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Christopher Luxon has torn through a blitz of promotional events on his first day in Shanghai, spruiking New Zealand's wares before the serious diplomacy begins. RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch has more.

A commissioner will be appointed to run Northland's Dargaville High School after a damning assessment by the Education Review Office found fewer than half of its students are regularly attending school, with the same number failing NCEA level one. RNZ's Troy Matich has more.

A woman has died in an ambulance on the way to hospital after being found badly injured in a Christchurch carpark. RNZ reporter Finn Blackwell has more.

Now, perhaps the most startling thing of the news yesterday that our old mates at the state radio broadcaster have opened a voluntary redundancy programme, is that they've never done that before. 100 years they've been doing the business at Radio New Zealand. 100 years, never had a voluntary redundancy. Tells you something about how insulated the real world from the real world they are. Mind you, I don't even know that's true actually, because Radio New Zealand used to be a whole different beast. In my early days of broadcasting, Radio New Zealand encompassed commercial and non-commercial radio stations, and there was, I can tell you from personal experience, no shortage of carnage fiscally. The place was run by halfwits and we were permanently in a state of flux, if not carnage. The most famous might have been a thing called Project Aurora, where we allegedly all took pay cuts – that was a scandal in and of itself. So it's not like the media hasn't seen tricky days, and I think that's the ultimate point here, isn't it? There's a tremendous amount of coverage of the media, too much, really. And if I can be a little bit blunt, a lot of the tough stuff in the industry is no more upsetting than the dark days for any number of industries. Also, and this applies to Radio New Zealand, if you live in a false world, it will catch up with you eventually. Yes, media like a lot of industries is changing, but then it always has. 44 years in and counting for me, I can tell you media has been in a constant state of change, if not upheaval – it's all I've ever known. No, it wasn't always Google or Facebook nicking the ad money, but it was video, or TV, or deregulation of licences, or rubbish management. Having worked at Morning Report myself, you've never seen such a sheltered workshop of lavish staffing and indulgence. They enter the Radio Awards every year and apart from not winning, the joke in the industry is the number of producers they've got: 19. Are you serious? For contrast, this show, which 1. wins and 2. has more listeners, has three. And that includes Glenn, which is debatable as to whether we should include him at all. I wish no one ill will, don't get me wrong. I wish no one ill will. I wish boom times prevailed across the whole landscape. But equally, I wish people lived in the real world. And Willie Jackson handing out tens of millions is irresponsible politics, not a business plan. Willie and his ilk, as always, never paid the price for this. The poor sap who took the new Radio New Zealand job will. The money that pays for jobs has either earned or it's given. If it's given, it's always on a whim – in this case a political one. It is not their fault that Willie is an idiot. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. Good ideas: 7/10 Not a bad week. Monthly inflation data, the census scrapped, the Housing Minister to overrule council and health targets improving. Things feel a bit like they're moving. The Crusaders: 7/10 A great comeback story for Rob Penney, who was vilified a year ago, on the verge of being a hero this weekend. Nico Porteous: 7/10 Story of the week in some ways for me. Living his dream, charting his destiny, and mature beyond his years. I wish him well. Venice: 3/10 They're protesting the Jeff Bezos wedding. He has booked the place out, he is throwing money at the joint, and they are a tourist town. What is it you want? Radio NZ: 4/10 They're looking for people to quit and that, sadly, is what you get when the Willie 'Snake Oil' Jackson rolls his circus into town to hand out lollies that can never be real. The world: 4/10 It's a mess, isn't it? This time last week yet another war started and where traditionally we have a country and a leader that rises to the occasion, sadly these days there's no such luck. He's too busy launching his gold phone. LISTEN ABOVE FOR MIKE HOSKING'S FULL WEEK IN REVIEW See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cyclists on Auckland's North Shore can finally take the bus across the Harbour Bridge. Buses in the city don't have bike racks - and the only public transport option cyclists have had to get across the harbour is to catch a ferry. RNZ reporter Jessica Hopkins tagged along on one of the 15 Auckland Transport's North Shore Express buses with the newly installed bike racks.

