The Lung Cancer Foundation New Zealand chief executive Philip Hope speaks with Karyn about Pharmac's announcement to fund more drugs for lung cancer.

This week on Mediawatch Midweek Jeremy Rose talks to Karyn Hay about some new free video streaming services and reviews the book review sites.

Pharmac is proposing to fund drugs for breast cancer, lung cancer and multiple sclerosis from December 1. Pharmac Medical Director Dr Chris Jackson talks to  Karyn Hay about the changes.

Duane Mutu is the founder and managing director of e-sport company, Lets Play Live, he talks to  Karyn about the New Zealand e-Sports Federation's aim to shape the future of gaming in a positive way.

Brad Gordon is with us from Hobson Wealth Partners helps explain the Chinese influence on Wall Street's worst trading day this year.

The BBC's Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet speaks with Karyn from Doha about a possible deal being done between the US and the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Our weekly series Do It Yourself: where we celebrate a new form of DIY. Tonight we hear from Gary Fawcett from the Waitakere based beekeeping company kiwimana, about how to start keeping bees.

Hong Kong has been thrown into disarray by a general strike called by anti-government protesters. Protests in the territory have been going on for two months - triggered by opposition to a planned extradition law but evolving into a wider movement for democratic reform. The ABC's China correspondent, Bill Birtles, speaks with Karyn from Hong Kong.

The US cyber-security firm Cloudflare says it will terminate the online message board 8chan as a customer. The man suspected of shooting dead 20 people in Texas yesterday is believed to have posted a four-page statement on 8chan 20 minutes before the attack.

Over the weekend two mass shootings in the US were only 13 hours apart.Professor Kevin Clements is the Chair and Foundation Director of The National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Otago. He speaks with Karyn Hay about President Trump and non-violent responses to violent extremism.