Top Stories for Wednesday 9 August 2023

Top stories for 9 August. We analyse the government's plan to use a private US investment firm to fast-track its one-hundred percent renewable electricity goal. National says it will ban cellphones in all schools if it becomes the Government - we'll speak to Chris Luxon and get reaction. New research show rents are on the way up as demand for properties outstrips supply. Also we check in on Mangamuka Gorge in Northland to see how the repair of the State Highway One road to Kaitaia is progressing.