Top Stories for Thursday 29 August 2019

In a snap move Britain's Parliament will be suspended for a month - just as the country heads towards its Brexit deadline. A measles outbreak means no school today for three-hundred students at Manurewa High. The Maori Council is hailing a landmark Waitangi Tribunal report upholding Maori rights to at least a share of lakes and rivers. Treasury officials have rubbished the government's plan to promote sales of electric vehicles.