A formal apology is coming from the government for the wrongs committed during the Dawn Raids of the 1970s. The raids were carried out to uncover and deport overstayers and took place very early in the morning or late at night. The government's acknowledged they were severe with demeaning, verbal and physical treatment.

TimeOut has named the coolest streets in the world and Melbourne's Smith Street has taken the top prize. Karyn crosses to a bar on Smith Street as the city comes out of lockdown for it's first night on the town in weeks.

A sprinkling of fresh snow welcomed record numbers of visitors to Mt Hutt in the South Island for it's first day of the season. Karyn speaks with ski area manager James McKenzie about who showed up and what to expect for the weekend.

This week in 1976 the first McDonald's store opened, in Porirua north of Wellington.

South Island skifields are trying to convince the Government to help them bring in specialist workers from overseas such as groomer operators as border restrictions continue to halt the flow of international workers.

There's finally some good news for Foveaux Strait after a month of anxious worry for the oyster industry - sampling work in Foveaux Strait hasn't uncovered any further cases of the deadly oyster parasite, Bonamia ostreae

Midweek Mediawatch with Hayden Donnell

Some midwives joined in with the nurses strike today- about 2-hundred midwives are in the nurses union. The majority are in the midwives union Meras, which is supporting the NZNO but can't strike because their pay deal is still under negotiation. The union's industrial co-leader is Jill Ovens.

The Climate Change Commission recommended today in its final report on climate change targets that nearly all cars imported by 2035 must be electric. Karyn Hay talks to the Motor Trade Association's Advocacy and Strategy manager, Greig Epps about what this will mean for the the industries servicing electric vehicles and what are the challenges going to be in gearing up for the technology.

There are fears the wreck of the HMS Buffalo off Whitianga will disintegrate after some planks washed up in last months storms.