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With the Warriors struggling - for now - to meet their pre-season billing as one of the NRL favourites, league legend Adam Blair explains why fans should keep the faith. Plus, why Xi Jinping's trip to Europe matters for New Zealand; Kiwi cocaine cowboys - the drug syndicate that used Canterbury farms as cover; and, possibly, the most boring man in the world.

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Across the ditch, the Australian government has pledged more than a billion dollars to tackle its own gendered and family violence problem. So should New Zealand look to do the same?

If you or anyone you know is the victim of family violence, there is a range of community organisations you can reach out to - see the full list here. If you are in immediate danger, call the Police on 111.

Plus - inside the inquest into the death of toddler Lachie Jones, and have you ever had a horror job interview? Wait till you hear some of these shockers… and yes, one involves having to moo like a cow. 

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Cabinet Minister Shane Jones tells Newsable he’s provocative to push the need for development, but what about the environment ?

A new report in the New Zealand Medical Journal shows the use of ADHAD drugs is soaring, but the majority of those who need help are still not getting any.

Established dog walkers are crying foul over cowboy recent arrivals and why it's a good idea to keep searching for a precious item even after 50 years.

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More people are spending their days worrying about money according to the Financial Services Council. We talk to the FSC's Chief Executive about who is struggling most.

Samoa is tackling an outbreak of dengue fever, nut butters from a.Wellington maker are heading into space plus the biggest Harry Potter collector.

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The clock is ticking for Tiktok in the US with the government giving the social media giant a deadline to sell its US operations .

The property market is stagnating along with the rest of the economy. We talk to a property expert about how long things will be on hold. What is worse for getting your brain performing, no breakfast or an unhealthy breakfast ? Plus we told you last month about the cicada-geddon about to hit the US, with trillions of insects set to emerge from underground - Now the noise is driving Californians to distraction.

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Winston Peters is expected to clarify New Zealand’s position on the defence pact, AUKUS, tomorrow, but what is it all about?

A Coroner’s inquest has opened into the death of a Gore toddler who drowned in oxidation ponds, we have the background to this confusing tragedy.

Could you live longer if you had a female doctor and how it's getting harder to pass the picture verification test in an effort to stave off AI guesses.

E kawatau ana ka whakamahuki te pirimia tuarua a Winston Peters i tā Aotearoa kaupapa here mō te haumi whakamaru a AUKUS, āpōpō, engari he aha katoa tēnei āhuatanga?

Kua tuwhera te matewhawhati a te kaitirotiro matewhawhati ki te matenga o tētahi kōhungahunga nō Gore i toromi i roto i ngā pūroto ōhikitanga, kei a mātou te whakamōhiotanga tuarongo ki tēnei aituā pīroiroi.

Ka taea e koe te ora roa ake mehemea he tākuta wahine tāu? Ā, e uaua ake ai te whakaoti i te whakamātautau manatokonga pikitia i runga i te hiahia ki te karo i ngā whakapae AI.

Translated into Te Reo Māori using the power of Microsoft AI and Stuff's Kaiwhakamāori Joel Maxwell

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It is all but a year since King Charles and Queen Camilla were crowned. How have the first 12 months gone? We talk to a US podcaster.

Researchers in Australia have called the medicinal cannabis industry there the Wild West, but is it the same here? Plus we get the details on the student protests growing in the US and the problems being caused by the oh so snappable Mount Fuji in Japan.

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New Zealand citizens are jumping ship and moving overseas at record rates. We meet one Kiwi who’s recently left for Australia and ask an expert, sociologist, Distinguised Professor Paul Spoonley what the impacts could be.

Can the Wellington Phoenix regain their top of the table spot before heading into the playoffs? We talk to one of the founders of the Yellow Fever supporters about how he is feeling about Saturday night's match.

Plus taste testing K Pop cola.

Kei te peke ngā kirirarau o Aotearoa i te kaipuke, a, kei te hūnuku ki rāwāhi i ngā pāpātanga nui rawa atu. E tūtaki ana tātou ki tētahi tangata nō Aotearoa kātahi anō kua hūnuku ki a Ahitereiria, ā, ka ui atu ki tētahi mātanga mātai pāpori, ko Te Ahorangi ko Paul Spoonley tēnā mō ngā pānga o te āhuatanga nei.

Ka taea e te Phoenix te tū tonu ki runga i te tēpu whakataetae i mua i tā rātou tae atu ki ngā whiringa toa? E kōrero ana mātou ki tētahi o ngā kaiwhakaū o te Kirikā Kōwhai mō ōna whakaaro me ōna kare a-roto e pā ana i te kēmu o te pō Hātarei.

Tāpiri atu i ērā, ka whakamātauhia te rongo o te K Pop cola.

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In a surprise move, Melissa Lee has been booted from Cabinet and stripped of the Media portfolio, and Penny Simmonds has lost the Disability Issues portfolio in a reshuffle.

Simmonds was a minister outside of Cabinet.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith would take over the Media and Broadcasting role, while Social Development Minister Louise Upston would pick up Disability Issues.

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Record numbers are turning up at our Emergency Departments. But can they cope? Newsable talks to the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine New Zealand Chair Dr Kate Allan.

Thousands will turn out for dawn services on Anzac Day, but how well are we recognising veterans from more recent conflicts? Plus Melanie Bracewell joins us to talk about being funny and the New Zealand Comedy Festival and the bizarre things left behind in Ubers.

Kei te haramai ngā tūroro maha rawa atu ki ō tātou taiwhanga ohotata. Engari ka taea e rātou te āwhina i te katoa? E kōrero ana a Newsable ki te upoko o te Australasian College for Emergency Medicine New Zealand, a tākuta Kate Allan.

E hia mano ka puta mō ngā ratonga haeata i te Rā o Anzac, engari kei te whakamaumahara pai tātou ki ngā hōia i ētahi atu raruraru o nā noa nei?

Ka hono mai a Melanie Bracewell ki a mātou ki te kōrero mō te mahi kiri hangareka me te New Zealand Comedy Festival; me ngā mea tino rerekē i whakarerea ki ngā waka Uber.

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