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Happy To Report: A wrap of this week's good news

Kiwi athletes test their endurance, greater work life balance for Australians, the neuroscience behind stress-free mornings, and an injured turtle finds its sea legs.

Obstacle Course Racing

Kiwi athletes are climbing the leaderboard at the Obstacle Course Racing World Championships in Costa Rica.

For the first time, a New Zealand athlete is on the podium.

Kiwi athletes test their endurance, greater work life balance for Australians, the neuroscience behind stress-free mornings, and an injured turtle finds its sea legs. (Source: Breakfast)

Laura Grant's taken the bronze medal in the female masters category, with a New Zealand record time of 1 minute and 24 seconds.

In light of the success, the New Zealand Obstacle Sports Association wants to bring the championships back home.

Work-life balance

If you've ever wanted to ignore your bosses persistent calls, now in Australia you can.

Workers who receive messages from their employer outside of their paid work hours, can now legally ignore them until they clock back on.

It's called the right to disconnect.

More than 20 countries, mainly in Europe and Latin America, have similar rules.

Low dopamine mornings

A new TikTok trend claims to have the answer to stress-free mornings.

Introducing, the low dopamine morning.

It's where you ditch your phone, coffee, and extensive exercise routine, all in the aim of giving your brain a break.

University of Otago neuroscientist John Reynolds said "in general, it's good for us to take a break from massive stimulation".

"Doing a number of nice relaxing things, mediating for example, will just reduce the amount of stimuli you're exposed to. So you'll have less dopamine, but you're releasing endorphins that make you feel better and relaxed."

Turtle injured but she'll be right

A green sea turtle has a second shot at life after losing its flipper.

Experts warn more turtles are getting injured or killed by the equipment. (Source: 1News)

It's believed the poor reptile caught its flipper in fishing gear last month.

Now, after treatment and surgery, she's undergoing rehabilitation.

Auckland Zoo veterinary nurse Celine Campana said they're hopeful the turtle can be release into the wild soon.

"She's doing great, she's actually proving to be very feisty."

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