Gareth, Ben and Kathryn discuss the latest in politics.

Around the motu: Simon Wilson in Auckland.

Louise Ward of Wardini Books reviews three of her favourite books from last year.

The search for six people confirmed missing in the landslide has resumed.

British author Natasha Brown on her Booker longlisted second novel, a witty social and political satire, that examines what truth is in the modern age.

Unprecedented EU pushbacks force Trump into retreat, Russia cuts heating across Ukraine despite peace talks, Spotlight on state of Spanish railways after string of crashes, and Italy voices anger after New Year's bar fire owner freed on bail.

The country's first power station is generating again for the first time in 80 years.

The first report into the government's tax incentives for commercial research and development estimates an impact on New Zealand's GDP of nearly $7bn.

The first primary schools days for 2026 start for some from today, and with the return to the classroom comes an updated, new maths and English curriculum.

Against the odds, a takahe pair believed to be infertile have successfully hatched a chick at Wellington's Zealandia Te Mara a Tane. Dr Danielle Shanahan, Chief Executive of Zealandia joins Bryan to share the exciting news.