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Every team in a FIFA women's competition will be required to have at least one female head or assistant coach under groundbreaking new regulations just passed. The change will come into effect later this year and is aimed at boosting the number of women coaching at the highest levels. Sports reporter Felicity Reid spoke to Lisa Owen.

It's not the first time there's been pain at the pumps. In the late 1970s the answer was carless days, but people found ways to cheat the system and fuel use barely dropped. The minister who oversaw it says he got a lot of criticism - but he doesn't regret it - and he has some advice for the government now. Kim Baker Wilson reports.

There's something rotten in plans to ditch minimum fish sizes for commercial catches according to an environmental group. At the moment several popular fish species have to be a minimum size to be sold commercially. Undersize catch has to be thrown back into ocean, dead or alive. But proposed changes to the Fisheries Act would mean commercial size limits are ditched and the industry could sell baby fish, that have not had the chance to spawn. Sam Woolford from LegaSea spoke to Lisa Owen.

Air trapped in a pipe could have contributed to the massive blow back of sewage that flooded the Moa Point treatment plant. Modelling in an initial report suggests during high water flow turbulence traps air in the bypass pipeline. That air acts as a block reducing waste flows. Pressure from trapped air could have forced sewage backwards up the pipe flooding the treatment plant. Wellington Water's chief operating officer Charles Barker spoke to Lisa Owen.

Over the past week, more than 500 vintage cars have been cruising the streets of Nelson and beyond as part of a festival celebrating historic motoring. The event was last in Nelson in 1972 and has drawn people in from all over the country. Some have even shipped their beloved cars from as far as the US and Europe for the occassion. Reporter Samantha Gee went for a ride.

Hungry students are emptying foodbanks within days as rising prices make it harder for them to make ends meet. Speaking at the launch of a new study, student leaders say that hardship has increased markedly across several universities in the past five years. They say international students are finding it especially hard. Education correspondent John Gerritsen reports.

It's all square between New Zealand and South Africa heading into the third T20 double header in Auckland. Both the Black Caps and White Ferns sit at one game apiece against their Protea counterparts. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen.

Slipper Island, an exclusive chunk of land off the Coromandel Coast is up for grabs and could go for more than $10 million. It's one of fewer than two dozen private islands in Aotearoa. Dianna Cussen is selling the property through Barfoot and Thompson and she also lives on the island. She spoke to Lisa Owen.

Americas correspondent Katie Silver spoke to Lisa Owen about Mexico's president saying she wants to support Cuba as the island grapples with an energy crisis, as well as moves to thaw frosty relations between Mexico and Spain's King.

In the Bay of Islands the spike in fuel prices couldn't have come at a worst time for tourism and hospitality operators, who are already seeing a dip in their visitor numbers. While the latest GDP figures showed rises in retail and accomodation spending - giving tourism a bit of a boost nationally - Northland guest nights dipped 1.5 percent in the year to December 2025. Co-Owner of The Duke of Marlborough Hotel in Russell, Riki Kinnaird spoke to Lisa Owen.