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To help answer that question, we're joined by currency strategist Derek Rankin of Rankin Treasury. Audio

The Finance Minister has admitted extra borrowing by the Government could be putting upward pressure on the value of the New Zealand dollar. Audio

Is the Government pushing the dollar higher by borrowing unnecessarily? A mother pleads for answers about her missing son and the sin bin for Dunedin South's MP. Audio

A consumer group is criticising the whiteware manufacturer, LG, for taking over a year to deal with its misleading labelling on its fridges. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

The Green Party is holding its annual meeting in Auckland this weekend. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

The ACT MP Heather Roy has described Labour's parliamentary behaviour over her member's bill as churlish, cynical and a waste of taxpayer money. Audio

It's a grim time for the wind turbine maker, Windflow Technology, which has warned trading conditions have worsened, and it's not ruling out axing more jobs to stay afloat. Audio

A rift appears to be developing in the caustic relationship between some private lawyers on the criminal bar and the Legal Services Agency's Public Defence Service. Audio

A block of one of the main thoroughfares, Colombo Street, has reopened, along with part of the once fashionable shopping precinct of High Street. Audio

More now on the three new faultlines discovered in Canterbury. Audio