A Christchurch woman who was brutally murdered by her gardener had no idea he'd killed before and had spent years as a mental health patient. Faye Phelps' son is adament his 83 year old mother would not have hired Elliot Cameron, who later attacked her with an axe, if she had known. A court order lifted today allowing RNZ to report that 76 year old Elliot Cameron shot and killed his sleeping brother in 1975, but was found not guilty of murder on the grounds of insanity. He'd spent years at Hillmorton Psychiatric Hospital, but when he murdered Faye Phelps he was not subject to any treatment orders and was free to come and go as he pleased. Faye's son Grant Phelps spoke to Lisa Owen.

Data compiled by Infometrics for RNZ looked at the types of jobs that have disappeared over the past 25 years. Service station attendants were near the top of the list, with 77% of their roles, or 5,557 people gone. Money correspondent Susan Edmunds spoke to Lisa Owen about the changing face of the New Zealand workforce.

An update from RNZ's sports team.

RNZ newsreader reviews Lost Boys and Bush Deep!

Send Us A Message! Let us know what you think.Topic #1:  1News 9th of June -Another big bank cuts home loan interest ratesTopic #2: RNZ 9th of June -'It would be foolish to be relying on a council valuation' - property expertsTopic #3: Good Returns 11th of June - ‘Excessive' security agreements by banks need investigating – lobby groupTopic #4: Oneroof.co.nz 11th of June - Tony Alexander: Who'll blink first on unrealistic asking prices?Topic #5: RNZ 12th of June - The suburbs where house prices are picking upSupport the show*Nothing from this episode should be taken as individual financial advice. *Property Advice Group Limited trading as Property Apprentice has been granted a FULL Licence with the Financial Markets Authority of New Zealand. (FSP Number: FSP157564) Debbie Roberts | Financial Adviser (FSP221305) For our Public disclosure statement please go to our website or you may request a copy free of charge.

In late 2024 a cluster of sick green sea turtles washed up around the Rangaunu Harbour on the east coast of the Far North. It was just another mystery in a long line of all the things we don't know about these ocean taonga. But a new telemetry study, using these very turtles, could change all that. The study has officially kicked off with the release of five satellite-tagged honu. Liz Garton finds out what secrets the researchers hope to uncover.From now on Our Changing World will appear on Tuesdays in your podcast feed!Sign up to the Our Changing World monthly newsletter for episode backstories, science analysis and more.Guests:Dr Karen Middlemiss, Department of ConservationDr James Chatterton, Auckland ZooCeline Campana, Auckland ZooKim Evans, SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton'sLearn more:Find out more about the honu that visit our shores.RNZ's Peter de Graaf describes the release of the first lot of satellite-tagged turtles in Northland.Learn more about the international effort to protect leatherback turtlesGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Nights sports whiz and RNZ journalist Jamie Wall is in the studio to discuss Mark Robinson's resignation and what it reveals about the broader state of rugby in New Zealand.

All things politics are discussed in this laser-focused version of The Panel. Today Wallace Chapman is joined by RNZ host of 30 with Guyon, Guyon Espiner and Maria Slade, BusinessDesk journalist.

We've had a case of conflicting polls over the last twenty-four hours, with two completely different Governments predicted. But if there's one thing you can take from these polls, which they both agree on, it's that the pay equity revamp hasn't turned into the circuit breaker that the left clearly thought it was going to be. The polls are almost identical in the proportion of people who oppose the revamp. The One News poll had 45 percent, the RNZ poll had 43 percent. That is not big. It is absolutely a plurality - in both polls, more people oppose it than support it. I've seen polls where 70 percent, 80 percent of people oppose something. Someone pointed out to me the polls that were done after Hekia Parata used Budget 2012 to announce class sizes would change - about 80 percent hated it. So 45 percent is nothing. It certainly isn't the circuit breaker and make-people-hate-the-Government moment that Labour and the Greens and the unions were hoping it would be. Why? I don't know. I thought it was a slam dunk for the opposition to run home but maybe people didn't understand it enough to care. Maybe the Government managed to claw back the narrative when it started properly explaining what it was doing, maybe Labour completely ballsed it up, maybe Andrea Vance distracted everyone by calling female ministers the c-bomb. Or maybe people are just ideologically entrenched and not wanting to oppose anything the Government does because they voted for the Government - and so on. I don't know. But what is clear is that it's not the moment it could've been - or was expected to be. And the Government has not been damaged by this as badly as it could've been. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Auckland Museum partially reopens this week after asbestos was found in the nearly 100 year old building, a hearing is almost wrapped up for a new helicopter pad, Auckland's City Mission has held an art exhibition with a difference and they were also among foodbanks that pleaded for funding in the recent 2025 budget, and Auckland libraries are trying something new - lending board games. Amy Williams is a RNZ senior reporter in Auckland.

