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The Defence Force has joined the US military in exercises using artificial intelligence-boosted weapons to speed up what they call "kill chains". Phil Pennington spoke to Corin Dann.

New Zealand's rowers have hauled in three medals overnight on Thursday. The streak began with the women's double sculls Lucy Spoors and Brooke Francis taking the top spot. Not long after, Lucy's sister Phoebe won bronze with her coxless four teammates Jackie Gowler, Kerri Williams, and Davina Waddy. Lucy and Phoebe's mother Virginia Spoors is in Paris and spoke to Morning Report.

A major prisoner swap between the US and Russia has taken place, it's the biggest exchange of detainees since the Cold War. CNN state department producer Jennifer Hansler spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

The Independent Children's Monitor says at-risk kids are no safer now than they were in 2021, when five-year-old Malachi Subecz was murdered by a carer. Children's commissioner Claire Achmed spoke to Corin Dann.

Doctors at Hutt Hospital are now expected to make beds and clean medical equipment, on top of a busy patient workload. Reporter Kate Green has been speaking to a clinical staff member who works in ED. Green spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Gold medallist Brooke Francis says she and Lucy Spoors had "nothing left in the tank" as they held off defending champions Romania to win the double sculls final at the Paris Olympics.

New Zealand's rowers went on a medal rush last night at the Nautical Stadium just outside Paris. Three crews will bring medals home to New Zealand, one of each colour, after a one-hour flurry of great racing.

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The government has proposed grouping the weakest polytechnics together and letting the strongest stand alone. Tertiary education and skills Minister Penny Simmonds spoke to Corin Dann.

New Zealand won a flurry of three medals inside an hour of rowing action last night, with Brooke Francis and Lucy Spoors claiming New Zealand's second gold medal of the Olympic Games. Rowing New Zealand's high-performance general manager Judith Hamilton spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

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

News from the rural farming sector.

Latest news from Radio New Zealand's business team.

New Zealand's rowers went on a medal rush at the Nautical Stadium just outside Paris on Thursday night. Three crews will bring medals home to New Zealand, one of each colour, after a one-hour flurry of great racing. Barry Guy was at the rowing venue covering the races, he spoke to Corin Dann.

New Zealand's latest gold medallists are still coming to terms with being Olympic champions.

New Zealand has a second Olympic medal after a brilliant battle in the men's triathlon.

On today's episode, triathlete Hayden Wilde has won silver in the men's triathlon, we cross to Nathan Rarere in Paris, as well as talking to Hayden Wilde's proud grandparents, Guyon Espiner discusses a police study of drinking behaviour - sparked by a string of violent and sexual assaults in Wellington - points much of the blame on people preloading on cheap booze before hitting the town, and an editorial was written by AI in last weekend's weekend Herald, Colin Peacock from RNZ's Mediawatch joins us.

A commission of global health experts has identified 14 new risk factors for dementia. University of Auckland neurologist Dr Helen Murray spoke to Corin Dann.

Some of the world's top golfers will be teeing it up on Thursday night as the first round of the Men's tournament gets underway at Le Golf National outside of Paris. Daniel Hillier spoke to Barry Guy.

New Zealand triathlete Hayden Wilde won silver in the Paris Olympics on Wednesday night. His grandparents were watching from Tūrangi. His grandparents Anita and Bruce Wilde spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.