The Rest Is History with resident historian Robert Kelly.

The UK's Boris Johnson has unveiled his plans to strike a Brexit deal with the European Union - just two weeks before the crucial EU summit in Brussels.

Technology commentator Paul Spain from the NZ Tech Podcast and joins Karyn tonight in place of our regular Mid Week Media Watch. Paul talks about Tesla's latest car to New Zealand, electric air transport, Spotify Premium and robots coming to life

The Silver Scroll songwriting awards are on at Auckland's Spark Arena tonight. There's the livestream and the liveblog to see all tonight's performances and find out who the winners are. Karyn will cross to RNZ's Music 101 host, Charlotte Ryan, who's at the Silver Scrolls throughout Lately tonight, with updates as the winners are announced.

The SuperGold card is entering the digital era, with the launch of an app and an upgraded website. Changes are aimed at making the benefits of the card more accessible to increasingly tech-savvy over 65s. Latest figures show more than 750-thousand SuperGold cardholders with 350-thousand SuperGold card holders use a smartphone, according to numbers from 2017. Karyn asks the president of Grey Power Horowhenua, Terry Hemmingsen, what makes the SuperGold card super?

Video games, board games, e-sport, sport-sport. It's all Game Theory, and tonight we thought we'd speak to an actual gamer, Matt Kelly from Auckland.

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China marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the Communist party rule.

How do you recycle batteries? Which supermarkets allow you to bring your own container to the deli section? Can the plastic rings on plastic milk bottles be recycled? Investigative writer Olivia Wannan has been looking into all these questions for Consumer magazine. She shares some simple tips about what you can do at the supermarket and at home to reduce waste.

The Prime Minister has indicated a climate emergency declaration in Parliament is unlikely, despite last week's School Strike 4 Climate protests. About 170-thousand protesters were reported at gatherings around the country, with activists in Wellington bringing an open letter signed by 11-thousand people calling on the Government to declare a climate emergency. Freshwater ecologist Dr Mike Joy speaks with Karyn about his plea to politicians and the public to trust the people who study water quality know what they're talking about.

From tomorrow Pharmac will no longer fund the drugs used by 95-percent of people with epilepsy, instead paying for only one generic drug. The Transport Agency says some of those using the new brand should voluntarily stop driving for eight weeks. Pharmac has been called on to fund taxis for those affected, but it says it won't fund taxis for those standing down from driving because they switched epilepsy medication. Ross Smith is the CEO of Epilepsy New Zealand and speaks with Karyn about the impact of these sudden changes in medication.