Morning Report

A record number of pest traps - more than four tonnes in a single day - have been dropped into the lower North Island.

The Air Force used a NH90 helicopter to do the drop in the Ruahine Range.

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A furious row has erupted between Canada and India, after the Canadian Prime Minister announced potential links between the Indian government and the murder of a Sikh activist on Canadian soil.

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Climate scientists are blaming the ferocious gales that battered large parts of the country this week on the El Niño weather pattern joining forces with climate change in spring.

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A Wellington homeowner awoken by a landslide crashing through her kitchen window a year ago is still battling to get her insurer to pay even a cent towards the huge costs of re-building a wrecked… Read more Audio

Candidates from the National and Labour parties are disavowing comments made in the past on fluoride and vaccines.

National's Hamilton East candidate Ryan Hamilton says he no longer opposes the… Read more Audio

The National Party's Hamilton-East candidate Ryan Hamilton has disavowed his decades-long opposition to fluoridation - but won't say when he changed his mind. 

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TVNZ says lower than expected spending on advertising is forcing cuts to content production, programmes and operational spending.

Colin Peacock from RNZ's Mediawatch programme broke the story.

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