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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the APEC summit in Bangkok, Thailand. Expectations were she would raise China's human rights record and question its intentions in the Pacific. RNZ Business Editor Gyles Beckford talks to Karyn.

Film critic Dan Slevin joins the show to share his film selections to kick-start your binge watching this weekend. This week, Dan dives into 2009 Oscar-winner Slumdog Millionaire, start-studded The Talented Mr Ripley and dystopian black-comedy Brazil.

Many New Zealanders have chronic health conditions and our hospitals are struggling. Part of the problem is that today's heavily processed diet is no longer meeting the needs of the human brain and body, says psychologist Julia Rucklidge.

Where do memories come from, how are they created... and why do they make us feel? Dr David Hallford is a clinical psychologist and researcher at Deakin University, Victoria.

Annette Howley and her partner Steve sold their home and business in Timaru a few months ago - they've even left the family cat behind.

Aucklanders are being called on to keep an eye out for sick birds. BirdCare Aotearoa wild bird hospital says avian botulism is affecting birdlife earlier than usual this year, due to unseasonably warm weather. Danielle Miller-Beland is an assistant hospital manager at the charity.

Jason Morrison from 7News in Australia joins us with the latest news from across the ditch.

For decades the global space industry has been dominated by government agencies and big aerospace companies. But over the last five years, there has been a shift towards commercial and private companies. In Aotearoa New Zealand, Rocket Lab continuous to dominate the space industry, but there are a number of space companies being created and a nascent entrepreneurial space ecosystem is beginning to emerge. SpaceBase co-founder Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom joins the show to explain.

Maurice Greer from The Human Instinct chats with Karyn about the band's time in the UK and Karyn's uncle, Frank Hay, who was the bass player for the Four Fours and early Human Instinct.

Extreme weather and flooding on the east cost of Australia is forcing wombats from their homes and onto the streets.