The US Secretary of War put NZ's defence spending in the spotlight last week, calling us 'freeloaders', and forcing a conversation about how much we spend and whether our government can justify it

A wrap of the day's big stories

Our only locally designed and mass-produced motor vehicle, they were made in the late 1960s and early 1970s by the motor car assembly company, Motor Holdings in South Auckland.

It’s Monday night, so it’s time to talk sport.

This week, she's here to talk about Kauri gum and the industry which grew around it.

A new salvo has been launched in the trans-Tasman tit-for-tat over who did what first.

There’s a growing market online for so-called “peptides”, but regulators are warning it’s a space moving well ahead of the science.

ABC Wantok Program for 8 June 2026.

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