The Provincial Growth Fund is investing $27 million in five projects at the Whanganui Port. Karyn speaks with Whanganui mayor Hamish McDouall about the impact this will have on the region.

A summary of this morning's announcements from Parliament.

Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin talks to Karyn about Newshub serving up a scoop with fish battering Winston Peters - and two politicians who sought out the media spotlight this week, while one dodged it.

On the 23rd anniversary of the handover from Britain to China, one person carrying a pro-independence flag has become the first person to be arrested in Hong Kong under a new security law.

Wellington's South Coast is bracing for southerly gales to coincide with six-metre swells as the rest of the country feels the chill of lowering snow.

A new survey has just been released documenting what drugs New Zealanders were taking at summer festivals this year. The research was carried out by ESR and is based on drugs seized by Police at festivals.

China has passed controversial national security legislation in Hong Kong.

More than 300-thousand people will go into lockdown from midnight tomorrow after 230 new infections were recorded in less than a week, with 64 new cases today. Karyn speaks with Nui Te Koha from Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper.

Last week the Government announced a new roadmap for protecting dolphins native Maui and Hector's dolphins in New Zealand waters.

Auckland Transport is clear - one of the most effective ways of minimising road trauma involves reducing vehicle speeds.