Todd Niall

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

The US president Barack Obama is under pressure over his pledge two years ago not to put his country's troops on the ground in Syria. Audio

The Australian Navy is conducting live fire exercises alongside Chinese warships not far from disputed artificial islands of the South China Sea. Audio

A New Zealand soldier who served in Afghanistan has been arrested for deportation in Perth despite having no criminal convictions. Audio

Battle lines are drawn between more passengers and profit for Queenstown airport as it brings in night flights, versus serious safety fears from pilots on the other. Audio

Kim Dotcom's lawyer says the internet mogul's widely-reported reference to himself as "evil" was a deliberate mistranslation by US prosecutors. 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

Only a year after it was re-introduced, the Australian prime minister has dumped knights and dames from the Order of Australia. Audio

Dropkicking maestro Dan Carter's been voted rugby's international player of the year, and the All Blacks team of the year. Audio

Battle lines are drawn between more passengers and profit for Queenstown airport as it brings in night flights, versus serious safety fears from pilots on the other. 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 mayor of Auckland Len Brown says he'll decide soon whether to seek a third term, but won't put a date on it. Audio

The Christchurch City Council is considering making its one way streets safer with flashing lights, after a double fatality this month. Audio

China has finally done away with its much hated one-child policy that's been around since 1979. Audio

Housing New Zealand has fenced off a mountain of rubbish and brought in a security guard to make sure no one else dumps junk on a piece of land it owns in South Auckland. Audio

Business confidence has rebounded into positive territory, according to the latest ANZ bank's monthly survey. Audio

Asbestos dust has been discovered in the air in the school hall and the administration block at Kaiapara College in Helensville. Audio

Bush trek faces households cut off by bridge slump;Asbestos closes West Auckland high school;Push to ban paracetamol sales to young people;All Blacks and Wallabies dismiss history as history… Audio

It's five years since the Auckland Council was created in the country's biggest local body shake-up, merging eight councils into one. 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