Geoff Robinson
Top Stories for Monday 23 September 2013
Standoff still underway in Nairobi shopping centre; Charity chief executives' average pay is $224,000; America's Cup 16 day record matched today; Team NZ gears up for yet another race; Greenpeace says… Audio
Top Stories for Friday 20 September 2013
On the cusp of the Cup .. New Zealand is once again on the verge of bringing home yachting's oldest prize, the Americas Cup. The Department of Conservation is accused of losing its nerve and not… Audio
Top Stories for Thursday 19 September 2013
A leaked email raises questions about the Conservation Minister's advice to Parliament about the controversial Ruataniwha Dam. The winds in San Francisco are expected to allow racing in the Americas… Audio
Top Stories for Wednesday 18 September 2013
Will the San Francisco weather allow Team New Zealand a chance to reclaim the Americas Cup today? The Green Party says the Conservation Minister may be gagging his own department and a young Canadian… Audio
Top Stories for Tuesday 17 September 2013
Washington DC shooting: Four dead, two gunmen on the loose; UN confirms Sarin gas used in Syria; DOC says Hawke's Bay Dam could make river toxic; Meridian a different company to Mighty River - Tony… Audio
Top Stories for Monday 16 September 2013
David Cunliffe promises unity as new Labour leader; reaction to Cunliffe's victory; America's Cup race 9 and 10 crucial for Team NZ; two climbers killed on Aoraki Mt Cook; US says it may still strike… Audio
Top Stories for Friday 13 September 2013
Syria has submitted its application to join the treaty banning chemical weapons. As a third baby dies of whooping cough, doctors say it's the worst epidemic in fifteen years and can a champion British… Audio
Top Stories for Thursday 12 September 2013
Thousands remain without power as the slow moving storm continues to batter the centre of the country. What compromises must the government make to get its new resource management law through… Audio
Top Stories for Wednesday 11 September 2013
Wind batters the South Island causing havoc;Orion lines company says 19 thousand customers still without power;Ashburton farmer tells of weather woes;MOH acknowledges number of prisoners needing… Audio
Kerry-Anne Walsh
Australian correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh predicted a Liberal Coalition victory on Morning Report on Friday. She has the final word in today's Australian Election Special. Audio
John Hewson
John Hewson was federal leader of the Liberal Party of Australia from 1990 to 1994. He lost 1993 federal election to Paul Keating. Tony Abbott was his press secretary. He comments on Abbot's election… Audio
Australian lobbyists discuss Coalition's sweeping victory
Grahame Morris, a lobbyist and former chief of staff to John Howard and Simon Banks who has worked on five federal election campaigns for Labor and was Kevin Rudd's chief of staff discuss the election… Audio
John Key
Australia is our closest neighbour and our biggest trading partner. Prime Minister John Key on what the election means for New Zealand. Audio
Brent Edwards
RNZ Political Editor Brent Edwards provides his analysis of the election result. Audio
Labor reacts to defeat
Kevin Rudd and former Premier Bob Hawke react to the election defeat. Audio
Amanda Vanstone
Amanda Vanstone is a political commentator and was a minister in the Howard government. She gives her perspective on the election result. Audio
Abbott greets his supporters
The Liberal Coalition won a resounding victory last night.The first word goes to the new Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott - a man written off so many times as unelectable but a man who last night… Audio
Top Stories for Friday 6 September 2013
Australians go to the polls tomorrow ..with the ruling Labour party facing a rout. In another twist to the Fonterra botulism scare, Agresearch says it never told Fonterra its products contained a… Audio
Top Stories for Thursday 5 September 2013
Fonterra bosses leave for China, having conceded that human error led to the contamination scare. Sir Russell Coutts describes the penalties handed down to his Oracle America's Cup team as astonishing… Audio
Top Stories for Wednesday 4 September 2013
Three years on from the first major Canterbury quake - insurance claims for five thousand severely quake damaged properties are yet to be settled. Key Congressional leaders swing behind President… Audio