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National has promised to introduce random drug testing for those on the jobseeker benefit - but former National Health Minister Dr Jonathan Coleman is not a fan of the plan.

A damning King's Counsel report into the Teaching Council's handling of sex-offender Timothy Fisher's case has been released.

National releases its fiscal plan ... Labour has a policy to cut school uniform costs, political editor Jo Moir has all the action from the campaign trail. More from our series on AI policy: Chloe Swarbrick today on the Green plan, which includes the ability to opt out of the algorithm making decisions that impact you. Jacinda Ardern's media man Andrew Campbell was In The Room as she weathered the...

Midday Sports News for 12 October 2026.

Who came up with the phrase: The Team of Five Million to encourage New Zealand to stick with its Covid response? Or arranged the media strategy that saw Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern do the 1pm briefings during the lockdowns? His name is Andrew Campbell and he has just released his book about his time with the former Prime Minister called In The Room. He was Ardern's media man for most of her time...

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

News from the rural farming sector.

News from the business sector.

The latest in a series of interviews about what politicians are offering on AI policy this election campaign. Today, Chole Swarbrick. She spoke to Guyon Espiner following the announcement of The Green Party's AI policy.

The gloves are off in the fiscal fight this election campaign. National has released its fiscal plan, ACT released its own fiscal plan at the weekend, and the Greens and Labour also with significant announcements on the hustings as well. RNZ Political Editor Jo Moir spoke to Guyon Espiner.

Why New Zealand's youth unemployment is surging; Health and Disability Commissioner still faces complaint backlog; Wrapping the week in politics with Paddy Gower.

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

Patrick Gower joins Guyon Espiner to discuss the week in politics.

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

The latest news from RNZ's business team.

A growing number of New Zealanders are making complaints to the Health and Disability Commissioner. The Health and Disability Commissioner says it's finally getting on top of a huge backlog of complaints, but more than 1,300 are still waiting to be assessed, and its funding has been cut again. Health and Disability Commissioner, Morag McDowell spoke to Guyon Espiner.

New Zealand's youth unemployment rate has climbed to levels last seen around the Global Financial Crisis, and economic recovery alone may not solve the problem. The unemployment and underutilisation rates are being driven by a perfect storm of a sluggish economy, business uncertainty, AI and unhelpful policy responses, according to the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research, which has just rel...

National wants to cut benefits for people who have been on welfare for two out of the last three years in a move they say will rip half a billion out of the welfare system Louise Upston joined Guyon Espiner. The falling Kiwi dollar is pushing up the cost of living. David Seymour joined us on his claim that currency crunch is partly the world reacting to what he calls a dumpster fire of election ca...

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

It emerged as an election campaign question after Jack Tame put the question to Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins in the TVNZ leaders' debate on Tuesday night. Green MP Tamatha Paul also fired up saying it was immoral to be a billionaire. Paul 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.