A former department store owner is said to have raped and sexually assaulted a string of women who worked for the chain.

More than 20 women have claimed they were sexually assaulted by former Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed, five of whom have said they were raped.

The women say the assaults were carried out at the company’s offices, in Al-Fayed’s apartment in London, or on trips overseas.

UK Correspondent Gavin Grey told Ryan Bridge that Harrods not only failed to intervene, but also helped cover up abuse allegations when Al-Fayed was in charge.

The department store’s current owners say they’re “utterly appalled” by the allegations, and the store sincerely apologises.

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The All Blacks are coming up to a big test this weekend, facing off against Australia in the first match of the Bledisloe Cup.

It’s been almost two weeks since their back-to-back losses against South Africa, so what went wrong and do they have the time to fix it?

Former All Blacks captain Ian Fitzpatrick told Ryan Bridge that if the All Blacks can start like they did against the Springboks in Johannesburg, then they’ve got a good chance.

He said you can say what you like about the previous games, but this is a different beast altogether.

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There are expectations that cuts to the Official Cash Rate are now going to keep on coming.

Yesterday's Stats NZ figures show our GDP contracted 0.2% in the three months to June.

In the March quarter, 0.1% growth was recorded.

ASB Chief Economist Nick Tuffley says the numbers show inflation's falling within the Reserve Banks expectations.

He told Ryan Bridge they're now going to continue cutting the OCR to get it from 5.25% to around 3%.

Tuffley says if they cut a quarter every meeting, we'll reach that target by October next year.

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