Firefighters hope forecast rain will bring much needed relief in the fire-affected Mackenzie District. Fire and Emergency say the scrub and tree fire which started yesterday has burnt through an area around three-and-a-half-thousand hectares.

If you've got some stuff sitting around you'd like to make money from, maybe a tent, a drill or a lawnmower, the new app Mutu might be your answer. Mutu – which takes its name from the latin word for 'borrow' – will allow people to rent out or lend out their household goods at a price they choose, says the app's developer Toby Skilton.

We're hearing a lot about contact tracing at the moment. The Roche report into New Zealand's contact tracing scheme has just been released to the public and it contains good news and bad. New Zealand's system for hunting the virus has improved hugely from its standing start in February.

Today marks the anniversary of the final jailbreak of one of New Zealand's most famous escapees. In August 1911 Joseph Pawelka escaped from the Terrace Gaol in Wellington.

Today's sentence has never been handed out before in New Zealand. To discuss the significance and ramifications of the sentence Karyn is joined by Otago University Professor of Law, Andrew Geddis.

In the High Court in Christchurch Justice Cameron Mander sentenced the man who carried out the mosque attacks in Christchurch on 15 March 2019 to life in prison without the possibility of parole. RNZ News reporter Anan Zaki joins Karyn from Christchurch.

Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Karyn Hay on Lately. This week Colin Peacock chats to Karyn about the tricky task of keeping the focus on the victims  - and not the killer or the crimes - during this week's sentencing in Christchurch.

Dear Christchurch, Breivik's trial showed us extremist ideas struggle in the light.

The final victim impact statements have been read out today in the High Court in Christchurch, as the sentencing of the gunman who attacked two mosques in the city draws to a conclusion.

There's a bad smell in the air in Marlborough, and the local council is determined to sniff it out.