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News from the Waatea team. Audio

The shortlist for the Orange Prize for fiction, which honours women writers has been announced. Audio

A company that advertised text trivial quiz competitions on TV hooking up unwitting contestants to a regular text message service they had to pay for has been fined $125,000. Audio

The International Monetary Fund has issued a warning about increasing levels of government debt in developed countries. Audio

An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

Google says it always tries to handle people's personal information carefully, despite heavy criticism from a group of privacy officials in several countries. Audio

Forest and Bird says it has papers showing the Government had longstanding plans to get rid of Environment Canterbury in order to fast-track large-scale irrigation. Audio

News from the business sector. Audio

What's in the word 'oh'? Audio

Workers facing lay-offs at the Air New Zealand subsidiary SafeAir near Blenheim are being told not to get their hopes up following Government comments today. Audio

Legal experts say the real impact of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is very uncertain. Audio

Planes are once again in the air over Europe after an unprecedented lock down of international flights for nearly a week because of Iceland's erupting volcano. Audio