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Petrol prices have dropped below two dollars a litre for the first time since January, but the AA says this should have happened sooner. Audio

With stock markets around the world jittery, the price of gold is climbing to record highs. Audio

The National-led Government has come under renewed pressure over mine safety before last November's disaster at Pike River Mine which killed 29 workers. Audio

A North Otago Rugby Union fund-raising calendar featuring players posing nude, except for strategically placed beer bottles, is creating a storm of controversy. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Most stock markets have been falling round the world and the gold price climbing as fears over Europe's financial crisis intensify. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

A crash investigator has backed the Crown's argument that a police officer took a risk when he made a u-turn and collided with a motorcyclist. 60 year old highway patrol office Michael Lenihan is… Read more Audio

Courts in London have been sitting through the night to deal with the flood of hundreds of people accused of the rioting and looting that's rocked Britain for days. Audio

Christchurch has unveiled an ambitious $2 billion plan to re-create the central city as a green, people friendly, low rise zone, inside a garden. Almost six months on from the destructive February… Read more Audio

Christchurch unveils $2 billion central city rebuild, London courts sit through the night for riots accused, Questions about whether UK police should shut down BlackBerry systems, Commissioner awards… Read more Audio

A landmark on Suva's seafront, the Grand Pacific Hotel, is to be re-developed after more than a decade of disrepair. Audio