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The Breakers couldn't quite pull off the win in Wednesday night's grand final series decider, but Dana talks to Kathryn about why the team should be celebrated anyway, and the Sail GP finally arrives on New Zealand shores Dana Johannsen is Stuff's National Correspondent specialising in sport.

Kirsty chats to Kathryn about the Milford Opportunities Project aimed at reorganising the way people experience and benefit from Milford Sound Piopiotahi and the Milford corridor. It grew from conversations between the Southland District Council and Department of Conservation about issues around congestion at particular times. Also the lengths Te Anau School principal Grant Excell has gone to to raise money for a new school hall. And Manapouri residents are concerned after the vandalism of several trees on public reserve land overlooking Lake Manapouri. Kirsty Pickett co owner of the Southland App. Southlandapp.nz

Laura Caygill reviews Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano, published by Penguin Random House: "A heartbreaking, life affirming story of four sisters. Love, loss, grief and family combine in this stunning new novel from the writer of Dear Edward".

Podcasters and real-life friends Jacqui Maguire and Antonia Prebble offer strategies for everyday life issues in their new series What Matters Most.

Violent protests have again broken out in Pakistan as police attempt to arrest opposition leader Imran Khan who has continued his political standoff with the current government. The courts have intervened, ordering police to halt the arrest operation in part due to security concerns around a planned cricket match. The leaders of South Korea and Japan have resumed ties, the first such meeting in 12 years, following years of disputes. Taiwan is losing one of its few diplomatic allies with Honduras announcing plans to establish more formal relations with China. And a Japanese YouTuber GaaSyy is the first Japanese lawmaker to be expelled from the legislature in more than 70 years. Elizabeth Beattie is a journalist based in Tokyo

A new organisation to support neurodiverse Kiwis has been created to lobby for a more responsive education system that meets the needs of neurodiverse people. The Neurodiversity in Education Coalition is founded by the Dyslexia Foundation of New Zealand, ADHD New Zealand, Autism New Zealand and the Centre for Gifted Education. They say the education system is failing to meet the learning needs of neurodiverse students, who have had to struggle to get the support they need. And without proper support, they report that neurodiverse people are strikingly over-represented amongst those disengaged from school, the unemployed, offenders in the justice and prison system, and people with poor mental health. The coalition met with parliamentarians yesterday to gather support, accompanied by a group of "champions" - young people who shared their personal experiences of being neurodiverse. Kathryn speaks to one of these champions, Jas Mcintosh, and Justine Munro, the chief executive of the New Zealand Centre for Gifted Education who is the leading charge behind the Neurodiversity in Education Coalition.

A new report warns public and private green space in urban centres shouldn't be optional, as two of our biggest cities' green spaces shrink by up to a third. The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Simon Upton's latest report, Are we building harder, hotter cities? finds green spaces in our cities are dwindling as we densify our cities in line with population growth. Mr Upton urges planners to weigh the environmental benefits grass and leafy spaces bring, including temperature regulation, storm-water management, air filtration and habitat provision. He urges green spaces be considered a form of infrastructure every bit as important as pipes and roads Between 1980 and 2016, green space has fallen by at least 30% in Auckland, and at least 20% in Hamilton. Nearly all of this loss occurred on private residential land. Greater Wellington bucks the trend - the proportion of urban green space there has remained the same as the city has grown. The report points out many councils are struggling to improve the quality and availability of public green spaces to compensate for the loss of private yards and gardens, as infill development and larger houses on smaller sections drive the trend.

Film and TV correspondent Chris Schulz joins Kathryn to talk about a new documentary that explores some theories about the disappearance of flight MH370 (Netflix), the new season of Ted Lasso (Apple TV) and Meet Me in the Bathroom (cinemas) - a documentary about music made in New York in the late 90s, early 2000s.

What are parents or caregivers to do when there's not much left in the tank? Not being too hard on yourself is a good start, says clinical psychologist Karen Nimmo.

Technology correspondent Peter Griffin joins Kathryn to look at what the Silicon Valley Bank collapse could mean for the capital-hungry tech industry, the mass layoffs announced by Meta and what the next iteration of ChatGPT could bring.