Director of the New Zealand China Council Alastair Crozy joins Ryan Bridge to discuss a new visa for Chinese tourists.

The change will allow Chinese tourists visiting Australia to enterNew Zealand with their Australian visa. Crozy says that this change has already increased searches for “New Zealand travel” on Chinese tourism websites like CTrip.

This change comes ahead of Prime Minister Luxon’s visit to China where he will meet President Xi Jingping in a face-to-face meeting.

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More nations are responding to the escalating conflict between Iran and Israel.

The two countries are continuing to exchange air assaults, after Israel's initial attack on Friday and Iran launched waves of missiles, in response.

UK and Europe Correspondent Gavin Grey told Ryan Bridge Iran believes any support of Israel from the West, makes assets from those countries fair game.

He says Britons are being advised against travelling to Israel, as the UK says it's unable to keep them safe in this fast-moving situation.

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The Police union is celebrating the decision to work towards rolling out body cameras - but wants it done right.

Police Commissioner Richard Chambers says staff are assessing options for equipping frontline officers with the technology.

The Police Association says it could clear-up misconceptions in the field, reduce complaints, and lead to more guilty pleas.

President Chris Cahill says body-cameras have become the international standard.

He says many officers in Australia don't want to deploy without the technology.

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The Prime Minister’s jetting off on a diplomatic mission this week and he’s heading into a very undiplomatic world.

Israel and Iran are going at it. Netanyahu says Tehran is close to producing a nuclear weapon.

As missiles and drones fly across the Middle East, talks for a nuclear deal with Iran’s leadership in Oman are on hold.

The UK is mobilising fighter jets in the region as Iran warns it will strike western targets if they dare support Tel Aviv.

Israeli’s blockade of Gaza continues despite protests from this country and most others through the UN and sanctions.

Talks in Turkey to end the war in Ukraine haven’t stopped the violence.

Diplomacy has so far failed.

China continues buying oil from Russia and tacitly keeping its war in Europe alive.

The US continues supporting Israel, keeping its wars on Gaza and Iran alive.

China and the US themselves are doing direct battle of a different kind on trade.

We’ve got politically motivated assassinations in America. Marines and national guard troops on the streets of Los Angeles.

All this as the global economy splutters along under the weight of it all and I haven’t even mentioned Pakistan and India.

As Luxon prepares to meet with Xi Xinping and then attend a NATO leaders meeting in the Netherlands, the big question is not what to do, but where to start?

New Zealand's influence in all of this is, is course, is limited. Most of these conflicts date back further than the birth of our nation.

We rely on the United Nations - who's P5 VETO power renders is about as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike. Utterly useless.

This no the first time the world has faced a collision of crisis involving wars backed by competing global superpowers.

While diplomacy has failed to prevent them, history tells us it's also the best and only way to eventually solve them.

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Skifields in Queenstown have got the chair lifts turning ahead of opening day tomorrow.

NZ Ski Chief Executive Paul Anderson says the Remarkables and Coronet Peak have had eight solid days of snow making, mixed in with natural snowfall.

He says there's more than a metre of snow on the main trails and both skifields should have their main chairlifts running, providing a chance at top to bottom skiing across the mountain.

Mount Hutt attempted to open this morning but rainfall caused the snowpack to become unstable, pushing launch day to tomorrow.

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Helen Clark says the future of the AUKUS security pact remains very uncertain.

The Pentagon's reviewing the agreement between Australia, the UK, and the US to ensure it meets Donald Trump's America First agenda.

It's still unclear what that might mean for New Zealand's potential involvement.

But Clark —the former Prime Minister and UNDP Head— told Ryan Bridge there's a chance Trump could scrap the pact altogether.

She says the leaders of all three countries have changed since the agreement was signed, and the US has become increasingly unpredictable.

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The corrections minister believes our prisons will be ready for an increase in demand.

The Ministry of Justice expects the prison population will increase 36 percent by 2035 to more than 14-thousand people.

It's prompted concerns for the country's ability to cope with demand.

Mark Mitchell says the Waikeria prison expansion will help provide enough beds.

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