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Two months on after devastating floods caused extensive damage in Nelson, the rippling effects are still being felt.

Jason Morrison from 7News in Sydney joins the show with some of the latest news from across the ditch.

The Victorian single-storey home was built in 1889 and has seven bedrooms, four bathrooms, five en suites, and two garages - all situated on a 5000sq m property.

In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a misleading and sometimes fact-free media uproar over a small arts grant, new developments in the Kamahl Santamaria saga, and regional reporting cutbacks at Stuff.

Tricia Thompson is the proud owner of the Eco-Gran Garden in Taranaki and has some great spring gardening tips for us. Tricia can offer particularly helpful advice for people with small plots, those keen on sustainable gardening, and anyone entertaining the idea of getting a few chickens. She will also be hosting a couple of talks are part of the Taranaki Sustainable Backyards Trail in late October and early November. Head over here for more information. Send your gardening questions for Tricia to [email protected] or text 2101 (texts cost 20c).

Artist Simon Ingram has teamed up with contemporary classic ensemble NZ Trio for a special performance as part of Dunedin Arts Festival 2022. Rhythms of the Brain will see the trio - Amalia Hall (violin), Ashley Brown (cello) and Somi Kim (piano) - performing brand new commission 'Asymptote' by local composer Alex Taylor. While performing the trio will be connected to machinery that will interpret their brainwaves into paintings. For more information and tickets about Rhythms of the Brain, head over here.

The search is on for smiling volunteers to welcome visitors to Picton as the town readies itself for its first cruise ship in 955 days.

A highlight of Aotearoa's musical calendar, the APRA Silver Scroll songwriting awards take place tonight at Auckland's Spark Arena. It's the first time in three years the event has been able to take place at full-scale. Charlotte Ryan, host of RNZ's Music 101 show, joins us live for a rundown of the big winners and share some highlights from the evening.

Chief Economist at The New Zealand Initiative Dr Eric Crampton is in the studio to talk economics. Tonight Dr Crampton joins us to discuss inflation and central bank policy, the housing shortage and how we got here, and the Future for Local Government Forum's report which is due out at the end of the month.

Dr Mark Harper is an anaesthetist, researcher and author of Chill: The Cold Water Swim Cure. Based between England and Norway, Dr Harper is an advocate for the benefits of cold water swimming to improve both physical and mental health. In fact, he would like to see it introduced as a public health measure in the UK.