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A vote which aims to halt the conflict in Iran has passed. It is the fourth time the House of Representatives has voted to limit President Trump's war powers. However, it does not guarantee the war will end. Washington DC correspondent Jacob Brown spoke to Lisa Owen.

A disability advocate fears expanding the use of automated decision making could lead to beneficiaries being unfairly cut off.

News from the business sector, including a market report

The All Whites had one of their newest and most influential fans in the stands in Florida for today's World Cup warm-up game against Haiti. Argentine social media star Valen Scarsini, known as El Scarso, was there to meet defender Tim Payne who now has 4 million followers on social media thanks to the South American. However, New Zealand's first game since Payne put the team in the international s...

A former tech guy turned orchard owner has put the call out to the country's farmers to turn electric and he thinks they're switching on. Mike Casey runs Electric Cherries in Central Otago, purely on solar power. He's on a crusade to electrify the country and believes farmers hold the key to solving our energy crisis. Mike Casey spoke to Lisa Owen.

Wellington Mayor Andrew Little has hit out at the government's August deadline for amalgamation proposals...while saying he wants to talk seriously about a mega-merger.

Chinese hip-hop artists in Auckland are dropping a new voice into the city's music scene. The sixteen-member collective known as AKLA performs in regional Chinese dialects, Cantonese, Mandarin slang and English, mixing rap, beatboxing and street dance to tell stories of culture, identity and migration. The group has performed at numerous large cultural events, including the Auckland Lantern Festiv...

More than $8 million, that's how much the Super Rugby franchise Moana Pasifika is in debt. The first liquidators report shows $4.3 million is owed to secured creditors. That includes a $2.7 million loan from Sport NZ, a crown entity. Approximately $3.9 million is owed to unsecured creditors. Players are among those owed money. Boss of the Rugby Players Association, Rob Nichol spoke to Lisa Owen.

The Department of Conservation's disposal of a small backcountry hut in north Canterbury has led to community backlash with accusations DOC has breached trust and the Conservation Act.

One of the largest teams in sport is coming to our shores for the biggest tour in New Zealand cricket history. India will headline a mammoth home summer announced in Papatoetoe today, with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh women also set to tour. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen.

A 17-year-old Auckland student is about to get a taste of Apple after impressing the tech giant with a development of his own. Alex Liang, a student at Westlake Boys' Highschool, wrote the code for a star gazing app that can be used with the the tech company's vision pro mixed reality headset. It won him top honours in an Apple student challenge and a trip to the company's California head office....

Middle East correspondent in Doha, Lou Browne.

Any money made from charging international tourists to visit Aotearoa's most iconic spots should be spent in the region, the attraction is in. That's the view of a Coromandel resident's group. DOC is consulting on plans to charge international tourists a fee at up to ten popular spots around the motu. They include Milford Sound, the Tongariro Alpine Crossing and Cathedral Cove. It estimates up to...

In Australia, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party has been on an absolute tear so far this year, enjoying a surge in support that has seen one poll showing it's become the country's most popular political party. Australia correspondent Nick Grimm spoke to Lisa Owen.

River levels are dropping in the Tasman district, where some places received 700 millimetres of rain over the King's Birthday long weekend. It has felt all too familiar for some people, with the downpours coming almost a year from last winter's devastating floods. Samantha Gee reports.

News from the business sector, including a market report.

The final standings make for pretty reading for New Zealand fans, the entire top four consisting of kiwi teams. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen.

On Tuesday, a team of whale disentanglement specialists managed to free a Southern Right Whale from a cray pot line which it had been stuck in for at least four days. It's fight for survival began just off Stewart Island on Saturday, when a cray pot anchored the whale to one spot, it could not swim away. Step up a kind-hearted fisherman, a local ferry and a boat load of whale specialists. Jennifer...

Major centres around the country are dealing with thousands of tonnes of illegally dumped rubbish. The biggest problems in Auckland where figures obtained by Checkpoint show council workers picked up 1926 tonnes last year. That's the weight of around 154 of the city's electric buses. The clean-up of ratty mattresses, rubbish sacks and old couches - the most common items often left on berms - cost...

There are calls for an independent regulator to police the online world and demand more transparency, accountability and safety. In an open letter to the government, an unlikely group of bedfellows has raised concerns about what it describes as harmful, deceptive, and destabilising activity often enabled or amplified by digital platforms. The National Council of Women, The Banking Association, var...

Five and a half years after fire swept through Lake Ōhau Village in the Waitaki district, a group of school students have captured one of its remarkable heroes in a new book. Not a local or a firefighter - but a beloved border collie called Hebe, who woke her owners as the first flames leapt around the alpine settlement. Otago Southland reporter Katie Todd has more.

"I am not a hysterical woman who can be shut up," that from Dame Lynda Topp after she let rip at the government over arts funding at last week's music awards. On stage just days after the death of her sister Jools, the surviving Topp twin spoke directly to Paul Goldsmith who was in the audience. Dame Lynda said in the budget, there didn't appear to any money for music but in big letters in the top...

All three coalition parties have scrambled to squash any question of the country's nuclear-free policy - after the new Defence Minister appeared to reopen the debate over the weekend. While in Singapore for security talks, Chris Penk told media it would be helpful for New Zealand to have a conversation about its approach to nuclear-powered submarines, given Australia is purchasing some. Deputy pol...

There's been more revelations about a Fonterra briefing document that made its way to the Beehive ahead of a proposed law change that scuttled a court case involving the dairy giant. This is the briefing document that was handed to a former staffer in the Prime Minister's office. It was regarding a climate activist's case against major emitters. On Tuesday afternoon, a spokesman for the Prime Mini...

The introduction of hydration breaks at the upcoming Football World Cup in North America could have with some unexpected consequences and the New Zealand 3x3 basketballers are on the back foot at the World Cup. RNZ sports reporter Felicity Reid spoke to Lisa Owen.