Public service performance bonuses scrapped. Measles on the rise in Europe. How does a tornado happen?

Tornado hits New Plymouth The Opportunities Party relaunches to run in 2020.

Tonight on the show: A focus on the arts... English playwright Ryan Craig joins me in the studio in a moment.. his acclaimed play 'Filthy Business' is on in Auckland until the 29th August Paul Casserley and Co are back with talkback king Ken Oath and Go Ahead Caller and Dudley Benson, composer, producer and performer, domiciled in Dunedin is my guest on Kiwi Rules tonight ... where a New Zealand artist plays it forward and introduces us to a track they like.

Engineering New Zealand are calling for a more resiliant and sutainable New Zealand and Whitebait season has started. Dr Mike Joy who is a New Zealand freshwater ecologist and science communicator will discuss the species of baby fish

If you've ever wondered how new words are created in Te Reo, chances are you're not the only one. As we come up to Maori Language week it's a good time to find out what goes into new words. The responsibility falls to the Maori Language Commission. Karyn Hay talks to its chief executive So we asked Ngahiwi Apanui.

MPs in Australia have condemned Fraser Anninga a member of the Katter Australia Party for a maiden speech which called for a ban on Muslims, Commerce Commission are taking Viagogo to court and Maori Language Commission Ngahiwi Apanui joins us....

Pushing out Market Gardeners; how do people become involved in Cults; and Auckland drops off the Top 10 Liveable Cities list.

Primary school teachers and principals are going on strike for one day on Wednesday...RNZ's education correspondent John Gerritsen is with us in a moment... There is a great deal of confusion among the public and also scientists over glypho-sate .. that's the stuff that's in the weedkiller Roundup... is it carcinogenic or not ...Dr Kerry Harrington is senior lecturer in Weed Science at Massey University and he has his own view...he'll join us this hour And it's NZ Booklovers night.. Karen McMillan with her book of the week and the reading tonight is from poet Alice Miller

Tonight on the show: should the Victoria University of Wellington change its name to the ... University of Wellington? There's division in the ranks Professor Geoff McLay has taught at the Faculty of Law since 1995 and he originally got his law degree at Victoria... I'll be speaking to him in a moment to get his opinion.. And it's Friday so a little more music to take us into the weekend...Michael Cathro from Ha The Unclear is my guest on Kiwi Rules tonight ... where a New Zealand artist plays it forward and introduces us to a track they like...that's later in the hour...

Has PC culture gone too far-- to the point where it is limiting freedom of speech?" was the subject of tonight's debate involving ex Govenor of the Reserve Bank and politician Don Brash. Earlier this evening I spoke to Husni Husni from the International Federation of Red Cross who are on the island of Lombok trying to supply aid to those affected by the earthquakes and this massive aftershock that happened a few hours ago... and Student Job Search... they've had a record-breaking year both in terms of students earning a bit of cash and also in job placements... the CEO of SJS Aotearoa, Tim Allen, joins me later in the hour...