The prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has refused to be interviewed by Scotland Yard detectives before his release.

Christian Brueckner, a convicted rapist, is set to get out of prison in his native Germany this week and could be allowed to leave the country with no restrictions.

UK correspondent Gavin Grey says Brueckner has refused to reveal why he's not taking part in this.

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New data suggests New Zealand's economic turmoil is far from over.

New economic data from Stats NZ prompted BNZ to increase its estimate of the size of the contraction in the economy in the three months to the end of June.

Harbour Asset Management expert Shane Solly explained further.

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A new service has been launched that's designed to show mobile network outages in real time.

The service builds on the Hourua partnership between Spark and One NZ, and experts believe it'll be helpful for operations taking place during natural emergencies, such as cyclones.

One NZ CEO Jason Paris says this development means services will be able to be restored during emergencies much quicker.

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