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United Kingdon correspondent Lucy Thomson spoke to Lisa Owen about developments in the RAF Fairford case, revealing one of the five suspects called 999 himself.

News from the business sector, including a market report.

Big money basketball is back with the New Zealand Breakers tipping off the Ignite Cup in Auckland tonight. The Breakers won the in-season tournament last season and banked $300,000 AUD. This season the prize money pool is even bigger. Sports reporter Felicity Reid spoke to Lisa Owen.

A Rotorua tech organisation that has upskilling rangatahi at the core of its DNA has received a funding boost of more than $600,000. The Digital Natives Academy helps young people get re-engaged with learning, offering digital and creative tech with a Te Ao Maori focus. DNA education operations and systems manager Marcus Powell spoke to Lisa Owen. 

Nurse practitioners and GPs have been flooded with patients seeking ADHD assessments since they were given the authority to diagnose the condition and prescribe medication. A February rule change was made to tackle a massive backlog of patients, who were sometimes waiting longer than a year for a diagnosis when only psychiatrists and paediatricians had that power. In the first story of her two-par...

The health group that operates Dannevirke Community Hospital is on notice after a rapid audit found it's not running a safe and sustainable inpatient service. It's also under scrutiny over its management of a nearby medical centre, where the findings of a review were revealed today. Tararua Health Director Mark Wills spoke to Lisa Owen.

The government has come out swinging at those claiming New Zealand has broken its climate change promises in the free trade agreement with the EU. A Dutch environmental group has lodged the first complaint of its kind through the European Commission's complaints mechanism, and says it could be precedent setting. The most extreme consequences could be losing access to the lucrative European market,...

As the election campaign continues, two electorate races stand out to as intriguing. Political reporters Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira and Giles Dexter spoke to Lisa Owen about what's been happening in Auckland's Epsom, and Christchurch's Wigram.

With just 38 days to go until the election, political candidates across the country are going door-to-door, vying for votes. While they might be able to reach far greater numbers through advertising or social media campaigns, the candidates RNZ spoke to are adamant, there's nothing quite like a face-to-face conversation to win support. Matthew Theunissen reports.

Eight years, 115 charges, and now a guilty verdict. The long running case against English Premier League side Machester City over financial rules breaches reached a landmark moment this week. So what exactly has been proven, what happens next, and what could this mean for English football? Sports editor Dana Johannsen spoke to Lisa Owen.

Should the indentities of court defendants be kept secret, even if they are found guilty? A Rotorua lawyer, who has spent years researching the issue thinks that should be the norm, with just a few exceptions. Dr Shannon Eldridge believes bias in the way name suppression is granted can unfairly disadvantage and stigmatise people. Dr Shannon Eldridge spoke to Lisa Owen.

Middle East correspondent Madeline Croad spoke to Lisa Owen about Morocco naming its first female prime minister, as well as Israel being set to hold its first elections since the October 7th attacks almost three years ago.

Treasury secretary Iain Rennie believes that long term, New Zealand's financial position is unsustainable, with the cost of superannuation playing a significant role in that. National has previously campaigned on raising the age of eligibility from 65 to 67, and its coalition partner ACT favour an age change. New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters spoke to Lisa Owen about what they think of an a...

The Central Otago District Council may dump controversial plans to dispose of treated human effluent onto farmland. It originally wanted to discard thousands of cubic metre of dried sludge on land near the small settlement of Lauder, just over 60 kilometres from Cromwell. Lauder already gets Wanaka's waste, and angry locals and Federated Farmers don't think they should be lumped with anyone's excr...

Let's get the latest from across the Tasman now - where Australia is the latest country to raise interest rates.

News from the business sector, including a market report.

The men tasked with maintaining the All Blacks 23 year Bledisloe Cup streak have been named. Dave Rennie has selected his 34 man squad to play the Wallabies, with a couple of vterans recalled to test rugby. Sports reporty Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen.

A part of measuring time known as leap seconds could soon be adandoned. At the moment there a two systems used to measure time, atomic time and solar time. To keep the two in sync, leap seconds are added. But the General Conference on Weights and Measurements votes next month on whether to call time on leap seconds. Adam Dunford from the Measurement Standards Laboratory spoke to Lisa Owen.

Nicola Willis has been given a pre-election lift, with Treasury painting a brighter picture of the government's finances in the short term. But the recovery has been largely driven by an increased tax take due to "higher and more persistent" inflation. So - what does it all mean for the election? Deputy political editor Craig McCulloch reports.

A senior pathologist is warning there's a traffic jam of tests in labs needing analysis, and the specialists who do the job are overwhelmed with work. The government is expanding some testing and screening, or making it more accessible for the likes of bowel and cervical cancer. But Associate Professor Diane Kenwright says the government has done nothing to bolster the workforce to deal with incre...

Wellingtonians may pay more for their electricity network in the coming years - as necessary infrastructure upgrades threaten to push them up significantly. The provider, Wellington Electricity wants to increase lines charges by up to $168 more for a year from 2028. But a consumer group says that'll be tough for many, who are already struggling with "astronomically high" power bills. Wellington is...

While the government's books were poured over in parliament today, Labour leader Chris Hipkins visited blue heartland - trying to win over the Employers and Manufacturers Association in a late-morning meet and greet. Meanwhile, National leader Christopher Luxon was visiting industry, and an old people's home in Wellington. Political reporters Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira and Lauren Crimp spoke to Lisa O...

The NRL judiciary will tonight decide the fate of Kiwi Rugby league player Phoenix Crossland. The Newcastle Knights hooker was sent off in Sunday's NRL preliminary final after a tackle on Penrith Panthers' star Nathan Cleary left him with a horrific ankle break. Sports reporter Bridget Tunnicliffe spoke to Lisa Owen.

To some, election billboards might seem a bit old fashion, a symbol of a bygone political era, to others, a platform to vent their frustrations with politicians. A man has been arrested for allegedly defacing and removing election hoardings in Auckland's Takanini. So are billboards still an effective way to reach voters? Political marketing expert at the University of Auckland, Dr Edward Elder spo...

United States correspondent, Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen about a series of taxpayer funded ads lauding the US president, which have copped criticism from both sides of the political aisle. As well as a female prisoner who is set to be executed in Tennessee, which will be the first time a woman has been executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years.