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Pope Francis' body has been moved to St Peter's Basilica, in front of crowds of worshippers.
The late pontiff lies in a simple coffin of wood and zinc, wearing a red robe with a rosary in his hands.
The Pope's coffin will remain there following the Liturgy until his funeral on Saturday.
UK correspondent Gavin Grey says crowds are coming in to pay tribute - and tens of thousands will be expected to come through in the coming days.
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The Finance Minister has adamantly denied any suggestions of the Government trying to interfere in the Reserve Bank.
Critics have raised concerns that the Reserve Bank's temporary Governor and Chair are acting to appeal to Nicola Willis' interests.
NZ Herald Wellington business editor Jenee Tibshraeny explains further.
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On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Wednesday, 23 April 2025, two days, two shocking twists in the case of the disappearance of John Beckenridge and his stepson Mike. The Herald's senior crime reporter Anna Leask tells Heather why a key witnessed changed his story at the last minute.
Donald Trump says huge tariffs on Chinese goods will come down in a first sign of a major backdown. Former ambassador to the US Tim Groser speaks to Heather about when to take Trump at his word - and when not to.
Plus, the Huddle gets fiery over Winston Peters' attack on RNZ - was it inappropriate or did he have a point?
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Despite the negative press and volatile climate, some financial markets have managed to hold up solidly throughout 2025.
The consumer staples industry - food, beverages, household products - and all the brands tied to that sector have managed to stay strong throughout the year.
Milford Asset Management's Stephanie Batchelor explains further.
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Tonight on The Huddle, Jack Tame, host of Saturday Mornings and Q&A and Jordan Williams from the Taxpayers' Union joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more!
Labour wants Chris Luxon to tell Winston Peters to back off after the latter had a fiery interview on RNZ this morning - and his threat to cut RNZ's funding off. Was he right? Was it appropriate?
New Zealand is pledging more money and support for Ukraine - do we agree with this move?
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New Zealand now has access to a brain health screening service - lauded by a former All Black - designed to identify and support those with dementia and other cognitive issues.
All professional rugby players, no matter their age or stage, encounter brain health concerns attached to concussions or repeat head knocks.
A new online test, designed by medical experts and rolled out by World Rugby in Ireland, Australia, Wales and South Africa has now been launched in New Zealand.
NZ Rugby Players Association CEO Rob Nichol says these tests are incredibly thorough - and these results are sent over to experts to set up potential appointments.
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Winston's in trouble with the opposition again, isn't he?
He's in trouble with the opposition - yet again, someone in the opposition's gone crying to daddy, calling on the Prime Minister to sort Winston Peters out.
I mean, last time this happened, it was because he was mean to old 'Bussy Galore'. This time, it's because he's threatened to defund Radio New Zealand.
Now he did this this morning in what I consider to be a highly entertaining tantrum, actually, because he got cross at RNZ for getting cross at him because he wants to define what a woman is in law.
Now, this crying to daddy business that's going on about Winston is utterly pointless, and I bet you Labour knows it, but they're doing it anyway.
But it's pointless because number one, you and I both know that Luxon is not going to sort out Winston Peters. Luxon needs Winston more than Winston needs Luxon right now.
And number two, Winston is not wrong.
Radio New Zealand looks like it is going to lose funding in the upcoming budget - or at least that's the rumour doing the rounds at the moment.
And if RNZ doesn't lose funding, it should lose funding - because it got a funding boost that was enormous under Labour.
It got a $25 million a year injection under Labour. That was a boost of 60 percent. That's huge.
I do not know of any other major media organization in this country that has had a revenue increase during this prolonged recession.
And what's more, despite all of that money, objectively, they're doing a cruddy job - because have a look at what's going on with their audience numbers. They have had an enormous decline in the people listening to them in the last 5 years.
When Winston accused Radio New Zealand of having a woke left bias, there will be plenty of people around this country who perhaps used to listen and don't anymore or don't listen for whatever reason, but there'll be plenty of people who would have been nodding their head in agreement with Winston once they heard that he'd said that.
