Sara Segar discusses how parents help turn experiences into learning or their children. She runs the Experiential Experiential Learning Depot in Minnesota. She developed a range of resources for teachers and families, when she realised there was a desire for hands-on, authentic learning at home and in the classroom, but no material to help.

Peter Griffin is a Wellington-based science and technology journalist.

Alisha discusses a notorious crash site, a pensioner's move from caravan into new housing and Tauranga Council hiking cremation and burial fees.

Jane Westaway reviews Parallel Lines by Edward St Aubyn

After a pause for five years the Big Sleepout - an event aimed at raising awareness and funds to tackle homelessness - is back.

New Zealander Rob McCallum, who raised concerns about the submersible, Titan,  which was en route to the wreck of the Titanic in 2023 when it imploded.

UK correspondent Hugo Gye talks about the French President Emmanuel Macron's state visit, anew report by the Office for Budget Responsibility finds the outlook dire for British finances and  Wimbledon in heatwaves.

The annual Ice Swimming Championships are underway at St Bathans in Central Otago.

A team of researchers from the Te Whai Ao Dodd-Walls Centre have developed a potential gamechanger in the detection and diagnosis of prostate cancer.

The government is proposing changes that would allow homes to be built on land categorised as suitable for farming and horticulture.