The fruit formerly known as the tree tomato is ripe for the eating and Karyn speaks with Roger Georgeff from a wholesale fruit market in Christchurch about all things tamarillo.

In Hong Kong police have a new media accreditation policy saying they will not recognise press passes issued by local media associations.

New Zealanders will be allowed to visit New South Wales and the Northern Territory without undergoing quarantine on arrival from 16 October under a limited coronavirus travel bubble deal agreed by Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison and New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern.

It's time for the Rest is History, where we look back at the news of the week, in the past! On the 29th of September 1862 the first ever professional opera performance in New Zealand took place at the Royal Princess Theatre in Dunedin.

The polls have opened for New Zealand's Penguin of the Year. Karyn speaks with Felicity Kibble from the National Aquarium about the penguin contestants and the voting process for the winner.

New Zealand has reported 12 new Covid-19 cases today, the highest daily number in a month. Ten of the new cases have arrived on the same flight from India while one came from the United States and the other from the Philippines via Taiwan.

Hayden Donnell from RNZ's Mediawatch joins Karyn to discuss the coverage of debates in Aotearoa and the United States.

A Wellington based start-up is using algae, pineapple leaves, ocean plastic and bamboo to make shoes. Karyn speaks with Jeremy Bank of YY Nation about their goal to create "the world's most sustainable shoe".

Karyn speaks with the president of New Zealand's University Debating Council Zachary Wong about the rules and the etiquette of debating in light of a day full of clashes.

Labour's Jacinda Ardern and National's Judith Collins faced off on Wednesday night in the second of New Zealand's leader's debates. RNZ News political journalist Charlie Dreaver was at the debate at Q Theatre in Auckland.