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The Black Caps are expecting the Mt Maunganui pitch to be more spin-friendly than any other surface they've played on during the test series against the West Indies. Audio

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Renewable energy advocates say it's madness thousands of new piped gas connections are being put into houses every year despite dwindling supply. Climate Change Correspondent, Kate Newton reports. Audio

Children at Auckland's Starship Hospital have been given a rare chance to light up one of the city's most recognisable landmarks, the Sky Tower. Starship Foundation CEO Jo Simon spoke to Ingrid… Audio

Primary school teachers say they rejected the Government's latest pay offer because it would have left them out of pocket after inflation. NZEI lead negotiator Liam Rutherford spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

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

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For more than 40 years, Bernard Egan has been tasked with the job of being Santa's helper. Listening to Christmas wishes and taking notes from kids back to Santa. He spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

Firefighters are questioning a police decision not to send a helicopter to rescue a teenage girl stranded on a Coromandel cliff. Police later apologised, saying they mistakenly believed she was dead… Audio

A twenty-four-year-old suspect in the mass shooting at Bondi has been charged with 59 offences, including one terrorist act and 15 counts of murder. Charlotte Cook reports from Bondi. Audio

The police union says frontline officers are being verbally abused and spat at in the wake of the Jevon McSkimming scandal. Police Association president Steve Watt spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

England were left fuming after Australia's Alex Carey survived a caught-behind appeal on day one of the third Ashes test, with the review technology failing to pick up an apparent nick off the… Audio

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A number of Auckland duty lawyers plan to stop work for a week over poor pay and working conditions. Finn Blackwell has the story. Audio

The Ministry of Health isn't renewing its contract for the country's online FluTracking surveillance tool. Epidemiologist Michael Baker, from Otago University's Department of Public Health, thinks… Audio

US police are asking the public to pay attention to the posture, body language, and walk, of a Brown University shooting suspect, captured on CCTV. Correspondent Mitch McCann spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

News from the rural farming sector. Audio

On today's First Up pod: our reporter Jimmy Ellingham of the Mighy Manawatu is here with all the big stories from the region; we look back at the year in politics with Labour MP Duncan Webb and what's… Audio

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

A coroner has found there are ongoing and wide-ranging barriers for young people accessing suicide prevention services in Northland in the wake of a tragic suicide cluster. Amy Williams reports. A… Audio

Catch up with the latest headlines from around the world with RNZ's Alice Wilkins. Audio