Now, look, I know this is politics, so maybe Labour sees an opportunity here to play the hero for Radio New Zealand's audience who are horrified at what Winston said, and fair play to Labour.
They can do what they want, it's politics.
But I doubt this is going to be a big vote winner, because frankly, the number of voters who now nowadays care very deeply about protecting the media seems to be at an all-time low.
And also, don't forget this - it's hardly a shock, is it?
Winston Peters attacks the media. I mean, that could have been a headline every year for the last 40 years, couldn't it?
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It's looking more and more likely that Donald Trump is laying the groundwork for a u-turn on the tariffs implemented on Chinese goods.
Tariffs are currently sitting at 145 percent - but Trump recently claimed they'll 'come down substantially, but it won't be zero'.
Former NZ ambassador to the US Tim Groser says it's unclear what will happen next - given all the uncertainty Trump's economic policies have created.
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The wait continues for the Early Childhood Education sector - which has long called for a regulatory refresh.
Cabinet has agreed to 15 changes intended to improve child safety, access to care and centre viability.
Early Childhood Council chief executive Simon Laube says it's hard not to get excited about the prospect of changes.
"The only thing that's difficult is - we've got to wait another 18 months to get that actually done, but it's great to have a timeline."
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There's claims Portuguese millipedes are wreaking havoc in Wellington's Owhiro Bay - and should be declared a pest.
The many-legged creatures have been invading homes in the small suburb at night.
City Councillor Nureddin Abdurahman says he's heard the problem is spreading beyond Owhiro Bay to wider Wellington.
He says if someone visits the nearby Red Rocks, millipedes could be taken into ecologically protected areas like Zealandia.
"If it's impossible to eradicate then it needs to be contained."
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The Government has unveiled a new Northern Expressway that goes over Northland's Brynderwyn Hills rather than around.
It's released its planned route for Northern Expressway taking it from Warkworth east of State Highway one, over the hills to the east of the current route, then through Whangarei.
This comes instead of a proposed bypass to the west.
Northland Regional Council Transport Committee Chair Joe Carr has voiced support for this move.
"People aren't secure in making decisions to do with holidaying and investing in Northland, so it's pretty serious stuff."
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There's another twist in the puzzling disappearance of John and Mike Beckenridge - missing from Southland since 2015.
During a Coronial hearing in Christchurch today, a witness retracted his earlier claim his cousin had told him he'd helped the pair flee.
The father and stepson's car was found in wild sea near the Catlins - below an 88-metre cliff, with no bodies.
Herald reporter Anna Leask says the witness made a complete turnaround after being shown his police statement.
"He read through his statement and said - that's what the police have, in this document, that I didn't say it and I never said that and he didn't say this to me."
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Good news for Northlanders - as the Government settles on the Northern Expressway option.
The new route will run from Warkworth, and be built over the Brynderwyn Hills east of the current route, then through Whangārei.
The road across the Brynderwyns has suffered continued closures, since 2023's severe weather.
NZ Herald political editor Thomas Coughlan says it's tipped to be a costly project - but a new road is needed.
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Donald Trump has confirmed he's standing 'strongly' behind Pete Hegseth after reports claim he leaked more military plans.
Hegseth's wife, lawyer and brother were included on a Signal group chat, where he shared detailed plans about an operation against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
This comes one month after a journalist released messages between top US officials after accidentally being added to their group chat.
US correspondent Mitch McCann says Donald Trump has 'dug his heels in' and he's reluctant to let go of Hegseth as US Secretary of Defence.
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Relief for Warriors fullback Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad after putting pen to paper with the NRL club.
The 29-year-old will stay at Mt Smart until the end of the 2027 campaign.
Nicoll-Klokstad says he couldn't imagine being anywhere else, following reports linking him to a move to UK's Super League.
Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave explains further.
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An Auckland Councillor says a new management plan for the Waitākere Ranges is about consultation - not decision-making.
The council wants to set up a regional committee, jointly controlled by Council-and-Government, alongside tangata whenua.