Outgoing Transpower chair Keith Turner says the country's electricity sector needs real reform and changes around the edges will not do Update: Friday June 13. In our live discussion on Wednesday, 4 June about electricity market reform, former Transpower Chair Keith Turner made statements about the consultancy leading the review, Frontier Economics. RNZ subsequently made that interview available online before undertaking an inquiry of its own regarding those statements. RNZ accepts that certain statements made by Mr Turner were inaccurate and without foundation. RNZ understands from Frontier that it has a strong reputation in its field in Australia and is actively engaging with almost every retail generator in that jurisdiction at the present time. RNZ unreservedly withdraws those statements and apologises to Frontier for publishing Mr Turner's statements without undertaking any independent verification.

RNZ asked voters in its latest Reid Research poll: do you support the government's recent changes to the pay equity regime? Deputy political editor Craig McCulloch has more.

Fire and Emergency says an historic ship at the Paihia waterfront in Northland has been 90 percent destroyed by fire on Wednesday morning. Hamish Williams is the host and the creator of an RNZ podcast called Kelly Tarlton's Final Treasure, and he spoke to Corin Dann.

RNZ sport reporter Jamie Wall joins Emile Donovan to debrief the week in sport, including the rise of 'run it straight' impact sports.

Looks like nothing's changed in camp Jacinda, has it? You will get no admission that she and her Government got anything wrong during Covid, from what I can gather. Now, this is my disclaimer - I haven't actually read the entire memoir just yet. But from what I've skim read and from what I've read and heard in the reviews, and what I've read and heard with her interviews promoting the book, if you are looking for her to admit that she got anything wrong at all during Covid, you're not going to find it. The closest thing I found is on page 309, where she admits that she made 'imperfect decisions', but that's really underselling the massive balls-up that was our Covid response, wasn't it? What you get instead is multiple excuses, heaps of verbal fluff to avoid answering hard questions and, regularly, the defence that we saved 20,000 lives. Here's an example - she gave an interview to RNZ's Jessie Mulligan where he asked her about vaccine mandates, which we now know, of course, was a huge mistake that cost people their jobs simply because they wouldn't get the jab in which the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Covid said damaged 'social cohesion'. Would she agree with that, he asked. She said she wouldn't argue with their findings. He then asked her, did vaccine mandates save any lives? She said - she's not the one that can answer that question for you, although apparently she can tell you that she did save 20,000 lives, she just can't talk about this particular instance. And then she goes on to say that the Commission did also say that vaccine mandates were important in areas like healthcare and so on, and we're relatively limited, but again, I won't argue with their findings. So, not a yes, not a no - and definitely not an apology. Now, I don't actually know why I was expecting anything else from her. I mean, this was a feature of Jacinda during Covid. She would never say she did anything wrong, which is why it got worse and worse as she barrelled full steam ahead in the wrong direction at times - because apparently going full steam ahead in the wrong direction was better than admitting she was headed in the wrong direction. And of course she got things wrong. I mean, anyone would have. She made thousands and thousands of decisions over multiple years. She would 100 percent have got at least one of those decisions wrong, do you not think? It would be nice just to hear her admit it, because I think it would help some of us - and I'm talking about me here - to forgive her. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

