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New search engine Neeva, just launched in New Zealand, is aiming to take on the big players when it comes to combatting advertising and ad tracking around the internet.

Kennedy discusses about the historic decision to restore the mana of Mt Taranaki by dropping the name "Egmont" from the mountain and its associated national park and recognising the entirety of the park and its peaks as a legal person. He will also talk about the imminent launch of a four-year circumnavigation of the Pacific by double-hulled waka, the goal of which is to "ignite a movement of planetary navigators."

Over the last 20 years, Jade Gray has gradually cut out meat and replaced it with extra vegetables for the sake of his health. But the former supermarket butcher still loved the taste. Seeing a gap in the international plant-based meat market, his company Off-Piste Provisions is about to launch vegan jerky, biltong and crackling on to the world stage.

Two of the country's big telecommunications companies have signed deals with satellite providers to improve mobile coverage. One New Zealand, previously known as Vodafone, has signed a deal with US firm SpaceX, meaning its mobile network will work with the company's Starlink satellites from late next year. It says it means 100 percent mobile coverage across the country, eliminating any blackspots, although it will initially only apply to text. Meanwhile, 2degrees has announced a trial with the satellite provider Lynk, allowing its customers to connect from remote areas. One New Zealand CEO Jason Parris joins Kathryn.

Gareth Hughes and Ben Thomas join Kathryn to look at the departure of Stuart Nash and the questions left for the Prime Minister's office to answer, Jacinda Ardern's valedictory speech this week, Marama Davidson's comments about cis men and her refusal to apologise, options for a second harbour crossing, National's electrification policy and the granting of new oil and gas permits.

The government's big push to get a new harbour crossing project underway, Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown commissions another review of options for the future of the council-owned Ports of Auckland and the issue of the wealthy and their helicopters and the flights they generate, especially in sensitive environments like Waiheke Island.

Harry Broad reviews Ahuahu: A conservation journey in Aotearoa New Zealand by David Towns, published by Canterbury University Press.

Dave Vass is an adventurer, mountaineer and owner of a canyoning business whose life changed in an instant.

Germany is the first international destination for King Charles since he taking the throne. His Majesty spent three days in Berlin, Brandenburg and Hamburg in a visit full of symbolism: King Charles is the first foreign head of state to be welcomed with military honours at the emblematic Brandenburg Gate, in central Berlin. He also became the first monarch to deliver a speech before the German Parliament, delivery part of it in fluent German, Thomas say the visit helped Germans to momentarily forget some of the major problems the country is facing, including Germany's biggest strike in decades.

When Cyclone Gabrielle tore through Eastwood Hill, a special collection of trees was destroyed. Now it faces a cash-strapped rebuild.