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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 latest RNZ Pacific news and sport.

The latest RNZ Pacific news and sport.

It's time for Bookmarks where we invite an interesting person on the show to discuss some of their favourite books...films .. music and more. Today we're joined by outgoing National MP and former Minister Chris Penk. Chris has spent the past 9 years as an MP representing Auckland's Helensville. In August he made headlines when he was stripped of his ministerial portfolios over a failed leadership...

Every Wednesday we like to share a recipe that is light on time and heavy on flavour, it's a segment we call Easy Eats. This week we're stoked to have The Burnt Butter Table director Emilie Pullar with us. Recipe link is HERE!

It's time for Heading Off where we hear all about your travel adventures .. we love getting the real experience not the glossy travel brochure version! If you have an interesting story to tell.. please get in touch on 2101 or email me at jesse@rnz.co.nz. Today we're off to Ypres and Mesen in Belgium and our tour guide is Jan Patterson.

The latest RNZ Pacific news and sport

To climate news now and while our politicians deal with claims that we've broken our climate change promises in the EU free trade agreement, many scientists are focused on another issue. A major new study has found that an area previously thought of as relatively stable, might be anything but. Climate scientists are calling for urgent research on East Antarctica and in particular Wilkes Subglacial...

In the Auckland studio with Jesse is Ali Ventura, head of content at RNZ, Kate Rodger friend of the show, and Senior Afternoons producer Olivia Wilson - they're there to discuss the topics that might not make the news headlines but will be filling up your group chats.

Our next guest was a city slicker before she got an opportunity to get into farming .. twenty years on she's still in the industry, living and working on a large-scale North Canterbury dairy farm. Anthea Rolfe says she had a lot to learn about farming, but one thing she wasn't expecting was the isolation of farm life, especially for women.

New Zealand, we have a problem. It's one we must fix. During yesterday's Treasury announcement Iain Rennie made it clear we're in a tenuous financial position thanks to our ageing population and ballooning superannuation costs. So what can we do about it? Dr Claire Matthews is the Head of the School of Accountancy and Finance at Massey Business School, she joins Jesse to share some solutions.

A major and ground breaking challenge to New Zealand's climate change policies as a Dutch NGO lodges a complaint we've breached our trade agreement with the EU. If the government's books are improving what is the case for Barbara Edmonds to hold the purse strings? We'll ask her about the affordability of super and whether the soggy housing market will dampen returns from Labour's Capital Gains Tax...

An update on the latest news and results from RNZ's sports team.

National leader Christopher Luxon is out and about in Christchurch where he's just spoken to media. Political reporter Giles Dexter spoke to Guyon Espiner from the campaign trail.

The latest news from Australia with correspondent Amanda Copp in Canberra.