Late Edition

In the programme tonight, US air strikes on Syria; the collapse of a support scheme for the parents of autistic children and in Dateline Pacific sending in the New Zealand Navy to protect Fijian… Read more Audio

The remnants of tropical cyclone Debbie, and helping girls to grow in confident women. Audio

Meditation in prison - what better thing to do when you're doing time. Breastfeeding in the house and in Dateline Pacific, Papua New Guinea leader Sir Michael Somare ends his political career. Audio

In the programme tonight, the Typhoid outbreak in Auckland claims a life; bringing whitebait back to Canterbury and in Dateline Pacific pirate attacks off Papua New Guinea. Audio

In the programme tonight, Checkpoint turns 50 and in Dateline Pacific, government debt on the rise in Papua New Guinea. Audio

A roundup of the day's news on RNZ National. Getting ready for the school winter sports season, Jem Traylen talks about world transgender visibilty day, and in Dateline Pacific rising demend for… Read more Audio

More on lead's legacy in New Zealand passing university students to keep them paying fees and in Dateline Pacific a teacher shortage in Vanuatu Audio

A roundup of the day's news on RNZ National. Terrible weather in Queensland, Auckland, and Wellington. Research from the University of Otago's Dunedin Study shows children's exposure to lead is linked… Read more Audio

Cyclone Debbie touches down on the coast of Queensland. Should New Zealander's private health data be stored on overseas servers? In Dateline Pacific, French Polynesia's foremost campaigner on nuclear… Read more Audio

A shortage of midwives; a brief history of tunnelling and in Dateline Pacific, drones deliver the goods in Vanuatu. Audio

The country's oldest surf lifesaver the effects of Premordis and in Dateline Pacific, the Cook Islands expands its marine reserves Audio

The man who shamed his drug using sister getting ready for the hemp harvest and in dateline pacific we hear from Niue's new Knight Audio