Morning Report

An AI consultancy working with Kiwi businesses and the public sector says New Zealand can learn from Australia's artificial intelligence strategy. Mark Laurence, chief executive of Ten Past Tomorrow spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss

There is outrage in Ukraine over President Volodymyr Zelensky's dismissal of the defence minister, who had only been in his post for six months. BBC Monitoring's chief analyst Vitaly Shevchenko spoke to John Campbell.

The pet food industry is also likely to be impacted if H5N1 bird flu strain makes it into poultry flock meanwhile the South Island's gateway to the world - Lyttelton Port - might get a new manager. The rural news with Gianina Schwanecke.

An early morning sports news update.

Catch up with the latest headlines from around the world with RNZ's Alice Wilkins.

Retail NZ chief executive Carolyn Young spoke to John Campbell about the move-on amendment bill.

Paul Goldsmith responds to criticism of so-called move-on bill; MPI's chief vet on H5 bird flu in New Zealand; Matt Doocey on $35m boost for forensic mental health; CEO Interview: Lincoln Agritech's Professor Travis Glare; Pete Monk on starting a legal career in his sixties

Fifteen of the country's best school-age Scrabble players are cramming for their next big test this weekend. Sixteen-year-old Cooper Ashley from the North Shore is the country's highest-rated youth player who's taking part. She spoke to John Campbell.

Luka Forman reports live from Auckland's Fox Pub as England take on Argentina in the World Cup Semi final.

The price of cocaine is falling, and it means more blue collar workers are using the drug. That's the warning from the Drug Detection Agency, whose latest quarterly report on workplaces testing shows positive cocaine tests are up nearly 70 percent year-on-year. Drug Detection Agency CEO Glenn Dobson spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.