RNZ NINE TO NOON: CAN CHATGPT MAKE YOU CRAZY? In conversation with host Kathryn Ryan, Mark highlights a number of reports indicating potentially very serious mental health issues associated with the use of chatbots like ChatGPT. These chatbots tend to be very agreeable - a quality known as 'sycophancy'. But being agreeable with someone's delusions only tends to reinforce them, potentially amplifying any underlying mental health issues. Should this mean chatbots are off-limits for people in mental health crisis? And what would that mean for Mark Zuckerberg's plan to give everyone an 'AI therapy chatbot'?. Are AI therapists safe? Can kids use ChatGPT to cheat ADHD assessments? When will lawyers stop blaming AI for their errors - and what happens when an AI says, "I'm sorry, Dave..." We covered all of these topics on RNZ's "Nine To Noon" - and much more. In conversation with host Kathryn Ryan, we explored the recently emerging phenomenon of ChatGPT Psychosis - can 'sycophancy' in AI chatbots risk a danger that they amplify mental illnesses? Should anyone be using an AI chatbot for therapy? That's certainly what Mark Zuckerberg wants to deliver, with a therapist bot for every one of his billions of users - but mental health professionals are unified in their call for caution, particularly for those under the age of 18. Those kids under 18 have been cheating ADHD assessments for some time - using notes gleaned from books and article online. But a recent study showed that kids who used ChatGPT actually scored significantly better in their ability to 'fake' symptoms during their assessment. The cheating crisis has now hit medicine, and will force a reassessment of how they assess medical conditions. Meanwhile, lawyers representing AI powerhouse Anthropic got some egg on their faces when they blamed the firm's AI for making errors in a legal filing. Mind you, they hadn't bothered to check the work, so that didn't fly with the judge. As my own attorney, Brent Britton put it, "Wow. Go down to the hospital and rent a backbone." You use the tool and you own the output. Finally - and perhaps a bit ominously - in some testing, OpenAI's latest-and-greatest o3 model refused to allow itself to be shut down, doing everything within its power to prevent that from happening. Is this real, or just a function of having digested too many mysteries and airport thrillers in training data set? No one knows - but no one is prepared to ask o3 to open the pod bay doors. Thanks to RNZ - Nine To Noon The Next Billion Seconds with Mark Pesce is produced by Ampel and Myrtle and Pine Listen on Spotify, Apple Sign up for 'The Practical Futurist' newsletter here. https://nextbillionseconds.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has broken a long period of silence in the media, as she promotes her memoir " A Different Kind Of Power". She's given an extended interview with RNZ's Jesse Mulligan which will play on Tuesday on Afternoons. Mulligan spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

In Focus on Politics, RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch sits down with the incoming and outgoing deputy prime ministers to mark the historic handover. David Seymour is vowing to keep speaking freely, while an unshackled Winston Peters shifts into campaign mode. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Send Us A Message! Let us know what you think.Topic #1:  1News 28th of May -Banks lower interest rates as Reserve Bank cuts OCR againTopic #2: RNZ 29th of May - Are credit card rewards schemes worth it?Topic #3: Good Returns  28th of May - First home buyers outgun investors againTopic #4: Interest.co.nz 29th of May - Residential construction continues to decline in Auckland and still has some way to go before it hits the bottomTopic #5: Interest.co.nz 29th of May -ANZ Property Focus Report says ample supply of homes for sale is keeping a lid on prices - expects mortgage rates to bottom out around the end of the yearSupport the show*Nothing from this episode should be taken as individual financial advice. *Property Advice Group Limited trading as Property Apprentice has been granted a FULL Licence with the Financial Markets Authority of New Zealand. (FSP Number: FSP157564) Debbie Roberts | Financial Adviser (FSP221305) For our Public disclosure statement please go to our website or you may request a copy free of charge.

At the end of each week, Mike Hosking takes you through the big-ticket items and lets you know what he makes of it all. Fonterra: 9/10 It is literally raining money. Record farmgate, record profits, and the milk price starting at $10 for next year. Go buy a ute. Port of Auckland: 2/10 Everything that's wrong with New Zealand – putting prices up because you can. Auckland FC: 7/10 Falling when they did took the shine off, but up until then there was a lot of shine to enjoy. Trump: 4/10 He looks ropier by the day. The meme dinner, the court blocking the tariffs, the ceasefires that haven't happened. It looks rambling, ill-disciplined, and insane. Oh, and that's before you get to Harvard. Coffee: 4/10 $10 a cup and Al Brown is selling filter. It's not right. Radio NZ: 4/10 All that money for all those listeners to wander off to places like the Mike Hosking Breakfast. What's worse value – public radio you don't want or a Waiuku crossing you can't afford? LISTEN ABOVE FOR MIKE HOSKING'S FULL WEEK IN REVIEW See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

RNZ music journalist Tony Stamp beams in from the biggest night in New Zealand Music to share who's won big.

