NZ Rugby Chair David Kirk joins Kathryn to discuss the state of the national game and the business that runs it.

Film and TV reviewer Perlina Lau joins Kathryn to talk about the second season of The Buccaneers (Apple TV), which features a group of young American women who take on the London aristocracy in the 1870s - one for lovers of The Gilded Age and Bridgerton. Little Disasters (TVNZ) stars Diane Kruger as a mother whose best friend and A+E nurse calls social services on her over her baby's head injury. And The Roses is a satirical black comedy starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Coleman - but does it measure up to the 1989 film The War of the Roses? Perlina Lau is co-host of RNZ's Culture 101 programme

What are the pros and cons of handing out awards to children?

Technology commentator Mark Pesce looks at how generative AI is creating more and more videos - but is it being almost weaponised and targeted against us?

Kirsty discusses local anger over the removal of native birds from a local bird sanctuary, a new agri tourism business is due to open and the redevelopment of a local playground gets the tick of approval from local children.

Stella Chrysostomou reviews Empathy by Bryan Walpert, published by Makaro Press.

New figures released by Immigration New Zealand show the number of people being deported from New Zealand has gone up by almost a quarter in the last financial year to the end of June.

Journalist Tim Weiner examines the role of the CIA after the Cold War - and how it's faring under Donald Trump

UK correspondent Dan Bloom joins Kathryn to talk about deputy PM and housing secretary Angela Rayner's admission that she underpaid stamp duty when buying an £800,000 flat.

As the education sector gets a shake-up, an Auckland-based charity is quietly getting on with their mission to train teachers in classrooms.