It's Friday, so we're going to play a bit of music and talk about it as well... sounds good to me... We're talking about Girls Rock Camp with one of the oganisers Jana Whitta ... and tonight's Kiwi Rules guest is Fransisca Griffin who was once Kathy Bull from the Flying Nun band Look Blue Go Purple... Fransisca has a new album out called 'the spaces between' and the album release party is happening as we speak at the Cook in Dunedin...

Fire and Emergency review finds bullying and harassment rife. Philippines push to lower age of criminal responsibility to aged 9. Using the car to power the house.

Is Kiwibuild really the answer? The arts and the future of tourism

Cost of Auckland transport to increase; Oxfam report highlights wealth inequality; and The Word - Bookstores are thriving!

Holiday weather forecast. Waste-free Christmas

How to do the holidays sober. Meatballs and flatpacks all round!

The minimum wage will be increased from April next year, more on that with Max Rashbrooke and and it's Midweek Mediawatch with Colin Peacock.

Legalising cannabis, will we or will we not... Russell Brown of Public Address joins Lately to discuss the 2020 referendum and "NZ Fringe Wellington" held its launch in the capital this evening... Fringe Director Hannah Clarke will tell us about some of the acts...

The Reserve Bank has proposed significant changes to the rules around the amount of capital banks are required to hold and new research out of Australia has discovered why plants don't like to be touched...

Not everyone is happy about R. Kelly's NZ shows. NZ Quote of the year. Kiwi Rules with Adrian Workman from Vietnam