Holiday Breakfast

Te Pati Maori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer says many people submitting on the Treaty Principles Bill had never done so before. 

The Justice Select Committee is meeting today to discuss accepting late submissions after people reported technical issues with the Parliamentary website, ahead of Tuesday's deadline.

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Wellington's Reading Cinema Complex has sat empty on Courtenay Place for six years, but has now been purchased by Wellington's Prime Property Group. 

Epic Hospitality Group owner Greig Wilson says the building's closure in 2019 had an immediate effect on business revenue on the street. 

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NIWA's Annual Climate Summary shows the average temperature was about 13 degrees - the 10th warmest year on record. 2022 was the warmest. 

NIWA's Principal Scientist Chris Brandolino says this year, we're seeing El Niño-like patterns.

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A group fighting misinformation says Facebook's solution to moderation shouldn't just be switching off fact-checkers. 

Meta, which also owns Instagram, says it will change to community based moderation like that used on X. 

Its Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg says the third party fact-checkers it uses have become too politically-biased.

But Fact Aotearoa spokesperson Stephen Judd says they believe in a solution to misinformation which is much more long-term. 

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Dairy farmers are hoping for a win at the Global Dairy Trade auction following a slip in the latest prices. 

The first auction of the year this morning has overall dairy prices down 1.4% and the price of whole milk powder down 2.1%.

Fonterra Cooperative Council Chair John Stevenson says it's still a great time to be a farmer in New Zealand. 

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Point Chevalier local, Andrew McMartin, says shopping trolleys are frequently abandoned on his street, estimating he has spotted more than 50 in recent months. 

He says he lives less than two blocks from the nearest supermarket, and has collected 17 this week alone. 

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The Bus and Coach Association questions whether a century-old policy is still fit for purpose after it caused school bus routes to be cut. 

Chief Executive Delaney Myers says the Ministry of Education decides bus services on cost, the number of students, and available public transport - but things have changed in the past 100 years. 

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Justin Trudeau's resignation as Canadian Prime Minister could have a flow-on effect on New Zealand's security. 

The opposing Conservative Party has been polling significantly higher than Trudeau in the lead-up to Canada's next general election - which must be before October. 

International Law Professor Alexander Gillespie says New Zealand often uses Canada to justify security policy. 

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Australian correspondent Murray Olds says the privately owned plane was trying to take off from the water near Rottnest Island, around 4pm local time. 

Police were told the aircraft took off, clipped a rocky outcrop, and went down into the ocean. 

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Facebook and Instagram are ending the use of third-party fact-checkers in favour of user-based moderation. 

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg says fact-checkers are too politically biased, and it's time to return to the roots of free expression. 

Correspondent Richard Arnold says it means platforms will now rely on user-notes and comments, following the example of X, formerly Twitter. 

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