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Canterbury have won back the Ranfurly Shield after beating holders Otago 19-15 in a classic Southern derby in Dunedin, but does it still hold the same place in our rugby hearts as it once did? Commentator and rugby writer Tony Johnson spoke to John Campbell.

The National Party have laid out a set of economic rules they promise to follow if re-elected. Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira reports.

A newly released survey of more than a thousand students at Victoria University has found more than a third have skipped a meal in the past week because of the high cost of food. Ethan Rogacion, academic vice-president of Te Aka Tauira Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

New Zealand's ambulance services have been put under unprecedented pressure by record-breaking demand over the weekend. Hato Hone St John has activated its major incident response and its Emergency Operations Centre after receiving 2562 calls on Saturday, the most it has ever received in a single day. Hato Hone St John's director of ambulance operations Doug Gallagher spoke to John Campbell.

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Dunedin students on free power deals are causing overloading - leaving them cold and in the dark - and costing the lines company several hundred dollars to fix. Aurora Energy says this winter, its crews have attended more than 25 outages in Dunedin's student area. It's warning free power periods offered by retailers are causing high demand and electricity networks are not built to manage the extreme peaks. Paul Fuge runs Powerswitch for Consumer NZ and spoke to Melissa Chan-Green.