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In the Olympics overnight, the gold medal in the K4 500m kayak sprint is Dame Lisa Carrington's sixth Olympic gold medal, and she'll be hoping to add more in the coming days. Barry Guy spoke to Corin Dann.

New Zealand has won two gold medals and a bronze at the Olympic Games on Day 13 of the Paris Games. Felicity Reid who is outside the velodrome where Ellesse Andrews picked up gold spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

New Zealand track cyclist Ellesse Andrews has won the gold medal in the women's Keirin at the Paris Olympics.

Silver for New Zealand in the women's team pursuit at the velodrome, while we're looking ominous in kayak sprints and high jump.

On today's episode, the women's team pursuiters won silver in the track cycling earlier this morning, we hear from team member Ally Wollaston and Nathan Rarere brings us all the latest action from Paris, the associate energy minister Shane Jones is threatening to use regulatory tools to intervene in in the electricity market and drive down power prices for major energy users, and Te Kahui o Taranaki Trust chair Jacqui King discusses Māori wards. 

A Taranaki iwi says every time the Māori ward debate comes up, there's unacceptable behaviour - and the government's dragging communities down a path they don't want to go. Te Kahui o Taranaki Trust chair Jacqui King spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Air New Zealand made global headlines last week with an announcement that it is abandoning its 2030 emissions reduction target. Morning Report producer Emma Ricketts has more.

The second phase inquest into the death of Lachlan Jones has heard two dramatically differing accounts of what happened to the Gore three-year-old. Timothy Brown reports.

A specialist who's been working in the Far North for nearly a decade had his clinic cancelled by Health New Zealand earlier this year with no warning - and no plan to support his 100 patients. Ruth Hill reports.

Market Update for 8 August 2024

The union representing public service workers says a new government direction is cruel and unworkable. The Public Service Minister Nicola Willis has told the public service to keep all future workforce costs - including collective bargaining and pay increases - within existing baselines. PSA Assistant Secretary Fleur Fitzsimons spoke to Corin Dann.

New unemployment figures show 33,000 more New Zealanders are jobless now than this time last year, bringing the total to more than 140,000. Economic inequality expert Max Rashbrooke spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

We're a step closer to the colossal showdown between Dame Lisa Carrington and Aimee Fisher in the kayak sprints. Nathan Rarere spoke to Corin Dann from Paris.

The team pursuit silver medal winners at the velodrome say they're proud to finish second to a very strong United States team. Ally Wollaston from the silver medal winning team pursuit spoke to Barry Guy in Paris.

Bryony Botha wants the New Zealand women's pursuit team to stay together for the Los Angeles Olympics after they clinched a track cycling silver medal in Paris this morning.

Health experts, lawyers, psychologists, researchers and social service providers have spoken out against the government's plans to repeal Section 7AA from the Oranga Tamariki Act. Lillian Hanly filed this report.

An economist says high mortgage rates and increased listings are shifting the property market in favour of buyers. Chief property economist for CoreLogic Kelvin Davidson spoke to Corin Dann.

'She's dead, she's gone' - the words spoken by retired Auckland eye surgeon Philip Polkinghorne in his first phone call after he reported the death of his wife to police. Maia Ingoe reports.