Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay tonight about Stuff Curcuit's expose in Afghanistan, what would a combination of RNZ and TVNZ be called, and MP Gareth Hughes will call it quits to spend more time with his kids.

Actor and playwright Rob Mokoraka advanced on police in Pt Chev in Auckland with a meat cleaver. The police believed he also had a gun, and Rob was subsequently shot in the chest. Rob survived both the shooting and the depression that triggered the incident and wrote a one man play about it called "Shot Bro: Confessions of a Depressed Bullet". He speaks with Karyn about taking the play around communities in New Zealand to help alleviate the stigma attached to mental health, and how it's turned into an invitation to perform in Australia.

Across the Tasman, the Australian financial crimes regulator AUSTRAC has stunned the financial world with claims that the banking giant Westpac has breached anti-money laundering laws nearly 23 million times and it's also alleging the banking giant failed to carry out due diligence on transactions to the Philippines and South East Asia, that may have involved child exploitation. The ABC's senior digital business reporter, Michael Janda, talks to Karyn from Sydney about AUSTRAC's application today to the Federation Court for civil penalty orders against Westpac.

We've been hearing a lot about extinction lately. Lots of groups are trying to raise awareness of the number of species on the endangered list. The man behind Willowbank Wildlife Reserve, on the outskirts of Christchurch is the subject of Bookclub tonight. Michael Willis has devoted his life to rescuing rare breeds. He has just released a book, Rescue about his life's work.

It's almost a month since the Uluru climb was closed preventing people from climbing one of Australia's most recognisable landmarks. It has been a request of its traditional owners, the Anangu, since they had the title returned to them almost 34 years ago. Steve Baldwin is the Visitor Services and Operations Manager for Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park - and he speaks with Karyn from the Northern Territory, about how visitors and locals are responding to the change.

There have been more dramatic scenes in Hong Kong as dozens of protesters escaped from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University today. At least a hundred students are still holding out at the campus, as Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam urges protestors to co-operate and resolve the situation peacefully. Kris Cheng from the Hong Kong Free Press has the latest.

In our occasional series: Do It Yourself, we celebrate a new form of DIY and tonight we're looking at how we can go about conquering glossophobia, that's the fear of public speaking. Karyn is joined by the Club Growth Director for Toastmasters NZ Basil Moskovis to find out how to battle the fear and speak in public with confidence.

Prince Andrew is facing a wall of disbelief from the British public after his television interview defending his friendship with the billionaire sex predator, Jeffrey Epstein, which was broadcast last night. The lawyers representing Epstein's victims are demanding that he make himself available for an interview with the FBI. Our correspondent in London, Olly Barratt reports on the backlash.

It's not every night the largest cruise ship that visits Wellington gets stranded in the Capital's outer harbour just inside the heads, but that's exactly what happened tonight. Ovation of the Seas - which is the fourth largest cruise ship in the world- stopped around 7.30 tonight just off Steeple Rock, unable to move. Wellington Harbourmaster, Grant Nalder, shares the back story with Karyn.

Danielle Street joins us with a preview of three new music selections that will feature on her Totally Wired show on Auckland's 95 bfm on Saturday mornings. Tonight Danielle begins with Tamaki Makaurau's electronic artist Leaping Tiger with Screw Face featuring multi-layered collaborators and advice for how best to hear all the detail. From the other end of the motu, Dawn Diver brings Warming to You live in Wellington and Auckland these next two weeks, while Salad Boys close the night with The Issue.