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The Law Commission is recommending that the next Governor-General be required to pay income tax. Audio

The police say four people who were forced to spend the night on top of their capsized boat seven kilometres out to sea, are very lucky to be alive. Audio

A New Zealand man is suspected of being involved in the biggest seizure of exotic animals in the United States' history. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Dozens of fires have been burning around New South Wales and so far have destroyed nine homes and blackened thousands of hectares of bush and grassland. Audio

It's Wanganui with an H and without an H. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

Cities and towns from the Far North to the deep south to will host teams competing in the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Audio

A desperate search for compromise by world leaders at the climate change summit in Denmark is keeping alive hopes a deal can yet be clinched on the last day of talks. Audio

Two teenage girls will spend at least the next 17 years behind bars for bashing and killing an elderly man in his Opotiki home last year. Audio

The law is to be changed so that adults who do nothing to stop a child in their household from being seriously assaulted will be held legally liable. Audio

Five thousand people have been enjoying a free meal in London's Trafalgar Square as part of a campaign to highlight the problem of food waste. Audio