Tim Graham

Opposition parties are imploring the new Minister of Energy to acknowledge New Zealand has a problem with power price hikes. Audio

The former Prime Minister, Dame Jenny Shipley, has dodged questions about the Mainzeal collapse during a hearing at Parliament this afternoon. Audio

The Corrections Department is refusing to reveal which of the country's 18 prisons are most at risk of crumbling in an earthquake. Audio

The Labour Party says there is no justification for the Corrections Department's secrecy about the level of seismic risk in the country's 18 prisons. Audio

The former Secretary of Education, who returned to England after just thirteen months in the job, has been paid out almost half a million dollars. Audio

The Prime Minister says introducing a written constitution to New Zealand would be like putting the country in a straitjacket. Audio

There's a warning the Government could be leaving itself open to costly legal action unless it urgently moves to plug biosecurity gaps identified by the Auditor-General. Audio

Opposition parties say the Government has caved in to pressure to constrain lending into the booming housing market. Audio

The Prime Minister is refusing to take any blame for the debt-stricken state of Solid Energy. Audio

News of jobs losses just keep coming with Telecom announcing today that hundreds of workers will go as the company embarks on another round of cost cutting to combat intense competition. Audio

The Labour Party says the falling price of coal is no excuse for the parlous financial state of Solid Energy, and a lack of Government oversight is to blame. Audio

The Children's Commissioner is slating the Government's proposed charter schools as a harsh experiment to run on children. Audio

A coroner wants the law changed to stop people jailed for driving offences serving any licence disqualifications while they're in prison. Audio

The Government is being accused of running a sham consultation on its plans to close or downgrade 13 regional courts. Audio

Opposition MPs are seizing on a new Salvation Army report as evidence that the Government is failing in its areas of greatest responsibility. Audio

New Zealand's agreement to take refugees from Australian detention centres has sparked outrage on both sides of the Tasman. Audio

Islamist terrorists seize hostages at a gas facility in Algeria. Workers at the Stockton Mine on the West Coast agree to cut their hours to save their jobs and are the poor being forced off benefits… Audio

Bethlehem College mourns the deaths of three New Zealanders killed in a mini van crash in Kenya. President Obama announces sweeping changes to the gun laws in the US and is Auckland's council doing… Audio

Auckland property prices surge, are they being priced out of the market? A norovirus is on the way and Oprah Winfrey talks about her interview with cyclist Lance Armstrong. Audio

A report into the closed Napier-Gisborne rail line finds it is economically viable. Steven Joyce defends the Government's estimate of how many jobs were created by the Hobbit movie and Islamist… Audio