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This week Country Life is behind a team of Clydesdale horses on a vintage wagon, finding out about the increasingly rare breed, and heads to a sale of farm gear in Wairarapa, where one of the last local rehab soldier farms has been sold into forestry.

Listen to our weekly political panel with RNZ's political editor Jo Moir and NZ Herald political editor Claire Trevett.

Panadda Chittock is the pastoral care co-ordinator at Thomas Brothers Orchards in Riwaka. She supports about 80 Recognised Seasonal Employer or RSE workers from Vanuatu and Samoa who work on the orchard.

A round-up of the week's agricultural news.

Steve Muggeridge's beloved Clydesdales have returned to Taranaki, the home of his father's Clydesdale stud. At the base of the maunga, he chats about the changing use of the heavy horse and hitches a pair up to a vintage wagon for a ride along the mountain's flanks.

One of the last rehab soldier farms in Wairarapa has been sold for forestry and the farm gear is going under the hammer. Gianina Schwanecke is at the on-farm sale and finds out why the owner is selling up.

Film critic Dom Corry joins Susana in-studio today to discuss action-comedy 'The Fall Guy' and the latest rom-com to hit streaming, 'The Idea of You'.

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Following the discovery of a box marked "old telescope", the Tuhura Otago Museum has become home to New Zealand's oldest telescope, dating back to 1736. The telescope is now in the 'Director's Choice' exhibition at the museum having been stashed away for years. To tell us more about the telescope's re-discovery, Susana Leiataua talks to museum dire…

'The Bitches Box' are two women embodying the essence of man's best friend in a travelling show. This multi-dog character comedy also musters support for rural communities and farmers.

Biodiversity is declining at unprecedented rates, and so the hunt for new strategies to combat the impacts rages on. One idea that continues to gain traction is to grant legal rights to nature.

The latest RNZ Pacific news and sport.

The Rotorua Cricket Association is fed up after yet another attack on its cricket nets. Chairman Paul Wylie spoke to Charlie Dreaver.

Auckland Council has received a record-breaking number of submissions for it's Long Term Plan, with 28-thousand responses. Council chief executive spoke to Charlie Dreaver.

News from the rural farming sector.

The Wellington Phoenix are backing captain Alex Rufer to keep taking penalty kicks for the remainder of the A-League season - if he wants to.

Midday Business News for 25 April 2024.

Drag performers are dismayed that a national Rainbow Storytime tour has had to be cancelled due to threats of violence. A drag performer who wished to remain anonymous spoke to Charlie Dreaver.

The Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care is calling for consistency in the way after-hour medical and urgent care centres are funded. Dr Kelvin Ward is the Chair of the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care and he spoke to Charlie Dreaver.

The top stories and other headlines at midday

Comedians Michele A'Court and Irene Pink look at the lighter moments of the week.

Sports commentator Sam Ackerman

Music commentator Jeremy Taylor has reissues from Air, Spice Girl Emma Bunton and Kirsty MacColl, plus an outlier track from the new Taylor Swift album.

Peter Newport is Managing Editor, Crux, based in Arrowtown

Gail Pittaway reviews How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin published by Hachette

Mansoor Hamayun has grown his Bboxx company out of a university project that set up six villages in Rwanda with electricity - and now he wants to expand that to tens of millions more people in sub-Saharan Africa.

On today's episode, the new Media and Communications Minister Paul Goldsmith discusses his plan for the industry, RNZ's political editor Jo Moir and NZ Herald political editor Clair Trevett wrap up the week in politics, Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh talks about Anzac Day commemorations, and military historian Chris Pugsley discusses the c…

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The marathon Indian election is underway with Prime Minister Narendra Modi eyeing up his third five-year term in power. Also: espionage arrests in China, and Taiwan debates the death penalty.

In the past six months, redundancies have been signalled across both the private and public sectors.

From next week, the kids will be back. But TikTok and messaging in the classroom won't be. The government's cellphone ban kicks in from term two.

Moves to make reporting of suspected child abuse mandatory should be treated with caution, says Safeguarding Children group.

The latest RNZ Pacific news and sport.

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

Listen to our weekly political panel with RNZ's political editor Jo Moir and NZ Herald political editor Claire Trevett.

Burning less coal to make electricity helped New Zealand achieve its biggest official, annual drop in planet-heating gases since 1990, but Resources Minister Shane Jones says we need coal to keep the lights on. Climate change correspondent Eloise Gibson reports.

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

Market Update for 25 April 2024.

Paul Goldsmith starts today in his new role as minister of media and communications. Veteran journalist and Newsroom co-editor Mark Jennings spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Anzac Day commemorations yesterday were laced with protest and calls for peace, with the Foreign Affairs Minister calling for unity in the Gallipoli Dawn Service. Military historian Chris Pugsley spoke to Ben Strang.

The reputation of Black Caps fast bowler Will O'Rourke continues to grow after starring with the ball in New Zealand's 4 run win over Pakistan in the 4th T20 international in Lahore.

The latest RNZ Pacific news and sport.

It was an Anzac Day occasion to remember in Auckland yesterday, with another sold-out crowd on hand to support the Warriors. Sam Hewat commentates Warriors games for media outlet SENZ, and he spoke to Ben Strang

Former members of a secretive sect under investigation by the FBI for historical child sexual abuse warn it is a highly controlling and insular group with many unwritten rules. Amy Williams reports.

Marketing experts say there's no doubt vape manufacturers will find and exploit loopholes in new regulations. Political reporter Anneke Smith has more.

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The New Zealand Defence Force bugle player at Gallipoli says it was "a little stressful" figuring out how to play The Last Post on a cornet borrowed from his Australian counterparts 10-minutes before the Dawn Service began.

Iwi are appealing a High Court decision which they believe sets the bar too high for the Waitangi Tribunal to summons a Minister to give evidence. Annette Sykes is a lawyer representing Ngati Te Rangiunuora, a hapu of Ngati Pikiao. She spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.