The Aotea Great Barrier Island community says overfishing is decimating the numbers of koura rock lobster. It wants the government to back its plan to manage the population before it's too late. Pretoria Gordon reports.

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A construction expert is warning major pain is coming for the sector. Money correspondent Susan Edmunds has been looking into it and spoke to John Campbell.

1 News Sports Editor Abby Wilson and RNZ sports reporter Joe Porter discuss this weekend's sport action.

NZTA says the national ticketing solution trial is proving successful in Christchurch. In the meantime Auckland and Wellington councils have launched their own contactless payments systems on buses and trains. Roger Jones, National Ticketing Solution Programme Director at NZTA spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

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Researchers at the University of California in Berkeley have made the remarkable discovery that vocalised communication by sperm whales has close parallels to human language and speech patterns. Study lead University of California associate professor Gašper Beguš spoke to John Campbell.

Climate scientists say the fuel crisis is the perfect opportunity for the government to make meaningful changes to reduce New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions. Climate change correspondent Kate Newton reports.

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