Financial support has been confirmed for businesses badly hit by the Whakaari White Island eruption. Last week it announced a five million dollar fund for Whakatane and also the Westland community affected by recent flooding and MBIE has announced there will be grants and business recovery services for businesses in Whakatane. Warren Short is the vice-president of the Eastern Bay of Plenty Chamber of Commerce and he speaks with Karyn about the support package.

Finn Johansson joins us with a preview of three new music selections on Out Lately. Tonight MGMT's self released single In The Afternoon from their last album, Little Dark Age followed by Lomelda with Wildfire, which is part of an upcoming fundraiser album. LEAO combines Pacific tradition with post-punk hypnagogic pop techniques to conjure a sonically compelling and distinct ocean of sound with Siva Masina. And for the festive season, a taste from PIQSIQ's first Christmas album, Quviasugvik: In Search of Harmony.

While bush fires are raging and temperatures are soaring across Australia, there's a situation with water that can be described as extreme at one of Australia's largest sources of bottled drinking water. In the Tamborine Mountain community in the hinterland on the Gold Coast, locals are waiting more than six weeks for deliveries to fill their dry water tanks. Niki Gladding from Aotearoa Water Action speaks with Karyn about the pressures in Tamborine Mountain and what local commercial water vs local water conditions are like in New Zealand.

It's time for our weekly look into the week's news in the past with the Rest is History! This week our history geek Robert Kelly has come over all festive. It's Christmas! But where does it come from?

The telecommunications company Spark is selling its video streaming platform Lightbox to Sky Network Television. Its not saying how much the acquisition has cost them. Sky plans to boost its content by merging its own streaming service Neon with Lightbox to compete with Netflix. Consumer Magazine's Hadyn Green explains what it could mean for consumers.

The man at the centre of the great unsolved mystery of New Zealand's criminal history, is facing historical charges - one of rape and 4 of indecent assault relating to two women. Eighty-one year old Arthur Allan Thomas has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Thomas was convicted twice of murdering Jeannette and Harvey Crewe at their Waikato farm, then pardoned and paid close to a million dollars in compensation. Journalist, author and television director, Keith Hunter gives Karyn a refresher on the case and it captured the nation.

Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about tough questions asked about Whakaari White Island, Simon Bridges begging to be fact-checked, and an ice cream headache for the ad watchdog.

The Government and the tourism industry have no clear plan to deal with the impacts that ballooning tourist numbers will have on the environment in the coming decades, according to a new report from the Environment Commissioner. Simon Upton today released the report which says current Government policies aren't enough to head off the worsening environmental impacts of tourism growth. The Mountain Safety Council's chief executive, Mike Daisley talks to Karyn about what New Zealand needs to do to keep tourists safe, and who pays when they get in trouble.

Tonight in our occasional series, Game Theory, we're talking to gamer Dad and teacher, Matt Kelly. Matt loves online gaming and he plays a fair bit online with his kids too. Heading into Christmas, he's an ideal person to talk to about fostering healthy attitudes to gaming no matter what is wrapped up under the tree.

An Australian expert on fires says his country needs to urgently prepare for a future of prolonged bushfires and air pollution. Australia is in the grip of a devastating fire season, six people have been killed, hundreds of homes destroyed and over a million hectares razed. David Bowman is the director of the Fire Centre at the University of Tasmania's school of natural sciences and says Australia should retro fit houses to make them heat and smoke proof among many other measures.