Nights

Screen time for children is a constant worry for many parents and caregivers. New research published in the New Zealand Medical Journal today has found our kids are spending about a third of after-school time on screens. CEO of the Parenting Place, Dave Atkinson.

Nights regular Dan Slevin joins the show with his weekend viewing recommendations.

It's been dubbed the "Twitter killer", and thirty million people have reportedly signed up for it... Meta's new social media app, Threads, has launched to much fanfare - and Elon Musk isn't happy. Tech commentator Peter Griffin.

Podcast correspondent Lynn Freeman joins Nights with a selection of her favourite podcasts.

As landlines slowly go the way of the dinosaurs, more and more people are opting out of listing their numbers in the phonebook. But if you live in one Central Otago town the choice has already been made for you. When the latest edition of the South Lakes phone book was delivered this month Alexandra residents noticed something missing - their town. Central Otago mayor Tim Cadogan.

A runaway pig has been chomping up Paremoremo residents' lawns for the last week, destroying gardens and making itself a nice new home. Auckland Council Animal Management Officer Candice Vicars.

For the first time since the 1800's, New Zealanders will be able to get a close up view of the only remaining Maori flax seagoing sail in existence. Te Ra, as it is called. is at least 200 years old and has been held in the British Museum - until now. General Manager of Toi Maori Aotearoa, Tamahou Temara.

Increasing the age at which people become eligible for NZ Super is a bit of a political football. Across the ditch Australians now have to wait until they are 67 until they can collect the old age pension. So how did the Aussies do it and should we follow suit? New Zealander Ross Stitt is a former tax lawyer and is a freelance writer with a PhD in political science based in Sydney.

We're all born with one, and it's as unique to us as our fingerprint. Why do our voices change as we get older? Adam Taylor is Professor and Director of the Clinical Anatomy Learning Centre, Lancaster University in the UK.

We all have a family history but many of us will have very little detail about the lives of those who have come before us. One way of rectifying that is by capturing important historical events through family members today and passing that knowledge on to future generations. Dr Jay Prosser from the University of Leeds and is a researcher and teaches family memoir writing.