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A pōwhiri has been taking place at Parliament to welcome the Solomon Islands' foreign minister on his first official visit to Aotearoa today.

New Zealand has long-standing ties with the Solomons, but China's influence is growing after it signed a security agreement earlier in the year.

The Solomons' foreign minister Jeremiah Manele and his counterpart Nanaia Mahuta conducted a bilateral meeting this morning.

RNZ political reporter Giles Dexter spoke to Māni Dunlop about the meeting.

The government has revealed details of a package to get more medical graduates training to be General Practitioners.

And a large North Island health provider's patient details have been accessed and compromised by cyber hackers.

The Health Minister Andrew Little speaks to Māni Dunlop about the hack, GP training, and the wider pressures facing the workforce.

To Tāmaki Makaurau, where a welcoming ceremony for the Rugby World Cup has just wrapped up.

The Women's tournament starts on Saturday with a triple-header (that's three games in a row) at Eden park.

The last match of the day is the Black Ferns against Australia.

Sports reporter Clay Wilson spoke to Māni Dunlop.

There's a cold blast coming this week with a chunk of the tropospheric polar vortex about to whip our way.

Temperatures are set to drop around mid-week, and there might even be snow.

In Te Waipounamu - the South Island - snow will be heaviest in Southland and Otago but it could fall to sea level in Ōtautahi Christchurch on Wednesday night, and even on the hills around Wellington.

Metservice meteorologist Lewis Ferris spoke to Māni Dunlop.

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People evicted from emergency housing have given horrendous accounts which could be in breach of human rights according to the commission.

33 people have come forward who have come forward to the Human Rights Commission, after it put out a call last month for the experiences of emergency housing users around the country.

The commission says the system has potentially breached human rights, because there is no obvious recourse to justice for anyone poorly treated.

The National Party's housing spokesperson Chris Bishop spoke to Māni Dunlop.

The length of time people are waiting to see a health professional is blowing out.

It could take up to six weeks to get an appointment at some GP clinics.

Taranaki and Canterbury hospitals last week warned they were operating well above capacity. The Taranaki emergency department was 30 patients above its 23 bed capacity last Tuesday.

Te Whatu Ora, Health NZ, says "across the motu, emergency department attendances and hospital admissions from ED have risen in recent weeks" and hospital occupancy has remained high.

The public is being reminded to only go to the ED for emergencies such as accidents, serious pain and trauma.

The Royal NZ College of GPs president Dr Samantha Murton spoke to Māni Dunlop.