The Labour Party have just wrapped up their AGM in Christchurch, where they had some big decisions to make.

The party has been in conversation about whether a capital gains tax would be on the cards for the next election, and what that may look like.

Labour leader Chris Hipkins joins with more.

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The Government has released Phase One of the Covid inquiry - all 700 pages of it.

Here are some key points:

• There was an issue with focusing on people's health rather than all aspects of their lives.
• Vaccine requirements were too broad and were in place for too long.
• Ardern's "single source of truth" comment was found unhelpful.

Former Director-General of Health Sir Ashley Bloomfield joins with his thoughts.

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The Local Government Funding Authority has allowed "high-growth" councils to borrow more.

The move is in hopes that councils will be able to deliver projects more efficiently.

Auckland, Tauranga, and Hamilton are just a few of the councils thought to be eligible for the increase.

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The ban on gang patches came into force at midnight on Thursday, with the first arrest only three minutes later.

Police report there were 12 gang insignia-related arrests within the first 24 hours.

Richard Chamber is announced as the new Police Commissioner, after serving as an officer since 1996.

One of the ten youth offender bootcamp participants have been arrested.

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Those participating in the Treaty Principles Bill hikoi have reached Palmerston North today, just days away from Parliament.

On Thursday, Te Pati Maori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke ripped a copy of the legislation in hald at the Bill's first reading and launched into a haka, soon joined by more MPs.

The haka has gone viral worldwide, and international media and commentators did not have much in the way of kind words in response.

ACT Party Leader and Bill architect David Seymour joins with more.

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The hikoi against the Treaty Principles Bill has reached Palmerston North today, putting pressure on the Government to throw out the Bill.

Despite this, the Bill passed its first reading on Thursday which was followed by a dramatic haka by some Maori Party MPs in protest.

Labour Party's Justice spokesperson Duncan Webb joins with more.

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The United States is one of New Zealand's most significant partners, and the big question is what Donald Trump's win means for Kiwis.

Maurice Williamson is the former New Zealand Consol-General in Los Angeles and he joins to discuss the impact for New Zealand.

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The United States election has wrapped up this week with a landslide victory for Donald Trump.

It came as a bit of a shock after nearly all reputable pollsters predicted a very close race to presidency.

Marco Rubio's former Chief of Staff Matt Terrill joins Tim Beveridge to discuss the impact and what's to come for the States.

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