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Te Tai Tokerau MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi has officially been reinstated to Te Pāti Māori, after a High Court decision ruled her suspension and expulsion was unlawful. The court found the decision breached the party's rules and requirements, and the relevant tikanga principles were not applied. Meanwhile, despite National's recent low polling the Prime Minister has received wholehearted backing from his caucus. Political reporter Giles Dexter spoke to Lisa Owen.

Three months since Queenstown introduced new freedom camping rules, many travellers are having far more expensive summer escapes than they bargained on. Every day, enforcement officers are handing out an average of 18 $400 fines to people who break the rules. Katie Todd reports.

Lying on the rocks and left to die, with puncture wounds, exposed bones and sometimes missing limbs. That is the state Little Penguins or Korora are being found in on coastlines around the country. Conservationists say irresponsible dog owners are to blame, with Auckland's West Coast beaches being a particularly egregious hotspot for dog attacks on penguins. Jessica Hopkins reports.

The T20 Cricket World Cup is over, but the Black Caps don't have long to dwell on the result with another series starting on Sunday. Travelling in several small groups the team are currently making their way back to New Zealand just in time to host five games against South Africa. Sports reporter Felicity Reid spoke to Lisa Owen.

It was a cup of coffee that could jolt any bean counter wide awake, at the cost of $700. A customer at Wellington's Newtown festival accidentally typed out the number wrong when paying for a $7.50 latte at a mobile coffee cart over bank transfer. The owner of the coffee cart spotted the error and went into full detective mode to try and fix the mistake. Bean Here coffee cart owner Sam Somers spoke to Lisa Owen.

The US President says the war on Iran is "pretty much" complete but America hasn't "won enough, as the conflict in the Middle East enters its eleventh day. The US military says it has struck more than 5,000 targets and damaged or destroyed at least 50 Iranian ships since the start of Operation Epic Fury. Close to 1300 people in Iran and 500 in Lebanon have been killed according to human rights groups and local authorities. US correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen.

The price of flying has already gone up and could take off again if the war in the Middle East continues. Air New Zealand raised it fares this morning and said it could be forced to raise them again and also review routes. It all comes back to the price of aviation fuel, and the critical Hormuz strait which is a shipping route for up to 20 percent of the world oil is essentially closed due to the conflict. So what does it mean for the travelling public? Travel agent Vincent George spoke to Lisa Owen.

United Kingdom correspondent Lucy Thomson spoke to Lisa Owen about how British Prime Minster Keir Starmer has spoken to US President Donald Trump for the first time since his public criticism of the UK's Iran response. She also spoke about how the youngest daughter of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is no longer a patron of the world's oldest human rights organisation and how a New Zealand entrant in the world's greatest dog show Crufts competed.

Working women are being encouraged to bill the Prime Minister directly for the money they're not getting due to the gender pay gap. The campaign launched today by the group STILL Minding the Gap is calling on the government to introduce mandatory gender and ethnic pay gap reporting for businesses. At the moment it's voluntary. The group said making it mandatory would shrink the gap between 20 and 40 percent. STILL Minding the Gap campaign manager Jo Cribb spoke to Lisa Owen.

News from the business sector, including a market report.