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Spending on more than just the bare necessities pushed up the value of electronic card purchases in July. Audio

As worldwide financial markets continue to tumble, the National-led Government and Labour Opposition are sniping about which has the best policies to save the New Zealand economy from the fall-out. Audio

Among the carnage wrought by arsonists have been huge fires at a furniture outlet in south London, and another at an electronics warehouse in the northern suburb of Enfield. Audio

The iwi-led Independent Constitutional Working Group says a Treaty of Waitangi Commission is badly needed; Auckland and Waikato tangata whenua representatives say the agencies charged with looking… Read more Audio

Road safety specialists say new figures obtained by Radio New Zealand News show truck drivers are putting the lives at risk. Audio

Adidas is being sin-binned by political leaders, for its refusal to drop the price of New Zealand's Rugby World Cup jerseys. Audio

One hundred steel clips used to hold the railway tracks in place have been stolen from a rail line in the Auckland suburb of Takanini. Audio

Fires are still burning across London, where rioting has spread to a swathe of suburbs, and also beyond to other big British cities. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Ron Don, a man famous for his long service as a rugby administrator, and infamous for championing the 1981 Springbok tour of New Zealand, has died. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

MPs will hold a parliamentary inquiry into the price of milk, after the National Party caucus confirmed its support this morning. Audio