Michael Ross
The Week in Detail: Burning the rubbish problem away and the 'wasted vote' myth
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
Tarras locals gear up for a fight over airport
Christchurch Airport says it's premature to try and stop a new airport that's only just having the groundwork laid; but Tarras locals know what they don't want. Audio
Wanaka locals oppose proposed airport expanson
Wanaka residents are fuming about what they see as a lack of consultation over a plan to expand the airport.
The council organised two meetings this week - one in Wanaka and one in Frankton - but… Audio
Michael Ross- respected discrimination researcher
In the Seventies, Michael Ross became one of the first people to speak out publicly about the experience of being gay in New Zealand, at a time when homosexuality was still illegal here. Over the… Audio
Michael Ross discusses the expansion of the Wanaka Airport
Passenger jets would have to take off and land every ten minutes to ensure a decent return on the money spent, say opponents of a proposed expansion of Wanaka Airport. Their report says the proposed… Audio
Not guilty verdicts over a soldier who drowned while training
Two soldiers have been found not guilty of negligence during a military training exercise when a soldier fell overboard in a freezing lake and drowned. Audio
Super-human strength allows grandson to free grandfather
The fire service says a man has rescued his grandfather with a feat of extreme strength after he was trapped under a half tonne slab of wood. Audio
More from flooded Oamaru
The Waitaki civil defence controller Michael Ross is with us. Audio