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The cost of solar’s getting more affordable with the price of panels and batteries significantly down on a year ago. Video / Ben Dickens / Corey Fleming / Chereè Kinnear

Unions slam mass job-cutting at the Ministry of Education and cops say no to their latest pay offer. Video / NZ Herald / Getty

The countdown is on for the Games as around 180 Kiwi athletes get set to represent the fern. Video / Ben Dickens

The largest military drill in seven years took place at Tekapo military camp last week. Video / George Heard

Harassment directed at our politicians is rising and more details emerge of the aftermath of a Sydney church stabbing. Video / NZ Herald / Getty / AP

Stuff will provide an hour-long weekday bulletin and a 30-minute bulletin on Saturdays and Sundays.Video / Corey Fleming

Associate Education Minister David Seymour has pared back the requirements around qualifications for supervisors in early childhood centres. Video / Mark Mitchell

Complaints surge over ACC taxi service, Westfield malls look at boosting security and Donald Trump’s criminal trial gets underway in the latest NZ Herald headlines.

Smash Room owner Lloyd Bombell talks about his operation at Brewtown in Upper Hutt. Video / Mark Mitchell

More and more businesses are choosing to refuse cash. Video / NZ Herald / Cameron Pitney / Corey Fleming / Mark Mitchell / Getty

Excessive alcohol consumption is putting immense pressure on our hospital EDs. Video / NZ Herald / Getty

Former NFL star OJ Simpson is being remembered for the way his trial divided and changed America. Video / NZ Herald / Getty

Orange rain and wind warnings remain in place in many parts of the country. Video / NZ Herald

Fierce storm moves up the country, former NFL star OJ Simpson dies aged 76 and the burden of excessive drinking on our EDs revealed. Video / NZ Herald/ Getty / AP

One house is at risk as firefighters battle a scrub fire near Helensville. Video / NZ Herald

Concerns over the state of New Zealand's news media, landslides on the West Coast, and police consider ways to discourage boy racers in Upper Hutt. Video / NZ Herald

Westland is in line for up to 35 millimetres of rain an hour this morning. Video / NZ Herald

PM Christopher Luxon, David Seymour to announce truancy plan.

TVNZ staff will learn their fate as job cut meetings loom, a warning as the Government looks at our gun laws and weather warnings in place. Video / NZ Herald / Getty

The independent body tasked with setting MPs’ pay is just weeks away from deciding if politicians will get a pay raise. Video / NZHerald

A 4.8 magnitude earthquake shocks New York, changes in NCEA delayed until 2028, an increased police presence in Manwatu following an incident yesterday and Apple axes over 600 jobs. Video / NZ Herald

Isaac McHardie and Will McKenzie will represent New Zealand at the 2024 Games. Video / NZ Herald / Yachting NZ

A large house blaze at an address in the West Auckland suburb of Massey has been extinguished. Video / NZ Herald

Minister for Regulation David Seymour is frustrated at the way population ministries can slow down the business of Government. Video / NZ Herald

The banking sector looks to review fraud rules, armed police respond to West Auckland house fire and a bumper events season has Auckland stadiums stoked. Video / NZ Herald

A large house fire has sent plumes of smoke across West Auckland overnight. Video / Hayden Woodward

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says there’s been no requests for assistance so far. Video / NZ Herald

Ministry of Health workers are finding out today which jobs face the axe. Video / NZ Herald

An Auckland Council manager is working remotely from the Gold Coast in Queensland under flexible employment policies. Video / NZ Herald / Getty