RNZ - All Programmes

A top economist says the recovery is here - but card spending data out today is weak and retailers say they are entering the peak trading season under real pressure. Gareth Kiernan from Infometrics explains what's going on. A Taxpayers Union ad made with AI depicts Chris Hipkins as a home invading thief over the Capital Gains Tax. Have attack ads gone too far: Political scientist Claire Robinson w...

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

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

News from the business sector.

A new ad from the Taxpayers Union depicts Chris Hipkins bursting into a home and stealing wallets as the lobby group campaigns against Labour's capital gains tax. The AI-driven ad is the latest in a campaign loaded with attack ads and negativity. Political scientist Claire Robinson wrote a book on political advertising. She spoke to Guyon Espiner.

New Zealand's economy is in recovery mode, even if it doesn't feel like it, according to Infometrics. Infometrics Acting Managing Director and Chief Forecaster Gareth Kiernan spoke to Guyon Espiner.

The top stories and other headlines at midday

Sports commentator Sam Ackerman

Michele A'Court and Irene Pink with a lighter take on some recent stories.

The latest RNZ Pacific news and sport.

Tess discusses the search for unmarked graves of mental asylum patients, hopes for an end to the entertainment drought at Dunedin's Forsyth Barr stadium, Central Otago District Council drops plan to dump human effluent on a local farm and a Dunedin surfer will captain New Zealand's youngest longboarding squad at the world championship in El Salvador.

Jack McConnell from Unity Books Auckland reviews Rose Tremain's The Housekeeper, a reimagining of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, and discusses film adaptations of the classic novel.

Bo Stjerne Thomsen is a former Head of Educational Impact at LEGO Education and an Honorary Professor of Entrepreneurship Education based in Billund, Denmark. 

The latest RNZ Pacific news and sport.

Grey Lynn businesses hope Olivia Dean concert brings a boost; Mother speaks out after son's cancer treatment is delayed; Wellington Mayor responds to growing water bill concerns; AI safety concerns remain despite ChatGPT's teen mode

A Japanese reporter has been detained in the Russian territory of Sakhalin, a bridge that links China and North Korea has officially opened, dangerous levels of pollution in Singapore, and Vietnam buries war dead. Elizabeth Beattie is a journalist for The Japan Times based in Tokyo

Raihana Attaee was a judge and Maqsood Rezayee a university lecturer when the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan. After a middle of the night phone call warning their region had fallen to the Taliban, they were forced to move around regularly as threats to their wellbeing were made and their location found. Eventually they were put in a safe house in Kabul before the couple and their young s...

KiwiBudget is an app designed to specifically help manage the finances of New Zealanders, and especially working families. 

Consumers considering subscription solar power plans are being warned to be clear about the terms and conditions they're locking themselves into. 

The latest RNZ Pacific news and sport.

We cross the Tasman to talk to our correspondent Richard Willingham from ABC in Victoria.

Whanganui, the country's only UNESCO City of Design, is co-hosting New Zealand's first-ever national design festival, along with Palmerston North. The Festival of Design Aotearoa runs from today until October 25th, and includes interactive events ranging from an afterdark light show to a "Trashion" parade featuring garments made from discarded materials. One of the events running this weekend only...

The latest news in Tongan language (Lea Faka-Tonga) - brought to you by our partner - Pacific Media Network.

The latest market updates and news from RNZ's business team.

We hear a lot about the cost of campaigning, but what about the admin side of getting people on the roll, running polling stations? Money correspondent and host of the No Stupid Questions podcast, Susan Edmunds has been looking into this and joins Ingrid Hipkiss.