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A number of home owners are cashing in on the demand for luxury accommodation during the Rugby World Cup, renting houses for up to 20 thousand dollars a week. Audio

There are predictions falling house prices and sales in Auckland are another sign of a sluggish economy that could mean the Reserve Bank has another think about whether to hike interest rates. Audio

As millions of Americans celebrated Independence Day, new questions are being asked about direction of the war effort in Afghanistan. Audio

More than two-thirds of people charged with crimes received criminal convictions last year, higher than in any other year during the decade. Audio

With 95 per cent of the votes counted in Poland's presidential election it's now almost certain that the candidate of the governing party, Bronislaw Komorowski, has won. Audio

The Green Party is accusing the Government of being a slum-landlord, with big shortfalls in the budget to bring state houses up to an acceptable standard. Audio

A hearing has begun in the High Court in Whangarei, on a dispute over beachfront land at Matapouri Bay. Audio

It's just over three months from the super city election day and Auckland has one of the worst rates in the country of people enroling to vote. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

The main group behind a proposed US Congress bill to ban the use and export of the poison 1080 says it believes it is likely to succeed. Audio

The Government is tightening rules in a bid to reduce knife-crime. Audio

Police are investigating the sudden death of a of a 23-year-old man at a cinema in central Wellington. Audio