Mainfreight has approached AT asking to open bus lanes to couriers and trucks. Auckland mayor Wayne Brown responds.

Film and television producer Tom Augustine talks about reaction to Euphoria's new season, new comedy Margo's Got Money Troubles starring Elle Fanning and Michelle Pfeiffer; The President's Cake, a film about a 9-year-old Iraqi girl tasked with baking a compulsory cake for Saddam Hussein and Mr Loverman, debuting this week on Rialto. Tom Augustine is an Auckland-based film-maker, writer and critic

In New Zealand, there is currently no meaningful age-verification system to prevent young people viewing often graphic content.

Peter Griffin on Amazon's acquisition of satellite operator GlobalStar, which will have major implications for satellite broadband.

Jonathan discusses local rates rises, debates over the cost of maintaining the man-made Lake Hood, and more.

Lynn Freeman reviews Son of Nobody by Yann Martel, published by Text Publishing.

A New Zealand monk missing on a remote Scottish Island is believed to be dead, according to the local diocese. Justin Evans went missing from Papa Stronsay over the weekend and there have been no sightings despite extensive searches.

A senior lecturer at the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington, Tina has built a distinguished career examining the Maori-Pakeha experience.

Steph Sypro is the Daily Express' deputy political editor.

It was written by Dorothy Theomin for her cousin Allison Hallenstein - yes, those Hallensteins - during her North Island travels in 1910.