Top Stories for Tuesday 19 September 2023

It's Raapa, Tuesday, September the 19th Today on RNZ National... We'll talk to Chris Hipkins ahead of the first televised leaders debate of the election campaign tonight. A north Auckland bus station is under police guard this morning after yesterday afternoon's fatal assault. Also...A report out today from the senior doctors' union says New Zealanders' dependence on private healthcare is rapidly increasing. and we speak to Hamilton East National candidate Ryan Hamilton about his views on fluoridation.