Morning Report

New research shows most Kiwis are worried about the impact the Iran war is having on their back pockets, and that was before President Trump declared the war back on this week. Reuben Tucker, Westpac NZ's Managing Director of Institutional and Business Banking spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

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

Jo Moir breaks down the latest RNZ-Reid Research poll; Chris Hipkins responds to latest RNZ-Reid Research poll; Sir Grahame Sydney remembers screen legend Sam Neill; Repeat recycling offenders face losing bins; Researcher tests life without a smartphone

Back country hiking is tough enough for most people, but not for teenager Louie Burger. He and team-mate Leo Easton are heading to the Junior Adventure Racing World Championship where they will race 100 kilometres through the Canadian wilderness. It's the first time there for both of them, but Louie isn't letting that phase him. He spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Society is increasingly grappling with a growing dependence on the smartphones many of us carry with us every waking moment of our lives. It has led some to forgo them altogether. One of those people is Dr Alex Beattie, a Senior Lecturer in Information Management at Victoria University, whose research focuses on how society lives with, and disconnects from, digital technologies. He is half a year into his own experiment in living without a smartphone. Beattie spoke to John Campbell via his so-called dumbphone.

A Taranaki mountain biker who broke his neck wanted nothing more to do with the sport which took away the use of his legs. But, two years on, the 39-year-old is back in the forests promoting tracks suitable for adaptive mountain bikes. Taranaki Whanganui reporter Robin Martin reports.

Oscar Kightly spoke to John Campbell about Neill's legacy.

An early morning sports news update.

The latest market updates and news from RNZ's business team.

We are using AI in more aspects of our lives, but have you got it managing your finances? Money correspondent Susan Edmunds has been talking to some people who think if not, you're missing an opportunity. Edmunds spoke to John Campbell.