Rats, stoats and possums are being culled across hundreds of thousands of hectares, and the predator free by 2050 goal remains in sight.

Comedians Te Radar and Donna Brookbanks, with a few laughs to end the week.

Sam Ackerman looks at NZ Rugby's $19.5 million loss for the 2024 financial year, revealed yesterday by Chairman David Kirk, and he looks ahead to some of the big games across codes this weekend.

Construction work is under way at Marlborough Boys' College, a property owner has lobbied the council to remove three 'very healthy' CBD trees, a rare handwritten signature by the late Queen Elizabeth II is going to auction, and the Saint Clair Vineyard Half Marathon will be taking place this weekend.

Kim Pittar from Muir's Independent Bookshop Gisborne reviews The Homemade God by Rachel Joyce published by Doubleday

Auckland film maker Paula Whetu Jones has spent nearly two decades working pro bono on a feature film about the Auckland cardiac surgeon Alan Kerr, which is finally now in cinemas.

Jo Haanstra is known in the tech world as a mover and a shaker and the startup she heads is launching an ambitious growth plan in Australia and the UK.

RNZ Pacific Editor Koroi Hawkins covers the Solomon Islands latest challenge to the Prime Minister. Jeremiah Manele has been challenged twice in four months, and he's only been in the role for a year.

Greenhouse growers are frustrated with gas prices and availability, and hope geothermal heat can be a replacement.

One of the country's leading experts on pay equity has described the government changes in one word - appalling.