Today's the day New Zealand's landmark free trade agreement with India enters into force.

The deal creates new opportunities for our exporters with one of world's fastest growing markets - by giving us preferential access.

Almost 57% of our existing trade can now enter India duty-free and over time, tariffs will be reduced or removed for 95% of our exports.

Tariffs are being eliminated right away on sheep meat, wool, coal and more than 95 percent of forestry and wood products.

Today on The Front Page, Meat Industry Association (MIA) independent chair Nathan Guy is with us to go through what this means for New Zealand’s red meat sector.

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Governments around the globe are grappling with how to gain back control over social media giants.

Labour is the latest to campaign on it – promising to progress the social media ban and giving people more of a say on what they see online.

The party says it will get current legislation restricting social media for under 16s through to select committee within its first 100 days.

They also want an online regulator that can fine platforms and, like Australia, would introduce a digital duty of care law.

But how would these changes work in practice? And could New Zealand really force some of the world’s biggest tech companies to change the way they operate?

Today on The Front Page, Victoria University of Wellington Senior Lecturer in Information Management Dr. Alex Beattie joins us to discuss.

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Getting a GP appointment, paying for treatment and waiting for hospital care are major concerns heading into the election. So what are the parties promising to change?

Chelsea Daniels hears from National, Labour, ACT, the Greens, NZ First and the Opportunity Party about their health priorities, and outlines Te Pāti Māori’s proposals — from free GP visits and more medicines to workforce support, prevention and long-term planning.

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You can read more about this and other stories in the New Zealand Herald, online at nzherald.co.nz, or tune in to news bulletins across the NZME network.

Host: Chelsea Daniels
Editor/Producer: Richard Martin
Producer: Jane Yee

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