In today's episode, a new Pope has been found, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV, booze industry lobbyists have been given input into the development of alcohol policies, including how to deal with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, huge numbers of predatory feral cats are endangering our native birds populations as well as killing other wildlife, we have our weekly political panel and we cross the Tasman to get the latest from Kerry-Anne Walsh.
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Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh.
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Political panel
Listen to our weekly political panel.
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Ōrākei locals oppose 24 hour McDonalds in suburb
The battlelines have been firmly drawn over plans to build a new 24 hour McDonalds drive-thru in the Auckland suburb of Ōrākei. Jessica Hopkins reports.
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Concerns over draft sexuality and relationships curriculum
Some primary principals are worried the draft relationships and sexuality curriculum is too explicit for their pupils. Education correspondent John Gerritsen reports.
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