One in five adult New Zealanders have lived with chronic pain at various levels, with women, Maori and those living in areas of high deprivation at higher risk.

Precious gems stolen in daylight robbery at Louvre museum in Paris, Former French president Sarkozy to start five-year jail sentence, Could Putin be arrested if he enters Hungary to meet Trump? And Portuguese parliament approves ban on face veils.

An engineer says councils and Government are not making the most of wastewater heat as a cheap and readily available energy source.

A charity is calling for the loss of a baby to be included in official data, to better understand why miscarriage occurs.

Lawyers have written to the Prime Minister saying the country's reliance on cloud computing and storage will result in catastrophic harm.

Our comedians Te Radar and Irene Pink bring some levity to the end of the week.

Sports commentator Dana Johannsen

Tess has the latest with the Otago councillor accused of financial misconduct, court action over protecting the hoiho, and Dunedin's new mayor.

Roger Christensen of Unity Books Auckland reviews Gloam by Jack Mackay, published by Oneworld.

Health NZ is releasing a new information campaign to encourage parents to immunise their children after the outbreak of measles in Northland.