The first UEFA Champions League finalist will be found today.

A brief update of movements in the financial sector.

A lifeguard who saved the life of a father trapped in an upturned boat has been recognised with the top prize at an awards ceremony at Parliament. Chris "Bugsy" Malone spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

The government's new science and technology advisory council has been described as group set up to make money rather than provide direction to a science sector that has been overhauled. New Zealand Association of Scientists co-president Dr Lucy Stewart spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

A study has found New Zealand's slice of the ocean is absorbing more heat than anywhere else on the planet. Climate Change Correspondent Eloise Gibson reports.

Pay equity legislation, which is expected to pass under urgency, will make it harder for sectors to make a pay equity claim, and also halt all those currently in progress. Political editor Jo Moir spoke to Corin Dann.

A New Zealand theologian says politicking will be at fever pitch as more than 130 cardinals gather in the Vatican to begin the process to elect a new pope. Catholic Theological College in Auckland Dean Father Merv Duffy spoke to Corin Dann.

Police and teachers will be meeting with pupils on Wednesday, after a stranger tried to abduct a student while they were walking home from school on Monday. Principal Karl Vasau spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Kiwibank is predicting unemployment will rise to its highest level in almost a decade when the latest labour market data is released. Kiwibank chief economist Jarrod Kerr spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

One of New Zealand's foremost internet law experts says the National Party's hope to ban social media for under-16s is a vast overreach. Judge David Harvey spoke to Corin Dann.