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

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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.

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