Wellington Council today announced five options for the future of the Capital's library. They range from a low level remediation up to building a new library on what is now civic square. They'll be open for public submission from next monday. Robert Kelly speaks with Max Rashbrooke from Victoria University, who's worried about the suggestion that a public private partnership could be a way forward for the project.

Poor mental health has been noted at the centre of recent changes within the National Party . Mental Health Foundation chief executive Shaun Robinson speaks to Robert Kelly about the role of mental health in political discourse.

With tonight marking the closure of the observed Matariki period, Professor Rangi Matamua joins the show to discuss the significance of the Maori new year, and how we can live by the stars rather than the Gregorian calendar.

BBC World Service senior journalist Rich Preston to discuss the release of a long-awaited report into alleged Russian interference in the UK's Brexit vote; what looks like might be the last trial of Nazi war crimes; and the return of prayers to the Hagia Sophia after eighty years.

National MP for Rangitata - Andrew Falloon - has announced he will be retiring and not seek re-election after behaviour described as 'unbecoming of an MP'.

Artist, activist and film maker Mika X's new short film GURL will debut in the festival. It's inspired by the story of Carmen Rupe, and Mika plans to add to it to make a feature length film titled The Book of Carmen.

An independent review has found the New Zealand Defence Force has failed to address harmful behaviours since an action plan was implemented four years ago.

It's time for the Rest is History and tonight we're looking at the big historical story of the week! On Tuesday The National Archives of Australia released the so-called Palace Papers, correspondence between Governor-General John Kerr and Buckingham Palace from 1975.

Today, Minister of Health Chris Hipkins announced 11-thousand people have downloaded the NZ Covid Tracer App in the past 24 hours. Yesterday there was an urgent call from the Prime Minister and Health Minister both - calling on all New Zealanders to download the app since less than 600-thousand people had done so.

RNZ Mediawatch's Colin Peacock joins Karyn on Lately. Tonight Colin looks at Judith Collins' win: what the media did and what the pundits said, as well as the fall of Todd Muller.