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With young people making up about a fifth of our daily vaping rates, one expert is worried there hasn't been enough focus on how addictive vapes are.

A wrap of the day's big stories

Lawrence Patchett joins Emile Donovan to discuss his new short story collection, Have This Heart. 

ABC Wantok Program for 1 October 2026.

Night's resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan to review: Verity (In Cinemas), Anemone (Netflix), and The Social Network (TVNZ+). 

Friend of the show, writer and all-round thinker Danyl McLauchlan, joins us to explore some of the best political novels of the 21st century.

The latest news from Melanesia.

This weekend, nearly 200 golden retrievers and their humans are getting together in Taupō for what promises to be a pretty spectacular sea of gold.

According to our guest, who's been writing about this for The Conversation, these changes have highlighted a new issue, that "having more potential prescribers does not necessarily mean people can get assessed or treated." 

The latest RNZ Pacific news and sport.

An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: what with all the proposed policies to tackle supermarket prices, our everyday food items are shaping up to be one of the biggest issues of the election. But Jonathan Baker, a senoir lecturer in strategy at Adelaide University, argues no single policy will solve the problem alone.

Ekamawir omo, this is Pacific Waves from RNZ Pacific, with Susana Suisuiki. Coming up: What's behind Naoero's decision to leave the International Criminal Court? The link between drought and sorcery accusation-related violence in Papua New Guinea, and how Pacific newsrooms are covering the rise in illicit drugs.

In this special episode of MATA Reports, we reveal the results of our poll of Maori voters on both the general and Maori rolls. Who are they giving their party vote to this election, and how is the cost of living affecting their everyday lives? Panellists Tau Henare, Tina Wickliffe, Jack Tautokai McDonald and Maringi James join us to unpack the results and share their whakaaro about the contests s...

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Peter Field and Nicky Pellegrino. First up, from today, cyclists will have a minimum space bubble of 1.5m from cars overtaking them on the road. The Panel speaks to an ex cyclist about whether this will get her back on the bike, and cycling advocate Patrick Morgan. Then, Wellington ratepayers might have to cough up to cover the council...

If you don't believe in rest and recovery at weekends you might want to join bikepacking enthusiasts taking on the Six Corners challenge in Golden Bay. Riders have to connect six points - Cape Farewell, the start of the Heaphy Track, Anatori River, Totaranui Beach, Rameka Track and Trilobite Hut - which is roughly 450km in 36 hours. Samantha Gee reports.

Australia correspondent Nick Grimm spoke to Lisa Owen about the falling prices of real estate, as well as the arrival of massive numbers of native bogong moths across large areas of south-east Australia. 

News from the business sector, including a market report.

New Zealand's video game development industry has the wind in its sails, breezing bast $1 billion of revenue in the past financial year. The sector is growing rapidly, promising high paying jobs and digital exports that don't rely on under-pressure global supply chains. Gamers overseas are getting goggle-eyed at Kiwi creations. Luka Forman has more.

All Whites captain Chris Wood is in unfamiliar territory this season as he plays a back up role with his English Premier League club. Despite playing just over an hour of football for Nottingham Forest this season, NZ Football says the striker missed the first two games of this international window to manage his playing load. Sports reporter Felicity Reid spoke to Lisa Owen.

There's concern that fly in fly out Aussie fishing guides are taking business away from locals and putting pressure on trout fisheries. The NZ Professional Fishing Guides Association claims overseas guides out number local ones by four to one in Southland. President of the New Zealand Professional Association, Dean Bell spoke to Lisa Owen.

A pilot trained in New Zealand is being praised after he was allegedly stabbed by his colleague mid-air. Captain Smit Machchhar who was attacked on the flydubai flight learned to fly at Mainland Air in Dunedin in 2008 and 2009. Witnesses onboard the flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv say Captain Machchhar managed to unlock the door to the cockpit, allowing passengers to overpower the alleged hijacker....

All the top stories and other headlines from the day

Cycle groups are pumped at law changes coming into effect today that aim to improve safety for non motorists on the roads and footpaths. But walking advocates say allowing children and their caregivers to ride on the pavements is increasing the risk for society's most vulnerable. Bill Hickman reports.

Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins both donned hard hats, and life jackets, on the campaign trail today, at opposite ends of the country. Reporters Katie Todd and Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira have been tailing the pair and spoke to Lisa Owen.

Political parties posting memes aimed at each other might be seen as the lighter side of campaigning but is the joke on them? Younger voters are being urged to get enrolled but they're finding politicians' attempts to be relatable online are missing the mark. Sammy Carter found out where they're going wrong.