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It's time for Heading Off, our weekly travel segment where we jet around the world gathering tips and tricks for your future holidays. Do let us know if you've been on an interesting journey recently, we'd love to hear from you, 2101. Today we're keeping it in the family with host of RNZ's award-winning podcast The Detail, Amanda Gillies. Amanda has been on a cruise. 14 family members, all ages, one ship - what could possibly go wrong?

Our Changing World's Claire Concannon chats to Jesse with the latest on the Kakapo Files plus she explains what e-textiles and sensing materials are and how they could change the fashion industry.

Flooding, landslides, wild winds, these extreme weather events can leave many of you feeling overwhelmed about the state of our climate and what we could be facing in the future. But help could be at hand. The Climatics is a new people-powered climate fund that says it'll offer a practical way to take action by pooling money from everyday Kiwis and directing those funds to the climate groups doing systems-change work in Aotearoa. The Climatics co-founders Pip Wheaton and MJ Bethell chat to Jesse.

Globally, Monarch butterfly numbers are in sharp decline with populations in the United States dropping by as much as 96 percent. The outlook isn't good for Monarchs in New Zealand either. fortunately there are New Zealanders keen to change that. Franklin Farm in Auckland's Waimauku has been growing celery for nearly 120 years. When the team began noticing fewer butterflies in their fields they decided to transform part of the farm into a dedicated butterfly breeding programme Jasmine Franklin helps run Franklin Farm, she chats to Jesse.

How we shop could be about to change dramatically, thanks to an AI innovation. Agentic AI can give recommendations and complete commercial transactions on your behalf - without you ever having to visit a business website directly. Here to explain how it could work is Stuff Money Editor, Damien Venuto

We're going to start today's show discussing New Zealand's dog problem and what can be done about it. The death of a Northland women after a fatal dog attack is the latest in a long list of dog-related incidents around the country So how did we get here and what needs to change so these attacks don't become more commonplace?

Spymaster George Smiley was at the breakfast-table for Nick Harkaway growing up. His father, John le Carré, born David Cornwell, would draft the Circus's latest intrigues on scraps of paper at dawn and read them aloud over tea and toast. It was an apprenticeship in spymasters and writing. Five years after le Carré's death, Smiley lives on in a play on London's West End and in new novels written by Harkaway himself including a 2024 revival with another on the way.

Tuesdays means our regular weekly segment 'You're the Judge' where we read out an irk and get your feedback on it. Today's question is about proposals - and whether our correspondent Scott should propose to his girlfriend at their friends' wedding. Text 2101 with yes, no or just to let us know what you think!

Tim Batt is with Jesse to discuss what's got people talking in the tech world, today he's looking into advancements in batteries and the new incoming low cost MacBook.

Claire Mabey joins Jesse to review the following books: Stepping Up by David Hill Lyrical Ballads by Bill Manhire What to Wear by Jenny Bornholdt