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One the West Coast of the South Islands the footprints of some intrepid locals have started appearing on the beach. They are of course the sign the tawaki, or Fiordland crested penguins are returning from their massive migration from the sub-Antarctic ocean It's something that has excited Dr Gerry McSweeny every year since he founded the Wilderness Lodge near Lake Moeraki.

Gales, rain and heavy snow are battering many parts of New Zealand as a winter storm moves up the country. MetService forecaster Gerard Bellam has the latest on the inclement weather.

There's plenty of big things going on in the world to worry about to some degree. But there's no doubt that staying positive and having a positive outlook - even when there's a lot going on - can help us focus on what really matters. Faye Edwardes is a positive mindset expert, author, podcast host and founder of the Positive Living Movement.

Charlotte Abbott works at a hospital in Leith, Edinburgh, where the patients aren't of the human variety. She's the manager of the of the doll department at The Leith Toy Hospital.

There's around a one in two million chance of catching one, and fisherman Stuart Brown done it - twice. Stuart from County Down, Ireland, hauled in an extremely rare blue lobster earlier this year - and he described it as the catch of a lifetime. So, he was in for a bit of a surprise when it happened again in the same spot just a few months later.

For more than five years the Auckland Council has been waging a war against Kauri dieback in the Waitakere Ranges. Now as part of a joint project between the University of Auckland and the council a research paper has made the first attempt to evaluate dogs success at detecting the genus of highly destructive plant pathogens. Council plant pathogens advisor Sarah Killick.

Today's a very big day if you're in the pie-making business. The country's top pie maker will be announced tonight at the 25th Bakels New Zealand Supreme Pie Awards. Celebrity chef Al Brown is a judge for the Supreme Award this year.

A mysterious object that washed up on a West Australian beach has been perplexing both locals and experts for the past few weeks. But now the Australian Space Agency has determined the large cylindrical object is most likely space debris from a satellite launch vehicle. Dr Alice Gorman, is a space archaeologist and Associate Professor at Australia's Flinders University.

Nights regular and chief economist with The New Zealand Initiative, Eric Crampton, talks to Mark about the removal of GST from food and how we fund infrastructure.

What do Barbie and lunar dust have in common? You might be surprised at the answer. While Barbie's been busy living her best life on the big screen in Greta Gerwig's blockbuster, the ubiquitous doll has also been helping out with space exploration. Ian Wells is a graduate researcher at Washington State University.