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We've all heard the idiom "having an axe to grind", but Krista Mackie is more interested in throwing axes and hitting targets. She's an axe-throwing coach and champion, and she's off to the States in December to represent New Zealand at the World Axe Throwing Championships.

If you suffer from hayfever, checking the pollen forecast will likely be a part of your daily ritual - but chances are you've never thought about where those forecasts come from. Back in August, scientists and meteorologists warned Kiwis should brace for a bad spring and summer, with lots of pollen expected. Has that forecast changed? Pollen forecaster Dr David Fountain joins the show.

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

Former Metservice Severe Weather Meteorologist, Erick Brenstrum joins us once again to take a look at weather events around the world. Tonight, Erick looks at the destruction and death caused by Hurricane Ian in Florida, meanwhile the Mississippi River is running at its lowest level on record in many places, as drought in the USA affects much of the country, and he casts an sys over the cold break here in Aotearoa.

Charlotte Ryan heads to the supermarket to buy all the ingredients her Edmonds Cookbooks calls for to make a Christmas Cake. Can you guess how much it cost?

A publicity stunt from Christopher Luxon, Nationals vote against Fair Pay Agreements, and Auckland mayor Wayne Brown eschewing media interviews.

The practice of shinrin-yoku or 'forest bathing' emerged in Japan in the 1980s, as an eco-therapy touted to have both physical and physiological benefits. The practice is one that has been adopted by Dr Geoffrey Handsfield, a senior research fellow with the Musculoskeletal Modelling Group at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute. Dr Handsfield, who originally hails from Nevada, says forest bathing engages the 'rest and digest' parasympathetic nervous system. He joins the show to explain.

Pretty much their entire lives, Don and Marilyn Jessen have been living and breathing caravans. The retired couple has written several popular books about these classic sleeper vans and their latest – More Retro Caravans – is out now.

It's the month when things can get a little hairy - for all the right reasons and good intentions. Movember is upon us.

Ninety-one-year-old Lang Masters is one of Christchurch's biggest movie buffs, and the former owner of the much-loved Hollywood Cinema in the suburb of Sumner.