A British photographer has been hit by non-lethal rounds during protests in Los Angeles.

He has now undergone emergency surgery and is recovering at Long Beach Memorial Medical Centre.

UK correspondent Gavin Grey explains further.

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US share markets have continued to pick up recently, sparking discussion among experts.

Harbour Asset Management's Shane Solly explains the factors behind the change.

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Wellington City Council is being called on to review its rating system over fears increased rates are driving businesses out of the capital.

Newly released figures show Wellington’s average commercial rates bill is $47,881. That compares to $20,716 in Auckland, $18,059 in Christchurch, $24,768 in Hamilton, and $25,670 in Tauranga.

Director of The Wellington Company, Ian Cassels, says there's a lot of overspending going on - with 'eye-watering' levies impacting businesses.

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Tonight on The Huddle, Trish Sherson from Sherson Willis PR and broadcaster Mark Sainsbury joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more!

NZ Rugby boss Mark Robinson has officially stepped down from the role. Are we surprised by this? How will he be remembered?

The Auditor-General has pointed out some very lavish spending by some school boards on parties, overseas travel, and building work. What do we make of this?

Is it normal to be an adult who's never tried KFC?

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Deputy Prime Minister Nicola Willis says the Michael Forbes situation is awful - but police have to have discretion.

The Prime Minister's acting deputy press secretary quit last week, over allegations he took compromising recordings of sex workers and photos of women he didn't know.

Nicola Willis says these issues need to be managed well and she says the Department of Internal Affairs looking into the matter is positive.

She says police do have discretion, which is important.

"So it's never appropriate for ministers to dive in and say - we think you should prosecute this person or that person."

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Anyone who thinks that Mark Robinson resigning from New Zealand Rugby today is a shock clearly doesn't follow rugby's dramas with their brain fully turned on.

This was not a shock at all. Anyone could see this coming.

This was coming the minute that David Kirk took over as the chair.

Now, I don't want to be seen to be saying that David Kirk forced him out. It is, in fact, quite possible that Mark Robinson just read the room and left of his own accord first - but it was always going to happen, wasn't it?

Because David Kirk is the new broom, and the new broom generally gets rid of things that aren't working. And unfortunately for Mark Robinson, that wasn't working.

Now, I've got no hard feelings towards the guy. He seemed like a really easy bloke, but he has not had the most glorious 10 years, has he?

When he brought in the Silver Lake deal, which has yet to bear any fruit despite all of the drama it caused - and boy, did it cause drama.

He totally stuffed up the Fozzy situation when he tried to fire Fozzy and then didn't fire Fozzy, and then eventually did manage to get rid of Fozzy - but by then, we all felt really bad for Fozzy.

And he persisted with the Super Rugby competition that isn't working.

All he's really managed to do with it is tinker, and it still isn't really working.

The finances are terrible. The game has maybe managed to arrest the decline, but nothing much else - and the rugby community is bruised after that Silver Lake altercation.

If there is a lesson here, I reckon it may be that New Zealand rugby might want to replace Mark Robinson with someone who isn't a rugby man, or a rugby woman, whatever.

Someone who isn't sentimental about the game, who can look at all of this business with fresh eyes and say: why is that happening? That shouldn't necessarily be happening - and have the courage to change it, because they don't actually care about rugby that much.

Someone who can drive the change that rugby needs, because if there's one thing we all agree on, it's that rugby needs change.

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The author of an alternative Jacinda Ardern biography says his book's different - because he's spoken to people across politics.

The Former Prime Minister's memoir, A Different Kind of Power, hit shelves last week.

David Cohen says he's writing his own book, backed by alternative news website, the Centrist.

He expects it'll be out later this year.

He says he's proud of the fact it brings in a multitude of voices - which he claims other Ardern biographies haven't done.

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