1Financial research organisation Canstar is warning home owners that a rise in interest rates could make mortgage repayments unsustainable for many.

2The conclave to choose the next Pope is now underway, with black smoke emerging from the Sistine Chapel chimney earlier this morning, indicating that no decision has been made yet.

3A look at the challenges facing the new Pope when it comes to dealing with the Vatican's finances.

4Interview with Opposition Leader David Shearer about: He, Russel Norman and Metiria Turei have been pre-registered for Mighty River Power shares without their knowledge or approval; asset sales petition; Labour MP Shane Jones cleared of corruption by Auditor General; debt collectors recovering Novopay overpayments from teachers.

5Analysis of the latest business and financial news: including; Wall Street faltering this morning; New Zealand house prices remain strong.

6The conclave to choose the next Pope is now underway, with black smoke emerging from the Sistine Chapel chimney earlier this morning, indicating that no decision has been made yet.

7There is outrage over media reports that debt collectors may be being used to recover overpayments made to teachers by the Novopay system. Interview with the President of the New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI).

8The Wairarapa has become the latest region to ask officials to declare a drought. Interview with meteorologist Daniel Corbett about the weather outlook for New Zealand.

9The conclave to choose the next Pope is now underway, with black smoke emerging from the Sistine Chapel chimney earlier this morning, indicating that no decision has been made yet.

10Prime Minister John Key and his senior Ministers have spent the last six months brushing off problem after problem - asset sales, water rights, Novopay, Solid Energy, job losses - and yet nothing seems to dent their continuing popularity. Interview with public relations expert Michelle Boag.

11Despite the struggles farmers are experiencing as a result of the drought, there have been positive effects for other primary industries, especially the wine industry. Interview with Sir George Fistonich, founder of the Villa Maria Estate.

12The Convention in International Trade in Endangered Species, currently under way in Thailand, has heard that the slaughter of elephants for their ivory has doubled in a decade while the seizure of ivory has tripled to an all time high. Interview with wildlife economist Brendan Moyle.