Here we go again, everybody. They’re planning to build yet more houses on land that we know is partial to flooding.

This time, it's the Coalition Government, with three housing projects on its fast-track list in Auckland and Canterbury.

In 2022 it was Labour, they had 700 homes on their fast-track list that were prone to flooding.

You might think, well, if you want to go and build your house on flood-prone land after Cyclone Gabrielle, et cetera, that's your issue. You pay up.

But here's the problem with that: we have no hard and fast rule about what rate payers and or taxpayers might have to stump up for compensation. You know, do we buy these houses out? How does it work?

If they build and it floods, our collective insurance premiums go up. Just this week, we had a letter from big insurers to the Prime Minister and others saying we can't keep up with these payouts, with the increased weather events, et cetera – premiums are going to have to rock it up, stop allowing development on low lying land.

There's been a select committee report on this, saying we need rules from the government, we need certainty, and we do.

Who pays what to whom and when, we just don't know.

And in the meantime, you would think the land that might be at risk of flooding would be put on a slow, rather than a fast track.

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There's fresh information for prostate cancer patients and their doctors to consider when making treatment decisions.

A UK study has found those treated with a highly targeted type of radiotherapy appear to have fewer problems with two major side effects, compared with those who have surgery.

Auckland Radiation Oncologist Associate Professor Giuseppe Sasso says the treatment is also more convenient compared to conventional radiation.

He says it's able to take care of their disease with five appointments, rather than a four week, Monday to Friday course of radiation.

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The issue of the Manawanui sinking is hanging over the Prime Minister as he attends the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa.

Christopher Luxon met UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer last night, and will meet with King Charles and other leaders today.

He says it's too early to talk about whether Samoa will get any financial compensation for the Manawanui.

But Political Editor Jason Walls —who's on the ground in Samoa with the PM— told Ryan Bridge Luxon has been full of praise for the Kiwi taskforce responding to the situation.

He says there was some initial estimates that thousands of litres of diesel could be leaking out into the ocean, but the PM is confident there's been little to no damage to marine life.

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The Government's meeting with Police and transport officials today over Wednesday's fatal stabbing in Auckland.

Police are expected to lay charges against a 37-year-old man who handed himself in to North Shore Police Station yesterday afternoon.

It came after a woman was fatally stabbed on a bus in Onehunga on Wednesday in a seemingly random attack.

Transport Minister Simeon Brown told Ryan Bridge he and Police Minister Mark Mitchell will be sitting down with Police and Auckland Transport today.

He says the key issue is to ensure they're using the resources they have effectively, keeping public transport users safe, and looking at what more they can do.

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Donald Trump is coming under fire for alleged comments he made about Adolf Hitler.

In an interview with the New York Times, Trump's former Chief of Staff, John F. Kelly claims the former president said that Hitler did some good things.

US correspondent Sally Patterson told Ryan Bridge the Republican presidential nominee allegedly praised Hitler on other things.

She says that includes praising Hitler's economic policy and military tactics.

A spokesperson for the Trump campaign says Kelly has made a fool of himself with the accusations and labelled them debunked stories.

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The primary teachers’ union says there are other matters which should come before improvements to the measuring of student performance.

An Auditor-General report says there's a gap in the Ministry of Education's information on student performance before NCEA level.

It recommends better collection of progress reports on primary and intermediate students.

New Zealand Education Institute President Mark Potter told Ryan Bridge that there needs to be more investment in education across the board.

He says it’ll require new money to be invested, not just clip and cut funding from one part of education, and moved to another.

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An ambulance union says the Government's made the right call in increasing funding by 6% for Hato Hone St John.

It's putting an additional $21 million into the ambulance service, increasing the overall funding to nearly $357 million.

Ambulance Association Secretary Mark Quin told Ryan Bridge that it hasn’t resolved the issues of pay parity, but it’s more than they were offered previously.

He says the pay increases take them above the inflationary pressures, as well as significant conditions around medical.

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