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Cambodia has rejected a request from Thailand to extradite the former fugitive Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who arrived in Cambodia earlier this week to work as an economic advisor to the… Read more Audio

The Australian opposition leader, Malcolm Turnbull, has launched a stinging attack on the government today over its offer to the Sri Lankans on board the Oceanic Viking. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Scientists in Melbourne will soon start a new type of surgery to help breast cancer survivors regrow their breasts after having a mastectomy. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

An Australian paleontologist has just unearthed the fossilised remains of a new dinosaur, which has prompted a rethink about dinosaur evolution. Audio

Whale Watch Kaikoura has taken on some of the big fish in the tourism pond - and won the top award at the Responsible Tourism Awards in London. Audio

Spending on supermarket goods and appliances was up slightly in the September quarter, mostly due to a rise in prices. Audio

MP Hone Harawira is rubbishing suggestions raised at a Maori Party hui that he be set adrift to sit in parliament as an independent. Audio

An elderly Irish priest kidnapped in the remote southern islands of the Philippines has been freed. Audio

27 countries are locked in an intense round of negotiations to try and stop fish species such as Orange Roughie and Jack Mackeral from being wiped out. Audio

Too many people are going on expensive gluten-free diets without first finding out whether they really have gluten intolerance or Coeliac Disease. Audio