Sean Plunket

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Hundreds of candidates will begin jostling for places at the starting line of Auckland's super city race when nominations for the new council and local boards open tomorrow. Audio

Money is now the only obstacle standing in the way of a deal to finish the troubled upgrade of the Air Force's Hercules aircraft. Audio

Radiographers and laboratory workers have resumed Industrial action citing a lack of progress in pay talks. Audio

MPs have failed to throw their support behind legislation aimed at loan sharks, with National and Act saying it would have had little effect on unscrupulous lenders. Audio

A mining company is critical of a Government back-down on the issue, A time-line is set for Afghanistan to take control of its own security, North Shore Hospital struggles to cope with increasing… Audio

TUANZ urges regulation over mobile roaming, General Petraeus addresses NATO forces in Kabul, Magic to play in the transtasman netball final. Audio

MPs are given a choice perks or a base payrise. Can the outgoing Police Commissioner heal the rift with Tuhoi and prominent film makers back Sir Peter Jasckson's call for a cultural change at the Film… Audio

More information is coming to light of the alleged Russian spy ring operating in the United States, including one who has been dubbed the femme fatale. Audio

The defence lawyer for two of the Feltex Carpets directors on trial says they were under pressure to turn the company around, but did not deliberately falsify financial reports. Audio

On the day the highly contentious Emissions Trading Scheme comes into effect the government has, for the first time, given concrete numbers on how much the scheme will reduce emmisions by. Audio

The Undie 500 student car rally has found a new home at last - on a farm in the small Marlborough town of Seddon. Audio

A tiny Wellington School has completed an enormous task. Audio

Another top scalp has been taken in Wimbledon with six times champion Roger Federer knocked out of competition by Czech Tomas Berdych. Audio

Air New Zealand is rejecting assertions an Air New Zealand pilot contributed to the crash of an Air New Zealand plane off the French coast in 2008. Audio

After more than a decade of protests and political wrangling, the Government's Emissions Trading Scheme begins to hit the pockets of businesses and householders today. Audio

The Government says a scheme to keep newly graduated doctors, nurses and midwives in hard-to-staff areas is more than proving its worth. Audio

The introduction of the emissions trading scheme today is set to increase the cost of freighting goods and some forms of passenger transport. Audio

French prosecutors say pilot was to blame for an Air New Zealand plane's deadly plunge into the Mediterranean, The Government rejects Australia's offer to form a jont Anzac force in Afghanistan, The… Audio

The Medical Council is awaiting the penalty a disciplinary tribunal will impose on a Canterbury doctor found guilty of disgraceful conduct. Audio