Iwi leaders are delighted at the Government's plan to make New Zealand history compulsory in all primary and secondary schools by 2022.

The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has declined to say which senior Labour Party figures gave her their assurances that there was no sexual assault allegations against a staffer. Political commentator, Dr Bryce Edwards, from Victoria University of Wellington speaks with Karyn Hay about the impact of the Labour Party sexual assault allegations on the Prime Minister's reputation.

Our weekly catch up with the Mediawatch team - tonight Colin Peacock explores Patrick Gower's heavily promoted documentary on cannabis that screens tonight - as much about

The Prime Minister has apologised to a group of complainants who've made allegations of bullying and serious sexual assault, saying she recognises the actions of the party have added to their distress. The party president Nigel Haworth resigned today, after a conversation with Ms Ardern this morning. At RNZ we have received many texts from listeners asking why if this is so serious did the complainants not go to the police? Tonight we've invited the executive director of Rape Prevention Education New Zealand onto Lately to talk about this topic - from a wider lense while the details of the circumstances with the Labour Party and the seven complainants continue to become clearer.

In Australia, fire crews are battling dozens of fires putting lives and homes at risk across Queensland. The Queensland State Operations Centre at the Emergency Services Complex is coordinating hundreds of fire fighters from their centre in Brisbane, where the State Fire and Emergency Services Controller, Kevin Reading gives an update about how the fire season has got off to the record start.

For the Lately Book club, Karyn Hay talks to journalism tutor and researcher at the University of London, Mel Bunce.

Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori - The Maori Language Commission - says making easy changes, like starting and finishing emails or greeting people in te reo Maori can make a huge difference to the revitalisation effort.

Kua ti-mata te wiki o te reo Maori - Maori Language Week has begun - and to kick it off a roaring parade made its way down central Wellington, drawing hundreds of spectators.

New Zealanders would rather talk politics, drugs or alcohol anything other than money... and many of us never talk about money with our family, friends and colleagues. Karyn talks to Tom Hartmann, the editor of Sorted, a free service run by The Commission for Financial Capability

The UK government is about to ask MP's for a second time to agree to a snap general election, and is expected to suffer another defeat It could be one of the last acts in the House of Commons before Parliament is suspended. Our correspondent in London Olly Barratt has the latest.