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Australia correspondent Nick Grimm spoke to Lisa Owen about a new artificial intellegence tool being trialed by some parliamentarians that has tracked thousands of threats and violent comment in the wake of the attack on Australian MP Helen Haines.
The latest figures from the electoral commission show enrolments are still short of its target. The Electoral Commission is aiming to get 94.7 percent of eligible voters signed up, the same as 2023. The most up to date figures show overall enrolment sitting at 92.8 percent. Chief electoral officer Karl Le Quesne spoke to Lisa Owen.
A West Auckland leader says the stalled opening of an long awaited intensive care unit is a "smack in the face" for the community. Waitakere Hospital's brand new six bed Intensive Care Unit is full equipped and has been due to be running by the end of the year. But it's sitting empty with no operating budget, no staff and no opening date. Rowan Quinn reports.
A war if words has broken out between the Sensible Sentencing Trust and the Greens over a billboard the trust is responsible for. The ad has images of Marama Davidson, Chris Hipkins and Chloe Swarbrick with the words "Backing the Gangs" as well as the Green Party's election slog "For All of Us". The Green's have complained to the Advertising Standards Authority, accusing the trust of impersonating the party and slammed its connections to the Taxpayers Union. The Sensible Sentencing Trust's national spokesperson, Louise Parsons spoke to Lisa Owen.
Political ads have caused a stir on the campaign trail today, with the Greens lodging a formal complaint about a billboard they say is impersonating them. New Zealand First, meanwhile, has attracted criticism after its candidate and former Defence Minister Ron Mark used an ad to the blame the sinking of the HMNZS Manawanui on diversity, equity and inslusiveness.