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Jonah Lomu’s widow has written a a cease-and-desist letter to the New Zealand Film Commission over a proposed documentary.

Nadene Lomu claims she has sole rights to her deceased husband's story, and wrote the letter as a 'last resort'.

Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave explains further.

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A prediction tonight's leaders debate may be more exciting than the last one.

Chris vs Chris will appear on Newshub at 7 tonight, moderated by Patrick Gower.

ZB Political Editor Jason Walls says some were disappointed by the debate on TVNZ- but he says this one could be a different story.

"I've talked to both leaders- Chris Hipkins says he's essentially going on 'attack mode', so expect fireworks from him."

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Hollywood writers will be picking up their pens again.

Guild leaders unanimously voted to approve a new contract- ending the almost five-month strike as of this afternoon.

US correspondent Dan Mitchinson says the new agreement is three years.

He says it includes lifting wages, improving ongoing payments for streaming shows, and protection against replicating writers' work with AI.

"We think right now, late-night and daytime TV should return as soon as next week, maybe a couple of weeks. I think most TV and film productions are still going to be delayed, so there's going to be a lot of stuff that we're not going to see until next year."

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Auckland's beaches have been widely affected by damage to a sewer pipe in St Georges Bay - in Parnell.

Wastewater's confirmed to be shooting into Waitemata Harbour at two sites, shutting numerous surrounding beaches, as well as in the inner harbour and East Coast Bays.

Watercare says crews have had plenty of practice working with pipes after this year's ferocious storms.

Chief Operations Officer Mark Bourne says it's not clear yet when repairs will be finished.

"We'll be working around the clock- we worked though until 1am last night at the site, protecting the site."

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Several women are speaking out against controversial comedian Russell Brand.

London's Met Police have launched an investigation after receiving a number of sexual offence allegations in London and elsewhere in the country.

Brand has since accused the UK government of trying to censor him on social media.

UK correspondent Enda Brady says the comedian continues to deny the allegations and says all interactions were consensual. 

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Tonight on The Huddle, former Labour Chief of Staff Mike Munro and Business Mentors NZ CEO Sarah Trotman joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day- and more!

National seeks to introduce sanctions if beneficiaries don't meet their obligations to prepare for or find work. What do we make of this policy? 

Despite Labour assuring everyone that a wealth tax is off the table, Wellington Central candidate Ibrahim Omer said in a leaked video that the party hadn't given it up. Should Hipkins' word be trusted-or do you think the Greens and Te Pati Maori could convince Labour?

Stats NZ is looking into using AI to interview new job applicants. Could this shake up the industry- or lead to worse problems?

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Farmers have expressed alarm as some banks set targets to reduce emissions when their sector is under growing financial strain.

BNZ has confirmed their dairy emissions reduction target is an 11 percent reduction in financed biological emissions intensity by 2030, against a 2022 baseline.

Federated Farmers has met with BNZ to raise concerns about the target, as the sector is undergoing a difficult period.

The Country's Jamie Mackay explains how these proposed targets would impact the farming sector.

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Air New Zealand is still figuring out how to deal with a shortage of planes after losing some of its fleet.

The airline recently had to ground several planes, citing engine issues.

BusinessDesk managing editor Pattrick Smellie says Air New Zealand will have to struggle through the aircraft shortage for the next 6 to 8 months- and this may impact services.

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The Hollywood writers' strike has reportedly ended after nearly 5 months of strike action.

Sources claim the Writers Guild of America has reached a tentative agreement with major studios and streamers on a new three-year contract.

Entertainment reporter Sam Rubin says the writers have achieved the outcome they wanted after the seemingly-endless months of sacrifice.

"If you talk to many, many happy writers- they say they not only have a great new contract, they think they've saved the movie and television business, and maybe they have."

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First Union are publicly campaigning as the four big banks are raking in mega-profits.

They say ANZ, ASB, BNZ and Westpac's profits have increased 80 percent in the past decade- and it's not being passed on to workers or customers.

First Union Policy Analyst Edward Miller says staff and customers alike are suffering from increased net interest margins.

"We represent bank workers, but we represent workers right across different parts of the private sector- supermarket workers, truck drivers, bus drivers, etc. There's lots of workers that are concerned about this."

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