Violence in Palestine. The Ockham Book Awards. Swagger of Thieves.

The U.S. is officially opening its embassy in Jerusalem tonight, Auckland University Associate Professor Stephen Hoadley will share his views; Facial recognition is being used in New World supermarkets we'll talk the tech with Paul Spain from Gorilla Technology; and the Auckland Writers and Readers Festival starts tomorrow 15th May and goes through until the 20th, Karen McMillan with Monday night NZ Booklovers and a reading from author Sharlene Tao one of this year's festival guests.

Tonight on the show: ... the Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the world's oceans and they've found a plastic bag in it... we're going to call NIWA marine biologist Dr Daniel Leduc who is on board the NIWA research vessel the Tangaroa.... ...Music streaming service Spotify today announced that they're introducing a 'hate content and hateful conduct' policy. Digital producer and pop music journo Kate Robertson will

Tonight on the show: People wanting to invest in medicinal cannabis caused the crowdfunding site Pledge me to crash this week... Manu Caddie, managing director, Hikurangi Cannabis Company wlll tell us all about it... Microfibres... these are the fibres that come off your clothes when they get washed, and many of them have plastic as a base.. they are ecological disaster but don't get the same press as microbeads... Otago University Associate Professor Lisa McNeil is on the show to talk about our clothes ... And a round up of the Radio Awards which were on tonight in Auckland...

Poet Peter Bland speaks to Karyn Hay about his two new collections of Poems.

Kiwi musical talent on the radio - who's playing? Honouring Arts Icons A word about words with Peter Bland

Is Kiwisaver documentation too confusing? Child poverty and oral health.

Tonight: University of Otago Associate Professor in the Faculty of Dentistry, Jonathan Broadbent will join us to talk about a report released today by Child Poverty Action Group titled "Too soon for the tooth fairy" which is about the correlation between poverty and poor oral health. This report backs up his own findings... RNZ reporter Tom Furley had an evening out with Hillary Clinton tonight, on her speaking tour. Trying to work out which fund to put your money into with Kiwisaver. An AUT study says basic investor information put out by KiwiSaver providers leaves Kiwis struggling to figure out their financial future...David Boyle from the Commission for Financial Capability and the Font of All Knowledge when it comes to Kiwisaver... and NZ Booklovers with Karen McMillan and a reading from author Linda Olssen

Beatle Sir Paul McCartney is donating hundreds of photos taken by his late wife, It's a Friday - which means another chance to discover a new local artist - in Kiwi Rules - tonight's - young gifted and kiwi musician was chosen by Henry Oliver - music editor for the spinoff website, we will reveal the winner of our little duck calling season - hear the duck calls - and speak to the judge

Tonight on the show: Wendy Allison from Know Your Stuff and the filmaker Will Watson will be in the studio to give us the rundown on the documentary he's nearly completed about the Bou(Boo) ganville Civil War and New Zealand's involvement in the peace process..