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That's a wrap on the Queen's Platinum Jubilee festivities. 
The four-day event concluded with a pageant through the streets of London, which included 10,000 performers from every corner of the Commonwealth uniting at the Palace. 
Royal Commentator Victoria Arbiter told Tim Dower a major highlight was the Queen's lighting of the beacon. 
She says it was a symbolic moment... 
“She pushed the button and that started a chain of beacons around the UK and indeed across the Commonwealth, I think there were over 600 beacons that were lit around the 54 member nations of the Commonwealth.” 
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One of our greatest ever cricketers has only just retired but he's rightfully getting one of our top awards.  
Ross Taylor becomes a companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.  
You'll be aware of his 450 international matches for the Black Caps, the most 100's for NZ, a former captain. 
But he's also done some things with the game that you likely wouldn't necessarily know – promoting Māori and Pasifika cricket, helping the Samoan team to participate in international competitions, coaching youngsters and helping set up the Cricketers Retirement Fund for professional players. 
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There are concerns problem gambling could intensify if Lotto ramps up its online gaming options.  
The Otago Daily Times reports Lotto is looking to make changes online, and also add a third weekly draw.  
Gambling expert Max Abbott told Tim Dower he's most worried about the increase in online games. 
He says Lotto's been trending towards moving online for a while now, which can be far more addictive. 
“Lotto NZ has moved into a very strong online presence, and they’ve moved continuous forms of gambling onto that platform and some of those actually are in the more dangerous category.” 
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New Zealand's first female High Court judge and a man who worked tirelessly for the betterment of Māori have received the highest honours in this year's Queens Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours list. 
Dame Silvia Cartwright and Sir Tipene O'Regan have both been recognised. 
Dame Silvia was New Zealand's first female High Court judge and has been recognised for contributions across fields including women's health and justice. 
She also served as the country's 18th Governor-General 
Dame Silvia told Tim Dower she was drawn to law as there were very few interesting careers for women while she was a student. 
“In my school, it was teaching, nursing or medicine because I was at Otago and I wasn’t able or interested to do any of those.” 
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Dr Bryan Betty is on the Queen's Birthday Honours list this morning. 
You'll know him as a spokesman for the Royal New Zealand College of GPs. He's their medical director. 
Dr Betty has become an Officer of the Order of Merit for Services to Health. 
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A suggestion we should shake up the way hospitals buy medical equipment. 
One News reports hospitals are using medical equipment that's outdated and allegedly faulty. 
Medical Technology Association CEO Cushla Currie told Tim Dower that New Zealand currently decides what medical equipment to buy based on the cost of the item. 
But she says we should look to evaluating them on more than just their price tag. 
“You might have a product which is $300 more expensive, that product may enable that patient to get out of hospital one day earlier in which case you’re actually saving the hospital a couple thousand dollars.” 
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Tourism operators say they're facing a staffing crisis, as the country fully reopens next month. 
Questions remain over how New Zealand's recovering tourism industry will cope... with estimates 70–80 percent of the sector's workforce was lost due to Covid. 
Haka Tourism Group General Manager Eve Lawrence told Tim Dower it's down to a combination of people being forced to change careers, and people now flocking overseas. 
That was the year which saw waves of young people move to Australia chasing more jobs and bigger pay packets. 
“I think we’re gonna probably see the biggest migration we’ve seen since 2012 this year.” 
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Newstalk ZB host Miles Davis worked alongside Bruce Russell and was at work with him on Sunday night. 
He joined Tim Beveridge to pay tribute to the late Newstalk ZB host.  
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Newstalk ZB newsreader Joe Gilfillan was a long-time colleague and close friend of the late Bruce Russell.
Joe Gilfillan joined Tim Beveridge to pay tribute to the late Newstalk ZB host. 
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Like father like son and like mother like daughter.  
Annabel Langbein – you'll know the name well. New Zealand celebrity cook, author, TV host and NZ Order of Merit recipient.  
And just as Annabel learnt her skills from her mother and their time cooking and gardening together, Annabel has passed on that love for cooking to her daughter Rose.  
They are co-writing recipe books together and have both just signed up to become ambassadors for De'Longhi Group which incorporate your Kenwood baking appliances and De'Longhi coffee machines. 
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