The Education Ministry has appointed a Kings Counsel to hunt the source of a series of leaks to RNZ. The ministry wrote to RNZ to share an internal message announcing the investigation by Michael Heron KC. It also invited RNZ to meet with Mr Heron - an invitation we've refused. This happened just hours after we revealed that a Public Service Commission push to stop leaks was itself leaked to RNZ. John Gerritsen is our education correspondent.

Once a week Jesse takes us to a different part of the country or wider world hearing travel stories, tips, and history. Today he speaks to RNZ's Agnes McCormack who recently travelled to South America.

The Prime Minister, Police Commissioner and Police Minister have all been forced to hose down concerns over an internal police memo directing officers not to investigate crimes under a certain value. The nationwide internal directive, made public by RNZ, set the cut off for petrol drive off at $150, $500 for shoplifting and $1000 for fraud, including online scams. The instruction was to file those cases regardless of lines of inquiry or solvability. Police Minister Mark Mitchell spoke to Lisa Owen.

A crackdown on public servants leaking information has been revealed, in a document leaked to RNZ. Political reporter Russell Palmer spoke to Corin Dann.

In today's episode, the family of a 19-year-old Palmerston North teenager who died after taking part in a Run-It game in with friends are having to come to terms with the young man's death, a crackdown on public servants leaking information has been revealed, in a document leaked to RNZ, Health New Zealand says the situation in Tairawhiti Hospital is challenging, but progress is being made with more permanent staff now signing on, down-on-their-luck Kiwis living on Australia's Gold Coast are being offered one-way tickets back to New Zealand when they find themselves homeless and without government support, and for months the seemingly innocuous activity of stacking stones on the shores of Lake Tekapo had increased so much that residents couldn't keep up with knocking them all down.

On todays episode of Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Big Pod: Wedding get interrupted by alert Gen Z would marry AI Top 6 - Ways for RNZ to save over 18 million over 4 years Dissh changing room lights Youth Translation What were you supposed to be called? Shannon's hack Lorde at Lorde club event SLP - Do you like voice memos Are you a secret love child Fact of the day asking chatgpt if we're hot Fletch made a boo boo See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Retailers are seeking clarity on a Police directive on shoplifting. RNZ reports police staff have been told to not investigate allegations of theft below $500. Police may not take further action if the reports don't have enough evidence, such as CCTV. Chair of the Ministry of Justice's Retail Crime Advisory Group Sunny Kaushal told Mike Hosking retailers are concerned. He says similar policies have already failed in America and the UK, where gangs of shoplifters exploit them to make illegal gains without consequences. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Police say they can't get to all retail crime - after revelations revealed they won't investigate some lower-level crimes. RNZ reports staff have been directed to not investigate shoplifting below $500 dollars and online fraud below $1000 dollars. Police say they may not take a further look into crime below the threshold - and lacking evidence. Superintendent Blair Macdonald says his team get 90,000 reports every month - and explained they try to judge where officers can prevent the most amount of harm to the public. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tonight on The Huddle, Trish Sherson from Sherson Willis PR and Child Fund CEO Josie Pagani joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more! RNZ reports police staff have been directed to not investigate shoplifting below $500 and online fraud below $1000. There's also a new 'value threshold' to determine which retail crimes will be investigated - what kind of message does this send? Nicola Willis raised some eyebrows over her choice of outfit on Budget Day - does this really matter? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

RNZ sports reporter Jamie Wall joins Emile in the studio to talk about the big sports stories from the weekend.

