Comedians Pinky Agnew and Donna Brookbanks bring some of the lighter stories of the past week, including the latest stats on how many butter chickens New Zealanders ordered on Uber Eats in the past year.

Sam discusses a big week for Liam Lawson, the All Blacks World Cup draw, Black Caps, Ashes and the A-League derby.

Kereama discusses a local rahui on collection of seafood and Whakatane's major Nándor Tánczos on government plans to restrict rates increases

Jeremy Taylor from Slowboat Records plays a brand new track from The Phoenix Foundation, new music from Dijon, who has co-produced Bon Iver and Justin Beiber, and UK born soulful singer-songwriter Rochelle Jordan.

Lisa Adler of Unity Books Wellington reviews Queen Esther by John Irving, published by Simon & Schuster.

A drone successfully delivered medical supplies to a remote island in the Western Bay of Plenty last week.

Julia Bullock is a Grammy Award-winning American classical soprano who'll be performing in New Zealand early next year as part of the Auckland Arts Festival.

RNZ Pacific's Moera Tuilaepa with the latest from the region.

The Tongariro fire earlier this month left nearly 3,000 hectares of the national park scorched.

The number of rental properties on the market has climbed to an 18-month high, according to the online listings platform realestate.co.nz.