Wairoa was the hardest hit in last night's storm with Mayor Craig Little describing the impact as catastrophic with tens of millions of dollars needed in road and water repairs, Gianina Schwaneke speaks to Lisa Owen.

Antonio Glen Castillano, also known as Glenn Green pleaded guilty to nine charges of criminal harassment, one charge of posting harmful digital communications and one charge of obtaining by deception.

South Africa correspondent Elna Schutz speaks to Lisa Owen about Anti-tax protests in Kenya becoming violent, a political rally in Rwanda turning into a tragedy and Monkeypox continuing to spread in South Africa.