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The latest RNZ Reid Research poll once again shows support for the major political parties dropping, and the minor parties becoming increasingly relevant. That got us wondering about whether this is the end of an era for party politics as we know it ... indeed if this is the last election when there will even be major and minor parties and therefore MMP properly and fully realised. Marcus Ganley i...

Today we're starting off with the story that's captured international atttention .. the United States says it's keeping a close eye on the death of an employee at a Russian laboratory. According to some media reports, the researcher died from pneumonia of an unknown origin .. others have alleged that a test tube containing a pneumonic-plague-causing-patheogen was broken .. and was the cause. We wa...

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

The National Party wants to redirect foreign aid money into funding for new medicines, if it leads the next government. World Vision is a charity organisation that works in the Pacific, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Its Head of Advocacy and Justice, Rebekah Armstrong spoke to Guyon Espiner.

The latest news from the United States with Nine News reporter Lauren Tomasi in Washington DC.

An update on the latest news from RNZ's rural team.

The latest news from RNZ's business team.

RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch spoke to Guyon Espiner about RNZ's latest political poll.

Simeon Brown discusses National's new policy to cut international aid spending, and divert that money to health treatment. He spoke to Guyon Espiner.

The top stories and other headlines at midday

The All Blacks play the Wallabies this weekend to defend their Bledisloe Cup, while two former greats of the game have criticised NZ Cricket governance. Glen also discusses the NRL final result and previews the Rugby League World Cup.

Scientist and photographer Edin Whitehead's new book draws on a decade of her work in the wild

A US multinational claims a Wellington-founded software company infringed on its copyright, plus more business news.

Jeffrey Archer, the British politician-turned best-selling novelist, has died at the age of 86.

The latest RNZ Pacific news and sport.

Jesse Archer, Lake FM Community Broadcaster and host of The Morning Fix, joins Kathryn for an update from Taupo.

As more people are getting into the garden at this time of the year, what role can compost play in your yard or on the farm? And how, from a cold start, can you get a system that is sustainable. Stephen Newman is a former IT worker who shifted into farming before turning his focus to soil biology - and he's a big advocate for compost. He and his partner run a farm in Kaukapakapa, and he founded th...

"And how are things with you?", can be polite question that's often a perfunctory response to someone asking the very same thing. It's also the title of New Zealand writer and translator Mia Farlane's new book. Her first novel Footnotes to Sex came out in 2009, and she won the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival's Fiction Prize in 2022 with an adapted excerpt from And How Are Things with You. The...

The latest RNZ Pacific news and sport.

Political editor Jo Moir analyses latest RNZ poll; Weekly interview with opposition leader, Chris Hipkins; Petrol prices reach highest level since start of Iran-US war; Concern over AI use of photos of children

Washington bureau chief for The Guardian, David Smith, wraps up the latest news from the United States.

World champion rally driver Hayden Paddon is in a new race - building a Cromwell racing business. 

A recent High Court case has found a neighbour liable for hundreds of thousands in damages to her neighbour's property. 

A top bank economist says households probably won't feel much better until next year and interest rates may have to go higher to tamper inflation.

RNZ's latest poll shows neither the left or right blocs will easily form the next government, with the Opportunity Party in the kingmaker position.