Karen Brown

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The TAB's Mark Stafford comments on the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup. Audio

Father told to go to police during daughter's psychotic episode; Govt gives stretched Canterbury DHB $16 million; NZ-bred horse carries first woman jockey to Melbourne Cup win; New rules for Filipino… Audio

Australia is on the verge of bringing in screening of young people for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Audio

A woman was given the wrong drug, the wrong dosage and on three separate occassions, incorrectly labelled medication because of a series of mistakes by two pharmacists working in the same place. Audio

The government wants to have the power to intervene more quickly with failing schools. Audio

A court martial's been told a corporal kicked and grabbed her friend by the throat in a fight over pre-loading on vodka after a night out drinking. Audio

The New Zealand arm of Westpac Bank has reported a full year profit of 916 million dollars, up six percent on a year ago. Audio

Asbestos-hit Kaipara College will keep its classrooms closed all week but seniors facing imminent exams will be tutored at other places. Audio

Listening to that is our education correspondent, John Gerritsen. Audio

The government wants to have the power to intervene more quickly with struggling schools. Audio

Queenstown expanding despite pilots' night flying fears;Govt wants early intervention for poorly performing schools;Analysis from our education correspondent;Dan Carter voted player of the… Audio

The bungled investigation, into the Fox Glacier skydiving crash. Flood waters buckle a bridge and sixty people are cut off and first a two million dollar french painting and now he's stolen a rare… Audio

The Health Ministry is considering moving to a two-dose vaccine to protect girls against cervical cancer and genital warts. Our Health Correspondent, Karen Brown, reports. Audio

Doctors want an anti-cancer vaccine, currently only funded for girls, to be extended to boys. Audio

Pregnancies supervised by newly graduated midwives are much more likely to end in a baby's death. Audio

Government unveils plan to tackle childhood obesity; Warning fails to deter library from buying $75,000 forgery; One Tree Hill's seedling solution; Ak's giant tunnelling machine breaks through; Were… Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The Government has unveiled a new plan to tackle childhood obesity, targetting children as young as four. The Prime Minister says being overweight or obese is expected to overtake tobacco as the… Audio

A young policewoman's battle to remain on the beat with a severe lifelong and incurable disease has gained national recognition. Audio