Nights

Lisa Williams holds a world title that many of you won't know about - she's the 2022 World Porridge Making Champion.

On Friday we'll observe the Matariki public holiday. It celebrates the Maori New Year and it's a time for acknowledging the past and preparing for the future. Adrian Vilquin Barrajon is a professional star gazer and a science communicator at the Dark Sky Project in Lake Takapo.

A social media post comparing the price of local onions being sold overseas to those that are sold here has been causing a bit of stir today. The post shows New Zealand grown onions at a Tesco supermarket in the UK being sold for 95p or just under $2 NZ. To find out how and why that is happening, Nights talks Chief executive at Onions New Zealand James Kuperus.

Insomnia can be debilitating and frustrating. How do you stop your mind racing when you want to sleep? Dr Alexander Sweetman, member of the Australasian Sleep Association, the sleep health scientific and advocacy body in Australia and New Zealand.

It's not every day you see a Hollywood star walking around your neighbourhood - let alone popping inside a house for a chat and a look-around. But that's exactly what happened in the suburb of Uplands, Swansea, last week. Johnny Depp made a pit stop at the birthplace of one of his heroes - perhaps Wales's best-known writer, Dylan Thomas. Geoff Hade, owner and restorer of Thomas' birthplace.

Dan Slevin joins the show with a selection of top viewing recommendations.

For millions of cycling fans around the globe this time of the year is akin to Christmas - the Tour De France is happening. New Zealander Harry Talbot is a professional photographer based in Europe and has been covering the Tour since it started last week.

A jar of quince jam is up for auction on Trade Me, and it's part of a fundraising effort to transform writer Janet Frame's childhood home into a globally recognised visitor's centre. Chloe Searle, the chief executive of the Trust looking after the property.

A second mysterious "large bang" shook many north Canterbury residents over the weekend. Residents flocked to social media on Saturday to report hearing and feeling a sound they describe as a "sonic boom". Pam Jackson lives in Woodend, Christchurch.

We're joined by Bryan Waddle to take a look at all the news from a big weekend of Sport, including the Warriors empahitic win and the All Blacks getting their World Cup campaign off to a good start.