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We crossed the tasman to speak to our Australia correspondent, Emma Cropper.

About 550 of the country's best life savers took to the lanes at Sir Owen G. Glenn National Aquatic Centre in Rosedale. Surf lifesaving NZ national events director Luke Smith spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

An early morning sports news update.

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ASB is warning that the next few months might be hard going for many New Zealanders. It has released its latest economic forecasts, which show the economy is still largely at the mercy of international forces. Money correspondent Susan Edmunds spoke to John Campbell.

More than 125 years after a kiwi-feather cloak was given away, it's finally being returned by a British museum to the iwi that made it. The kiwi kahu had been gifted by Ngati Rarua and Ngati Toa Rangatira to British doctor Dr George Cleghorn in 1900 for the work he did around Wairau Pa. Lorraine Eade, a descendant of one of the iwi leaders and the chair of Ngati Rarua o Te Wairau Society, finally managed to track it down to Pitt Rivers Museum at Oxford University. Eade spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Regional airlines are getting an added boost from the government to help them in the air as fuel prices soar. Operators will get a share of $5.7 million to help protect essential air links around the country. The grants come on top of the nearly $26 million in government-backed loans already allocated this year. Andrew Crawford, chief executive of Sounds Air spoke to John Campbell.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon spoke to Morning Report.

Students and graduates are being encouraged to take on internships to make them stand out from other candidates in a tough employment market. Eleisha Balmer is a Client Partner at Eleven PR and got in touch with us to stress the importance of internships. She spoke to John Campbell.

An early morning sports news update.