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Auckland Council is clinging on to control of its water services in a new deal signed off with the government. Local Government Minister Simeon Brown spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Anna Dean and Alan McElroy discuss a new survey showing renter despair in Queenstown and parent volunteers in junior sports. Also, we open up the Friday mailbag and respond to your feedback from the past week.

The latest news in Samoan language (Gagana Samoa).

An update on what's happening in the sports world with Nathan Rarere.

News from the rural farming sector.

Latest news from Radio New Zealand's business team.

Children going missing in Fiji is becoming a regular occurrence, according to a human rights lawyer who says the Fijian government has neglected the issue of human trafficking. Eleisha Foon has the details.

Auckland Council is sounding the alarm about the risk of domestic dog attacks, with tamariki bearing the brunt of them. Maungakiekie-Tamaki Ward councillor Josephine Bartley spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

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The New Zealand men's and women's sevens teams have won the Singapore leg of the World Series with the Black Ferns Sevens crowned regular season winners.

The latest RNZ Pacific news and sport.

Five years ago today, First Up hit the airwaves with host Indira Stewart. Nathan Rarere is now the host and remembers the last 5 years on air through pandmeics, cyclones, wars and $14 sausage rolls!

Our Minister of Fruit and Veggies Glenn Forsyth introduces two new lines but only for a limited time!

Our correspondent in Sweden, Dr Anita Purcell-Sjölund reports in on what's making news in Europe including the war in Ukraine, and Italy banning puppy yoga

Katherine Firkin is our US correspondent who this morning reports about police maintaining a presence on University campuses after prptests and Hope Hicks potentially devastating testimony in Trump's hush money trial.

The latest RNZ Pacific news and sport.

We start the time-travel adventure series starring 10-year-olds Ali & Gab. This week, they meet the world-famous-in-New-Zealand dolphin, Pelorus Jack, young Ayla talks about the book Starfish the Star, and seven-year-old Paige tries our game 'Playing Favourites.'

Wildfire is a liquid so flammable, unstable and explosive it doesn't stop burning until you put sand on it. UK science communicator Kit Chapman discusses this Game of Thrones substance.

Are stadiums a joyful symbol of a thriving city - or a wasteful excess draining ratepayer finances?

Brain, brawn and technique comes together seamlessly in Kabaddi and Punjabi fans in New Zealand are more hyped than ever for what they call their origin sport.

Coastal weather forecast.

A wrap of the day's big stories

All the top stories and other headlines from the day

The 2024 NZ Children’s Music Awards have been announced with the NZ On Air Best Children’s Music Video awarded to a two minute ode to flatulence. ‘Let it Out’ by Don McGlashan and Harry Sinclair, featuring Tami Neilson, is from the pair’s hit claymation TV series Kiri and Lou.

Arts News for 5 May 2024

In early 2021 writer Stuart McKenzie and director Miranda Harcourt’s verbatim play Transmission opened to sell-out houses at Pōneke’s small, dynamic BATS Theatre. Fast forward three years and a sequel Transmission Beta is about to premiere. And it’s a quite different, more complex story. McKenzie and Dame Miranda joined Mark Amery on RNZ’s Culture …

Festival Opera is celebrating 10 years of introducing, training and supporting young people in the opera through the Project Prima Volta community programme in Hawkes Bay.

Known for its surf and beaches, Mangawhai may not strike you as a hub for arts and culture. But locals are extremely proud of the modern museum which celebrates the town’s rich history, life around the harbour and the fight to save the endangered fairy tern.

Hamiltonians are getting the last laugh as the first-ever comedy club in the city is opening this month. Coinciding with the Comedy Festival, Last Laugh Comedy Club is the only comedy club in the Waikato region.

Actor, director and writer John Davies is celebrating 50 years in theatre with a national solo tour. Te Tupua - The Goblin is travelling to 16 regional centres, with Davies playing nine characters in English and te reo Māori.

The closure of the City Gallery building won't stop it from bringing art to the capital, its boss says.

A familiar face from stage and screen in New Zealand and Australia, Sara Wiseman is on stage with ATC for the first time in 20 years, as Dr Lorna James in The Effect.

The top stories and other headlines at midday

The Kingdom of Lochac is a regional branch of the Society for Creative Anachronism. They're celebrating their Autumn Coronation this weekend in Christchurch.

Mary Argue is back guiding us through the latest weird and wonderful headlines from the world of science

How blinking can help your sight and why scientists think worsening vision can predict dementia.

We catch up with journalist and author. Naomi Arnold who’s walking Te Araroa.

Jim asks actor Mark Hadlow if someone’s choice of Shakespeare play gives any clues as to their character

Animal behaviorist Mark Vette joins us with advice on how to negotiate the practical and emotional aspects of health spending for our animal companions.

Originally from Manawatu, Jack Royd-Hall is calling home from Tallin, Estonia.

One opinion poll prompts intense political pushback; new report urges sweeping changes to media, law and funding - and fast; Wairoa Star closes after more than a century in print.

A new study suggests attachment style could be a major factor. We're joined by Geoff MacDonald, PhD, one of the study's authors.

It’s Sunday morning, so wake up your brain and have a go!

Dr Richard Webby is a prominent infectious diseases researcher at St Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.

This morning's top stories and other headlines

James Shaw's valedictory statement included thanks, humour, yarns, surprising allies, warnings and advice for MPs on avoiding the endless policy tug-of-war.

Hymns from the 12th century to the 20th this week, including Jesu, the very thought of thee (based on a poem by Bernard of Clairvaux) and NZ hymn writer Colin Gibson’s He came singing love.

The Auckland Writers Festival starts on May 14 and its promotional push highlights a roll-call of talent from across the arts; Booker prize winner for 2023, Paul Lynch, plus generations of Maori writers from Patricia Grace to Becky Manawatu.

The Auckland Writers Festival starts on May 14. Its promotional push highlights a roll-call of talent from across the arts; Booker prize winner for 2023, Paul Lynch, actor Sam Neill, musician Troy Kingi, Indian politician and author Shashi Tharoor plus generations of gifted Maori writers from Patricia Grace to Becky Manawatu. Julian Wilcox talks to…