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New Zealand is still hunting for Olympic medals after Sam Gaze couldn't keep up with the pace in the men's short-course cross country mountain biking race overnight.

The equestrian eventing team has finished outside medal contention, placing eighth overall as the competition concluded with show jumping at the Chateau de Versailles. Barry Guy reports.

There are concerns more of Northland's rural emergency departments could resort to telehealth at nights and weekends within months. Association of salaried medical specialists' Northland president Dr Eugene Fayerberg spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

The Prime Minister has given his strongest hint yet that heads could roll in the senior leadership team at Health NZ. Political editor Jo Moir spoke to Corin Dann.

A Waikato woman in her 30s with stage 3 bowel cancer has spent more than $20,000 on private diagnosis and treatment, which she estimates cut her wait times by at least seven months. Ruth Hill reports.

The Government has set aside $216 million it says it might need to pay for tax cuts for Heated Tobacco Products - a market heavily dominated in New Zealand by tobacco giant Philip Morris. Guyon Espiner spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Commonwealth Games champion Sam Gaze has blamed a poor start for his failure to win a medal at the Paris Olympics, with the mountain biker finishing sixth in the men's cross country.

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A lawyer defending a retired eye surgeon on trial for the murder of his wife has argued that the couple was not unhappy, and that there's no evidence of a homicide. Reporter Lucy Xia has more.

Kenepuru Hospital in Porirua north of Wellington is poised to use telehealth services to provide after-hours care if there's no doctor available. Nick James has more.

The Labour Party says the government's reasons to justify cost-cutting at Te Whatu Ora are just spin. Labour's Ayesha Verrall spoke to RNZ's Ruth Hill.

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

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The recent warm weather may have fooled you into thinking Spring has sprung. But a cold easterly front has settled across the South Island, bringing heavy rain, ice, and snow. NZTA systems manager Mark Pinner spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

People across the South Island's high country will be digging out their snow clothes on Tuesday, amid a wintry blast. MetService meteorologist Mmathapelo Makgabutlane spoke to Corin Dann.

In soaring temperatures in Paris, World mountain biking champion Sam Gaze was only good enough for sixth place in the men's mountain biking race, won by Britain Tom Pidcock. Ingrid Hipkiss spoke to Barry Guy who is in Paris.

The wait continues for a New Zealand medal at the Olympics with mountain biker Sam Gaze finishing sixth in the men's cross country.

On today's episode, Northland's clinical director of rural hospitals says the government's financial crackdown is affecting frontline staffing, we hear from Dr Pragati Gautama as well as health Minister Dr Shane Reti, we also hear from Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick after the Green Party annual AGM in Christchurch over the weekend, Flying Nun founder Roger Shepherd discusses the legacy of the Chills founder Martin Phillipps, and we get the latest from Paris.

We cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh.