
Top Stories for Thursday 26 November 2009
Top Stories for Thursday 26 November 2009. Audio
Top Stories for 12 November 2009
* Redundancies in the state sector hit a nine year high. * The Reserve Bank predicts more finance companies will collapse. * A review of the anti-smacking law says parents are NOT being prosecuted for… Audio
Top stories for Tuesday 10 November 2009
Buddy Mikaere says Harawira should apologise. Pressure mounting to review MP travel perk. Food prices surge - supermarkets blamed. Germany celebrates 20 years without the wall. Neighbours frustrated… Audio
Hone Harawira correspondence
A email correspondence where Hone Harawira defends his overseas travel. Audio
Top stories for 4 November 2009
* New Zealand and Australia's top diplomats are ordered out of Fiji * Auckland GPs say they've no confidence in the city's labtesting regime * The Government's interest in the oil business puzzles… Audio
Top Stories for 23 October 2009
Political battle lines are drawn over ACC. The Government launches its new National Standards on Education. The volatile New Zealand dollar could drop dramatically soon and Police have finally been… Audio
Top stories for 20 October 2009
* The prime minister says the Rugby World Cup joint tv deal is in the country's best interests. * A select committee says the provocation defence should go. * Auckland Grammer School boys front up but… Audio
Live at Six
Sean Plunket reviews"Live at Six", a new play which turns the tables on journalists. Audio
Top stories for Tuesday 13 October 2009
A child's body is recovered from a drain in West Auckland...Aisling Symes parents say they've been told its their daughter. The Auckland Regional council calls for NZ Bus's contracts to be ripped up… Audio