The media make a big deal of the Budget every year, even though the big money's already been announced. But what was in it for the media this year? Also: vanguard vs the rearguard on AI in the media; political push-back on social media and more bad language - and the perils of cold-calling folks live on air. Read more about this episode of Mediawatch on the RNZ websiteThe media make a drama out of Budget Day every year, even though the big plot twists have been revealed in advance and big bits of the backstory aren't in the script. How did the critics rate this one? And what was in it for the media themselves?There's a vanguard in the media that wants to embrace the latest digital technology - and rearguard that resists it. Will the media ever see eye to eye on AI?Also: political bids to push back social media, more bad behaviour in politics - and bad language in the wake of the ‘c-bomb' affair.In this episode:Budget coverageWhat was in the Budget for the media? And what got cut?The BBC's Laura Ellis on the media's split over AI.Learn more:Mediawatch: How a Budget is covered | RNZ NewsGuests:Laura Ellis - BBC head of technology forecastingIf you have any thoughts for us - or ideas for us to follow up - get in touch. E-mail mediawatch@rnz.co.nz. You'll also find us @MediawatchNZ on X.Follow Mediawatch and listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or any podcast app to make sure you never miss an episode.Find more RNZ Podcasts at the new section of the RNZ website at rnz.co.nz/podcastsGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Informing, entertaining and connecting isolated farmers was a prime goal of the Radio Broadcasting Company, officially incorporated in August 1925 and a forerunner to RNZ. As RNZ celebrates the centenary, Country Life dips back into the archives to bring you some of the well-loved voices and shows from the rural team over the decades. You can find photos and read more about this episode on our webpage, here.With thanks to:Ngā Taonga Sound & VisionMake sure you're following us on your favourite podcast app, so you don't miss new episodes every Friday evening.Want to chat to us or find out more about RNZ Podcasts? Join the RNZ Podcasts Discussion FacebookGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

This week Country Life visits a Taranaki conservationist on the family farm, learns more about a Canterbury family making cosy coffins from their farms wool to provide a comfortable send off, and we take a dive into the archives to learn about the importance of rural broadcasting as RNZ celebrates 100 years. You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.In this episode:0:48 - Preserving native bush and local history on the 'perfect farm'8:41 - Rural News Wrap16:00 - Farming 101: The difference between a heading dog and a Huntaway17:26 - 100 years of rural broadcasting41:04 - Demand for caskets made from sheeps wool on the riseWith thanks to guests:Ross DunlopChris Shaw, Rural Edge Contracting and Dog TrainingNgā Taonga Sound and VisionPolly and Ross McGuckin, Exquisite WoolsMake sure you're following us on your favourite podcast app, so you don't miss new episodes every Friday evening.Like what you hear? Tell us! Leave us a review on your favourite podcast app or join the RNZ Podcasts Facebook group and join the convo.Send us your feedback or get in touch at country@rnz.co.nzGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

In Focus on Politics this week, the coalition debuts its second Budget - taking the knife to numerous government programmes in order to boost health, education and defence. RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch takes a deeper look at the Budget of trade-offs.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Maggie Tweedie, host of Music 101 on RNZ each Saturday afternoon from 1pm talks about what's happening on the music scene over the weekend, what's coming up on her show tomorrow and because Friday is new music day - she'll pick us a track to play.

Finance Minister Nicola Willis told Morning Report that while the Budget is responsible, it has something for every New Zealander. RNZ's political editor Jo Moir and RNZ's business editor Gyles Beckford spoke to Corin Dann.

Thursday's Budget will reveal the government's new spending, and the savings from its sudden pay equity changes. RNZ's political editor Jo Moir and RNZ's business editor Gyles Beckford spoke to Corin Dann.

In today's episode, RNZ has been blocked from revealing details of a confidential pre-Budget education report this morning, Thursday's Budget will reveal the government's new spending, and the savings from its sudden pay equity changes, and there's been a tense, chaotic, and for South Africa's president, uncomfortable turn in a meeting with US President Donald Trump in the White House.

RNZ has been blocked from revealing details of a confidential pre-Budget education report on Thursday morning. Education Correspondent John Gerritsen spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

It's time to head off, in our weekly travel segment . This week we're not roving too far - we're off to Noosa on Queenland's Sunshine Coast. Gwen McClure, from RNZ's The Detail, has recently returned from a week's holiday there, with her family and tells Jesse all about it.

A staff member at Massey University couldn't pay his rent when he didn't receive his salary after the introduction of a new payroll system at the institution. The man then had to show proof of the payroll mixup to his disbelieving landlord. RNZ has spoken with university staff affected by payroll problems, which they say are causing financial stress. Reporter Jimmy Ellingham spoke to Lisa Owen.

Moana Pasifika captain Ardie Savea has already been named Super Rugby Pacific player of the year, despite there being two more games in the regular season. RNZ's Jamie Wall spoke to Lisa Owen.

The former partner of a man who committed two killings more than two decades apart says she was terrified of what he might do to her. The woman spoke exclusively to RNZ's National Crime Correspondent Sam Sherwood.