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A two year boy has escaped unscathed after hitching a ride on his unwitting grandfather's trailer for 20 kilometres. Audio

A long-term plan to return the Bay of Plenty coast back to pre-Rena days has been unveiled. Audio

A powhiri which was due to start at Te Papa museum at four o'clock this afternoon, to mark the return to New Zealand of 20 toi moko or Maori ancestral heads from France has been delayed; The Customs… Read more Audio

The surging New Zealand dollar has shrugged off mild admonishment from the Reserve Bank and no change to the Official Cash Rate to make further strong gains today. Audio

Protesters have returned to Aotea Square in Auckland after police earlier today evicted them, making 20 arrests. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Two of the men arrested along with Kim Dotcom have been granted bail, despite the United States fighting to keep them behind bars. Audio

The commander of Papua New Guinea's defence force, Francis Agwi, has been overthrown after rebel soldiers stormed his Port Moresby barracks this morning and placed him under house arrest. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

New Zealand officials served a rogue Norwegian adventurer with a deportation notice and warned him not to leave for Antarctica. Audio

We asked finance minister Bill English about the forecast for a reduced surplus. Audio

The Government's projected return to surplus in two years' time is still in place but John Key has had a massive chunk sliced out of it. Audio