Jane Clifton

Topics - The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in the USA has led the nation to launch into an increasingly bitter argument over gun control laws. The Tertiary Education Union says it's a bad idea… Audio

Topics - About 8000 people are sheltering in evacuation centres across Fiji, as authorities investigate the scale of the disaster and count the number of homes that have been ruined. Power bills have… Audio

Debrett's have launched a new guide to eating with one's fingers. Kim Dotcom's lawyers have asked the High Court to make the Government Communications Security Bureau a co-defendant in its legal… Audio

The police will launch a national blitz targeting drivers using cellphones next week. A leaked report on alternatives to Auckland's proposed downtown rail tunnel proves the 2-point-four billion dollar… Audio

Topic - Forecasters say the center of Superstorm Sandy has roared ashore on the New Jersey coast, packing high winds and a life-threatening storm surge. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the… Audio

Topics - The Government could legislate to force councils to rezone land outside city limits for new housing, as it tries to ease pressure on low-income families who are struggling to enter the… Audio

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The captain responsible for the wreck of the container ship Rena has apologised to New Zealanders for causing an environmental disaster - and then trying to cover up his role. Wallabies first-five… Audio

The Ministry of Education has published the national standards results of nearly 2000 schools. The head of the New Zealand Rugby Union says proposed gambling reforms will strip community sports of… Audio

Complaints choir, The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that a police officer drove at what it called an "undesirable" speed after a driver failed to stop at an alcohol checkpoint. What… Audio

The Justice Minister, Judith Collins, says she is keen to get the Government's Alcohol Reform Bill passed as quickly as possible. A man who works as an investment banker has been sentenced to 250… Audio

Charter schools, NZ Olympic Gold. Audio

EQC; Assets Sale. Audio

Topics - The escalating cost of living finds two-income families increasingly worse-off than single-income families were a generation ago - and it is threatening to put them under. Beneficiaries who… Audio

Topics - An Auckland youth advocate says figures showing Maori students are expelled from school at four times the rate of their European counterparts reflect "institutional racism" in education. The… Audio

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The Complaints Choir, France clamps down on fat cat salaries, exercise might be bad for some apparently healthy people, a boy is injured at school while playing a headlocking game, and the Maori Party… Audio

Younger and younger people are ending up at Waikato hospitals following substance abuse, and the Czech Republic warns its citizens not to hitchhike in NZ. Audio

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Topics - Should Christchurch build the Crusaders the covered stadium they're asking for? Figures show that Government agencies are spending more on consultants, with two departments more than tripling… Audio