Australia’s new hate speech laws have hit a speedbump.

Parliament was recalled early to pass reform that would create serious offences for hate in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.

However, the Opposition and the Greens are refusing to accept the laws in their current form.

Australia Correspondent Murray Olds told Andrew Dickens the Opposition is saying the timeline is ridiculous, and that the bill is unsalvageable in its current form.

He says everyone was in favour of fighting antisemitism as hard as they could, but it's now dissolved into a political bunfight.

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For many, Six60 is an undeniable part of the New Zealand summer soundscape.

Their classics such as ‘Don’t Forget Your Roots’, ‘The Greatest’, and ‘Please Don’t Go’ are a staple of every backyard barbeque summer get together, and soon a few new songs will be joining the playlists.

Their fifth studio album ‘Right Here Right Now’ is set to be released in February, but two new singles are already available.

Frontman Matiu Walters told Andrew Dickens that hands down, it’s their best music ever.

“Quite often music can get quite tedious and boring if you’re just trying to plough through it all.”

“But the time feels right and we have some stories to tell, and it’s all captured in this new album and this new music.”

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A tourism leader in Kaikoura says they're having their busiest summer season since a major earthquake almost a decade ago.

Visitor numbers reached about 220 thousand in November, up nearly 30 thousand on the year before.

Destination Kaikoura Chair Chris Sturgeon told Andrew Dickens tourism and hospitality players says things are booming.

He says there's a positive feeling throughout the town, and says Kaikoura's beautiful landscape offers tourists a true New Zealand location.

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