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The government is celebrating the structured literacy results for new entrants which showed 58% of students were meeting or exceeding phonics expectations by term three, up from 36% in term one. Education Minister Erica Stanford spoke to Corin Dann.

More than 240 women have been forced to travel from eastern Bay of Plenty to Tauranga to give birth this year - a third of those being emergency transfers. Ruth Hill reports.

Celebrations have been taking place across Israel as Hamas released all 20 surviving hostages last night, after 738 days in captivity. Blake Sifton spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss from Tel Aviv.

The White Ferns are confident they are ready to play in Sri Lankan conditions.

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85% of General Practioners saying they're raising patients' fees to stay afloat, according to a new survey. Dr Angus Chambers spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

As Israeli hostages were released and reunited with their families today, so too were almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees. Thomas Helm is the Jerusalem correspondent for The National, a Dubai-based english language news organisation. He spoke to Corin Dann.

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

Former mayor among speakers at climate change conference in Christchurch. RNZ's Anna Sargent reports.

There are fresh calls for the government to ditch its proposed ban on retail surcharges. Retail NZ has surveyed its members and almost half say they will raise their prices if the law change comes into place. Chief executive Carolyn Young spoke to Corin Dann.

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