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A tennis player has made a costly error at an ATP event in China. Russian Daniil Medvedev was disqualified from the China Open after hitting a ball into the crowd and striking a spectator. Sports reporter Felicity Reid spoke to Lisa Owen.

An Australian horse trainer and entertainer is expected to wow audiences at an upcoming festival in Hamilton. Joe Gardiner specialises in trick riding, the type of thing seen in an old fashioned western or gladiator style movie. His tricks will be on display at Equifest, kicking off next week. Joe Gardiner spoke to Lisa Owen.

National's Christopher Luxon and Labour's Chris Hipkins have only a few more hours to cram before they go to head-to-head in their first televised debate of the campaign. The showdown is set to begin at 7 o'clock on TVNZ and will be simulcast here on RNZ National.

National has resuscitated health promises it failed to deliver on this term. It has also made a new commitment, to give more than $600 million of additional funding for Pharmac's medicines budget, which will be funded by cutting foreign aid outside the Pacific. Tim Edmonds, spokesperson for The Forbidden Pharmacy spoke to Lisa Owen.

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Experts say online misogyny - veiled under the cloak of the manosphere - is creeping into social media feeds in ways that are difficult to spot. The help educate young people and their parents, a university student has repurposed the alphabet, making each letter represent a term from the darker edges of the internet. Sammy Carter reports.

A specialist vape store has been fined tens of thousands of dollars following a first of its kind prosecution by health authorities. Discount Mall Vape Ltd, illegally sold vapes to under 18s and failed to prevent underaged persons entering its premises. The joint action taken by Health NZ and the Ministry of Health, marks the first time a business has been found guilty of both offences. Vape Free...

A North Canterbury eating disorder residential facility says it still can't attract government funding despite saving the lives of those admitted there. Recovered living cares for just nine people at a time and patients can stay for months, but it costs more than $8000 a week. The facility has raised concerns the care is too expensive for some, with people facing long wait times and under resourci...

The All Blacks are looking to flush their three defeats to the Springboks as they prepare to host Australia in Auckland. Despite a slew of injuries, the All Blacks are confident about locking away the Bledisloe Cup for a 24th consecutive year. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen.

For the past 94 days Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown has been wearing a t-shirt promoting a different start up. Capiche is one of the companies featured. It's an AI tool helping people with dyslexia write. Founder Paul Mallinson spoke to Lisa Owen.

United States correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen about the US president saying he'll fund his own TV advertisements from now on, following backlash over recent taxpayer funded ads promoted him, meanwhile Trump has also said the US removed its bombers from a British airbase because of "some threats".

National has again made the promise, if re-elected, to lower the free bowel screening age to 50 by 2029. Christopher Luxon committed to lowering the age to 50 in the last election campaign in 2023. Despite that the government only just lowered the screening age to 56 last month. A Nelson dad with terminal bowel cancer says the promise falls short for the most vulnerable people. Bowel cancer patien...

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Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan star in the shortest show on radio, where they show they really can make something out of nothing, join them to be part of their delight, or to simply despair. Wallace will also preview what's on The Panel tonight.

Dr Jamie Beaton has turned earning university degrees into something of an endurance sport. He has 12 university qualifications that make the education section on his CV look like a catalogue of some of the world's most prestigious universities including Harvard, Stanford, Yale and Oxford. And he's not done yet. The New York Times recently featured Dr Beaton's many academic achievements. He's also...

Every Tuesday we put a dilemma to you and get your thoughts on how to solve it. This week we're looking at whether a party planner is too tough on late cancellations. Send your thoughts to 2101 or email us afternoons@rnz.co.nz

Tim Batt joins Jesse to discuss the latest news from the world of tech. This week he is looking into Samsung Fridges software update fail, consumer purchasable Exo-skeletons, PS5 games on your PC and a new set of laptops from Google called Googlebooks!

The latest RNZ Pacific news and sport.

It's time for Mayoral minutes where we speak with a local mayor about the challenges they're facing, how they're working to solve them and what makes their community special. Today we're heading to the Whanganui District, which is located on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island .. from there Mayor Andrew Tripe joins Jesse.

School holidays are the perfect time to get the younger people in your life reading .. here to help with suggestions is the Director of Library at Auckland Grammar School .. Catherine Ross. For Ages 10+ The Wretched Waterpark by Kiersten White For Ages 13+ Hatchet Girls by Diana Wallach It Waits in the Forest by Sarah Dass For All Ages (Non-Fiction) Witches - James I and the English Witch Hunts by...

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President Vladimir Putin has been at the centre of power in Russia for more than 25 years. To get a better understanding of who he is, ABC News journalist Riley Stuart pulled together interviews with people who've met, investigated, and studied Putin for an article on the leader. Riley chats to Jesse.

Simeon Brown on shifting aid funding to health treatment; Craig McCulloch discusses RNZ's latest political poll; World Vision responds to Nationals' foreign aid announcement.

The Pasifika population in the Nelson Tasman region is steadily growing .. so it makes sense the region will play host to an inaugural Pasifika Festival. The festival is happening on Saturday the 17th of October, festival director Nikita Takai is here to tell us all about it.

Tonight we'll see the first leaders debate between National leader Christopher Luxon and Labour leader Chris Hipkins .. it's on TVNZ1 at 7pm and you can also listen to it right here on RNZ .. Jack Tame is the moderator. To get an insider's view on what it's like to be at the podium for these big political events, Paddy Gower is with us. Paddy moderated the Newshub leaders' debates in the 2017, 202...