The greyhound racing industry has less than two years to rehome thousands of dogs as the government calls time on the sport saying its animal welfare needs to come first. The government anounced the industry will have 20 months to wind down, with an advisory committee set up to oversee the transition. Racing Minister, Winston Peters said despite changes in the industry greyhound injuries remain consistently high and there's no evidence that stricter regulations would change that. Greyhound Racing New Zealand's chief executive Edward Rennell spoke to Lisa Owen.

The government's striking another blow against workers, according to unions, with plans to dock people's pay if they work to rule as part of industrial action. A proposed law would allow bosses, to use a specified formula, to work out the drop in productivity in partial strikes and deduct that from a workers paypacket. That could include things like teachers refusing to teach certain year groups, or take out of hours sports or cultural group and MRI technicians limiting the number of scans they do in a day - both recent real examples of partial strike action. Joining us now is CTU acting president, Rachel Mackintosh.

The Commerce Commission is slapping criminal charges against supermarkets for inaccurate pricing and misleading specials. The charges will be made separately against Woolworths, Pak'nSave Silverdale and Pak'nSave Mill Street, with the Commission arguing they may have breached the Fair Trading Act. But some consumer watchdogs say the penalty for breaching the act is lacklustre - and that supermarkets make enough profit to get their own prices right. Reporter Maia Ingoe has more.

Heartless and disgusting is how police have described the trashing of a south Auckland pre-school. Over the weekend, someone broke into the Ōtara Community Pre-school and smashed the place up, breaking windows, destroying the microwave and tossing computers on the ground. Police say it is the kids who are now missing out, Counties Manukau East Area Prevention Manager, Inspector Rakana Cook spoke to Lisa Owen.

Two New Zealand golfers will tee up in Saudi Arabia this week hoping to qualify for next year's LIV Golf tour. Nick Voke and Ben Campbell are part of a 93-player field competing in the LIV Golf Promotions event where the winner will join the league. Sports reporter Felicity Reid spoke to Lisa Owen.

The huge manhunt for a prime suspect in the fatal shooting of a top health insurance executive has ended in a McDonald's restaurant in Pennsylvania. 26-year-old Luigi Mangione has been arrested in connection to the death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson who was shot and killed in front of Manhattan's Hilton Hotel last week. United States correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen.

Politicians are rushing through legislation this afternoon to stop the unnecessary killings of race dogs - after it was announced greyhound racing will be banned in New Zealand. Racing Minister Winston Peters said the call had been made to protect the welfare of racing dogs - it's thought there could be up to 3,500 across the country. It's left the Greyhound Racing industry reeling, while animal welfare groups say it is a monumental win for animal rights in Aotearoa. Jimmy Ellingham has been trackside to gauge reaction.

Victoria University of Wellington has opened it's sustainable building complex - just the second in Aotearoa built to a 'living building' standard. 95 percent of the construction materials for the 61 million dollar building were recycled - it can generate all its own electricity, collect all required water, and manage all its own wastewater. Maori Issues Reporter Pokere Paewai filed this report.

A kiwi pilot has been at the centre of a rescue in Queensland near croc infested water..after spotting a giant S-O-S sign from the air. A couple in their fifties was found after two days in the outback after their four wheel drive car was hit by a wave of floodwater as they tried to cross a river in the Staaten River national park. They were forced to swim out the passenger window through croc infested waters to escape. New Zealand pilot Michael Adair was the first on the scene, less than a week on the job for Life Flight, he spoke to Lisa Owen.

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