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We've been talking about Taylor Swift throughout the programme and the projected millions our economy may have missed out on by not hosting a tour here. She's on her way to Singapore tomorrow where the country is forking out some hefty cash. Correspondent Per Elinder Liljas reports.

A Taylor Swift concert would be worth almost a $100,000,000 to New Zealand. That's according to Dr Angel Zhong of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology who's been crunching the numbers. It's not only teenagers donning friendship bracelets, sparkly rhinestones and sequins to see Taylor Swift. There are also plenty of Swifties in their Fifties often with more money to burn than younger fans. Lisa Owen caught up with one of them after she got home from Taylor Swift's Melbourne show.

The government's pushing ahead with a law to ban gang patches and insignia in public places. Police will have the power to disperse gang members immediately and prevent them meeting up for seven days. Courts will also be able to issue non-consorting orders, stopping specified gang members associating or communicating with each other for up to three years. The government says gang numbers have increased 51 percent over the past five years ..with more than three thousand new recruits. Police minister Mark Mitchell speaks to Lisa Owen.

News from the business sector, including a market report.

The Black Ferns Sevens have finally clinched a gold medal in this season's World Sevens Series. After getting a silver medal in Dubai and the bronze in Cape Town the women got the job done in Vancouver today. Sports reporter Felicity Reid speaks to Lisa Owen.

The government is launching an inquiry into school property with an eye to scrapping potentially hundreds of building projects that it calls unrealistic and unaffordable. Announcing the inquiry today, Education Minister Erica Stanford said the government inherited a school property system "bordering on crisis." The Ministry of Education has already paused 20 building projects, and a further 350 projects will need to be reassessed, as they are set to fall well short of expectations. Erica Stanford used as an example a project to bring together Blenheim's Marlborough Boys and Marlborough Girls' colleges, which had its costs blow out from 170 to 405 million dollars. Principal of Marlborough Girls College, Mary-Jean Lynch speaks to Lisa Owen.

Police have launched a homicide investigation following the death of man near state housing units in the Auckland suburb of Mt Albert. Detective Senior Sergeant Lisa Anderson says police were called to the scene on He Ana Way shortly before one this afternoon. Our reporter Jordan Dunn is there.

Australian police investigating a double murder allegedly commited by one of their own now believe the bodies of the Sydney couple have been moved from their original dump site. Senior Constable Beau Lamarre-Condon is accused of killing flight attendant Luke Davies and television presenter Jesse Baird, who the suspect had previously dated . Some of the couples bloody possessions were found dumped in a bin in Cronulla. A bullet and large amounts of blood were later found at their Paddington home. It's alleged 28 year old Lamarre-Condon hired a white van and used it to dump the bodies and left the vehicle in New Castle more than a a hundred kilometres from Sydney. Police say the accused had also bought an angle grinder and weights. The ABC's Gavin Coote speaks to Lisa Owen.

Victims of the Whakaari / White Island disaster have today described the physical and mental trauma that robbed them of ordinary lives. Six companies are being sentenced in the Environment Court in Auckland after being found guilty during last year's trial. Each of them face fines of up to 1.5 million dollars. Dozens of people filled the courtroom this morning to watch the hearing unfold. Felix Walton was there.

The motorsport industry is in mourning following yesterday's tragedy at the Arcadia Road Rallysprint event in Paparoa. Tributes are flowing for 15 year old driver Brooklyn Horan and his 35 year old co-driver Tyson Jemmett who died after their car went off the road and became submerged in a river on the course just after 2:00pm yesterday afternoon. Brooklyn Horan had shown promise behind the wheel despite his young age. Motorsport legend Greg Murphy speaks to Lisa Owen.

The Government is launching an inquiry into the school property system, which it says is bordering on crisis with major cost blowouts and stalled projects. Earlier this month, RNZ revealed that the Education Ministry had paused 20 building projects due to rising costs, changing roll growth forecasts, or reprioritisation. Deputy political editor Craig McCulloch reports.

Just released figures show who splashed the campaign cash during last year election. Third party promoters or lobby groups spent a staggering thirteen times more last year compared to the 2020 campaign. Lobby groups are required to submit spending of more than 100-thousand dollars, and figures just released by the Electoral Commission show close to two-million dollars was declared in 2023. In Depth journalist Farah Hancock speaks to Lisa Owen.