Richard Hills says it's a sounding board, and final decisions would still be made by the council and local boards.
He says it would make an already existing process easier - putting all the usual groups consulted in one place.
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First of all, can I just say to all Catholics, condolences, obviously, over the passing of the Pope.
It's a big moment for the Catholic Church.
I enjoyed this Pope.
He seemed a little bit more fun than his predecessors, didn't he? He loved football, he loved saying things that got him in trouble, carried his own luggage.
Seems like a normal guy, right? A normal guy who became the Pope.
But if I'm honest with myself, setting that all to one side, I think he was ultimately quite disappointing as the Pope, wasn't he?
Because he said a lot of stuff about wanting to be more liberal and be more inclusive, but he actually didn't do anything, did he?
He didn't change anything about the way that the Catholic Church regards gay people.
He didn't change anything about the way that the Catholic Church treats divorced people.
He didn't change anything about the fact that women are completely excluded from serving as clergy in the Catholic Church.
Now obviously, a generous explanation of this is that he tried but couldn't, because the Catholic Church is massive.
I mean, there are 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide, spanning a huge number of countries, completely different views, and changing something that big and that diverse and actually really fundamentally that conservative, takes a really long time.
And so he did what he could, what he did was enough.
It was enough to kind of set people, set the wheels in motion, if you like, get people talking about being a bit more kind to gay people and divorced people in particular, and that in time, he's planted the seeds that will then come to fruition in years and decades and Lord, maybe even centuries from here.
And maybe that's right.
Maybe that's exactly what he's done.
But then, you know, he was chosen as pope by 3/4 of cardinals, which means that 3/4 of those dudes knew that they were choosing a liberal guy, and they were ready for a liberal guy.
So I look at that, I think that he had a little bit more latitude than he actually used, even for just one change, in just one of those areas, maybe he could have done it.
Also, while I love the fact that he was humble, he lived in a hostel and not a palace, he drove around in a cruddy car and not a flash limousine. He carried his own luggage, washed people's feet in public.
I have to be honest with myself as well about that.
That was performative, and he surely understood what he was doing.
He did those things to be seen.
But did he actually do anything to change the fact that the Catholic Church hoards all of its wealth and lives in opulence of upper levels?
Did he actually do anything beyond this performance?
Now, some commentators reckon that the real test of his legacy is going to be whether the next Pope, the next one that's chosen, is as liberal as he is and can actually push the church just a little bit more in that liberal direction.
And if that does happen, then maybe Francis can be credited with having started some real change within the Catholic Church.
And so, as in most cases, time will really be the judge of his legacy.
But I'll tell you what, right here, if you had told me in 2013 when he was appointed Pope that he would die with nothing changed in the church, I wouldn't have believed it.
So I'm disappointed.
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King Charles has spoken out after the death of Pope Francis - and says he touched the lives of so many through his care for both people and the planet.
The monarch says he sends his most heartfelt condolences to the Church Francis served with such resolve, and to the countless people around the world who, inspired by his life, will be mourning his loss.
UK correspondent Enda Brady says the pair got to have one last meeting before the Pope passed.
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On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Tuesday, 22 April 2025, following the death of Pope Francis, Sir David Moxon, tells Heather what the late Pope was like.
NZ First leader Winston Peters explains why we need a legal definition of what makes a woman (and a man).
Ukraine's ambassador to NZ reacts to news that NZ has committed to training Ukrainian troops until the end of 2026 - but what could end the war before then?
A neuroscientist explains what you should do if your phone notifications give you anxiety.
Plus, on the Huddle, two Catholics on the Pope's death, why Josie reckons she's a cafe catholic and why Tim wants to baptise Heather's kids.
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Chicken exports are returning to normal after a bird flu outbreak in Otago last year.
Last December, New Zealand experienced its first confirmed case of avian influenza on an Otago egg farm and thousands of chickens were culled.
While the outbreak was contained to the Hillgrove farm, measures were taken to prevent further spread, including surveillance and temporary suspension of chicken exports.
The Country's Rowena Duncum explains further.
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