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To China where the sharemarket has suffered its sharpest fall in five years with investors going on a profit-taking spree. Audio

Vodafone is to follow Spark and increase its costs for broadband and phone lines, but it won't yet say by how much. Audio

A former Dunedin osteopath who left patients with needles in their backs when he went to get coffee and sausage rolls has been suspended. Audio

In a surprise move, the Government and the primary teachers' union have ended their stalemate over the 359-million-dollar scheme to pay some teachers and principals more to improve groups of schools.

The Finance Minister acknowledges falling dairy prices and unusual economic conditions are going to make it even more challenging for the Government to reach surplus next year. Audio

Fonterra's slashed its forecast payout to farmers, wiping billions of dollars off dairy farmer incomes and hurting the wider economy. Audio

Sleep deprivation, humiliation, beatings, water boarding -- some of the interrogation techniques used by the CIA to question suspected terrorists, set out in a new US Senate committee report. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Some Māori protesters are predicting opposition will grow - now that the government's granted 15 exploration permits to oil and gas companies, worth about 110 million dollars. Mani Dunlop from Te Manu… Read more Audio

New research shows drink-drivers in rural areas are six times more likely to be sent to jail than people caught in the main centres. Audio

The Finance Minister says the fall in dairy prices and unusual economic conditions are going to make it even more challenging for the Government to reach surplus next year. Audio

The Prime Minister has rejected criticism his Government is not doing enough to reduce inequality and poverty. Audio