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Morning Report live: Casey Costello faces questions over smoking rates
New Zealand's smoking rate been stagnating and unlikely to meet the SmokeFree 2025 target.

How expensive is life in NZ really?
Deutsche Bank's Mapping the World's Prices report looks at the price of a range of items around the world, in US dollar terms.

Chief victims advisor demands answers over Christchurch woman's murder
Nathan Boulter, who has a long history of stalking and assaulting ex-partners, has pleaded guilty to murdering a woman in Parklands earlier this year.

Derelict Dunedin rest home destroyed in fire
The former rest home had been plagued by vandalism in recent years, but was on the market.

O’Connor returns to steer the Wallabies in Dublin
Veteran playmaker James O’Connor was on holiday in Morocco last week and now returns to the Wallabies starting lineup for a crucial Test against Ireland.

It had to happen
Has the AI-generated death-spiral of the music industry just begun?

BBC faces fresh claim of misleading Trump edit
The clip aired on Newsnight in 2022, two years before the Panorama that led to the director-general's resignation.

Noisy llittle blue penguins nest under Coromandel home, leaving couple at wit's end
Tracey and Peter Kendall haven't been able to get a good night of sleep since the rowdy, little blue penguins arrived.

First Maori Language Commissioner impressed by younger generation's reo
Sir Timoti Karetu, who has seen the ups and downs of te reo Maori, is one of many guests of honour at Toitu te Reo, a two-day Maori language symposium.

Rosalia on what ties together her 13-language album
The Spanish singer talks about Lux with Radio 1's Jack Saunders.

'Ego manoeuvring' behind the scenes at COP30, Pacific delegate at the UN climate talks says
"Political and ego manoeuvring" is happening behind the scenes at COP30 in Brazil, as Australia and Türkiye wrestle to host the United Nations climate event next year.

Wallabies recall veteran No 10 from Morocco holiday to start against Ireland
Joe Schmidt has summoned James O’Connor again after not featuring in their last three tests, two of which were defeats to England and Italy.

Dashcam shows tow truck cutting across lanes in Auckland motorway crash
The footage, recorded on November 7 just before the bridge, shows the tow truck moving abruptly from the far-left lane to the far-right before the collision.

Twenty years ago, Australian soccer changed forever. But what if the Socceroos had lost to Uruguay?
To mark the 20-year anniversary of the night that ended the Socceroos’ 32-year World Cup drought, we look at five famous Australian penalty shootout wins - and ponder the alternate reality that awaited had they gone the other way.

Noisy little blue penguins nest under Coromandel home, leaving couple at wit's end
Tracey and Peter Kendall haven't been able to get a good night of sleep since the rowdy, little blue penguins arrived.

Lower Hutt's popular Queensgate Night Market canned over health and safety concerns
After launching at the end of September, Queensgate Night Market has been cancelled because of what Hutt South MP Chris Bishop says is bureaucracy gone mad.

NZ workers more likely to die than in Australia or UK, new research shows
New Zealand workers are more likely to die than in Australia or the United Kingdom, new research shows.

Are you paying more for car insurance because of your gender?
The different prices for genders indicates there is a perceived difference in risk, an actuary says.

Samoa edge closer to 2027 Rugby World Cup qualification with convincing win over Namibia
The Samoans defeated Namibia 26-8 in Dubai early on Friday morning, recording their second victory in the Final Qualification Tournament.