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New Zealand has been given a special role ahead of the Olympics of Chess, the Chess Olympiad. Jessica Hopkins reports.

The Paris Olympics are almost at an end, with the closing ceremony coming up on Monday. Ben Strang looks back at all the best stories of the Olympic games.

The mental health of an Auckland woman - allegedly murdered by her husband - was the focus of the cross-examination of her brother and a colleague in the High Court on Thursday. Philip Polkinghorne has denied murdering Pauline Hanna in their Remuera home three years ago. Reporter Lucy Xia has more.

Market Update for 9 August 2024

A dry winter is seeing rivers and lakes across the motu at low levels - damaging the ecology of the waterways as well as pushing up power prices. Samantha Gee has more.

Senior ministers say the country's big four electricity generator-retailers are profiteering, and government intervention is needed. Mercury Energy's chief executive Vince Hawksworth spoke to Corin Dann.

Kiwi kayakers, Dame Lisa Carrington and Aimee Fisher, are set for a gold medal clash on Saturday night. But this isn't the first time two New Zealand athletes have competed head-to-head for gold at the Olympics. Triathlete Hamish Carter won gold in 2004, defeating fellow Kiwi, Bevan Docherty, by less than eight seconds. Carter spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

New Zealand track cyclist Ellesse Andrews says it's a surreal feeling to win an Olympic gold medal.

The All Blacks kick off their Rugby Championship title defence against Argentina in Wellington on Saturday night and coach Scott Robertson has swung the first selection axe of his time in charge with Rieko Ioane benched in favour of Anton Lienert-Brown in the midfield. Rugby reporter Joe Porter has more.

Advocacy organisation the Grocery Action Group is calling Foodstuffs' latest actions "a serious breach of customer trust". Grocery Action Group chair Suzanne Chetwin spoke to Corin Dann.

A newly released report says the Education Ministry has a 'moral' duty to intervene over asbestos contamination in the face of schoolchildren drawing on damaged asbestos panels. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Some patients are opting to pay for elective surgeries rather than wait months to go through the public system. Kate Green reports.

Unemployment has reached a three year high this year with 143,000 people out of work. Bill Hickman reports.

The Government believes its new water-service system will give local government the certainty they need, while also minimising costs on ratepayers around the country. Local Government Minister Simeon Brown spoke to Corin Dann.

New Zealand has won two gold medals and a bronze at the Olympic Games overnight. Ellesse Andrews won the women's Keirin at the velodrome in a dominant final performance.

New Zealand track cyclist Ellesse Andrews has left the field in her wake to win gold in the women's Keirin at the Paris Olympics.

Business news for 9 August 2024

Associate minister of energy Shane Jones told Morning Report on Thursday that New Zealand's generator-retailers, or gen-tailers, are using those low lake levels to raise their profits enabled by a regulator he says is 'as useful as a chocolate teapot'. That regulator is the Electricity Authority. Its chief executive, Sarah Gillies, spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

An update on what's happening in the sports world with Nathan Rarere.