She's one of our most prolific authors, with over 1100 titles to her name. Now a new documentary looks at the key moments in the life of Joy Cowley - who at age 89 and with her eyesight failing - is still pumping out the books.

Seamus Kearney has the latest news from Europe, including hock as govt building burns in Kyiv after Russian strikes, and Portugal investigates the cause of deadly cable car crash.

In a rare step, the Employment Court has ordered an employment advocate to personally pay costs after his conduct was found "entirely unacceptable".

The NZ Super Fund's annual results are out and they show a return of almost 11.84 per cent, adding 5.5 billion to the Crown's books.

Auckland Council's tourism head says the city is going to be hit hard by a 40 per cent drop off in cruise ships coming this season.

Crime correspondent Sam Sherwood on the latest from the police incident in Waikato.

Our comedians Te Radar and Irene Pink bring some levity the end of the week

Sports commentator Sam Ackerman

Around the motu: Jesse Archer in Taupo

Kiran Dass reviews Universality by Natasha Brown, published by Faber.