Whanaungatanga, whakapapa and whānau - the solutions that have always been with us, but are largely ignored. Laura O'Connell-Rapira reflects on an historic hui held in Auckland over the weekend to launch the fourth inquiry into Oranga Tamariki.

Danielle Street joins us with a preview of her new music selections to be featured on her Totally Wired show on campus radio station bfm on Saturday mornings.

A new study published in the British Medical Journal has said sugary drinks could increase the risk of cancer.

This week our resident historian Robert Kelly catches up with the anniversary of a particularly important court case that started yesterday in the American south-eastern state of Tennessee, 94 years ago.

Matariki is the Maori name for a group of seven stars also known as the Pleiades star cluster, and it's also the season of its first rising marking that marks the beginning of the new year.

Colin Peacock takes midweek look at some of the media stories people are talking about this week

RNZ Sport's Ravinder Hunia live from the cricket world cup

The Ministry of Health has today published a discussion document with a extensive list of proposed regulations covering cultivation, licensing, manufacture and supply of cannabis products.

Mark Reason followed the Women's Football World Cup along with a soaring number of viewers around the world.

Researchers at Otago University predict two million New Zealanders will be obese in less than 20 years time.