RNZ senior In Depth journalist Kate Newtown talks to Emile Donovan about what the first Census results, released today, reveal. The Census, conducted in early 2023, places New Zealand's official population just shy of 5 million, at 4,993,923.

Through the nineteen fifties and sixties, around one hundred thousand New Zealand women were sent away by their families to give birth - only to return home and act like nothing happened. These women are now in their seventies and eighties. Playwright Nicola Pauling developed her new play 'I Carried This', after interviewing five New Zealand women who had lived the experience and were still grappling with the fallout. She speaks to Nights about the experience.

Spencer Campbell has been on the dumb phone train for over a year now. And although he runs a YouTube channel, Spencer's Adventures, he tries to show the benefits of a frugal relationship with technology and consumerism, documenting his pursuit of 'simple living'. He speaks to Emile Donovan about his experience and if everyone should get a "dumber" phone.

Spencer Campbell has been on the dumb phone train for over a year now. And although he runs a YouTube channel, Spencer's Adventures, he tries to show the benefits of a frugal relationship with technology and consumerism, documenting his pursuit of 'simple living'. He speaks to Emile Donovan about his experience and if everyone should get a "dumber" phone.

Colin Peacock is in the studio with another edition of midweek mediawatch. Tonight he's talking to Emile Donovan about Duncan Garners new show finally getting off the ground, what happened at the media awards night last week and a not so new name for Stuff's new 6pm bulletin.

Melissa Oliver is a bookseller at Unity Books in Wellington and she is also an avid fan of online book communities and she's on the line now to help break down what this trend is all about.

It's being pitched as a cost of living policy that's also good for the environment - getting people out of cars and onto buses. But critics aren't sure it will work.

Hardly a month goes by in New Zealand without a venue announcing it's shutting up shop, so when a venue reaches the 20-year milestone, it's something to celebrate.

Clara Ballantyne from Columba College in Dunedin and Luca Ririnui from Mount Maunganui College will form part of the New Zealand team heading to the world championships in Serbia in July.

Interest.co.nz reporter Dan Brunskill talks to Emile Dovovan ahead of the government's first budget this Thursday.