The French men's national rugby team has snubbed staying in Hamilton. The public pressure put on Waikato Hospital to cut its cardiac surgery waitlist and Te Huia train is to start a Sunday service.

Jenna Todd from Time Out Books reviews Endling by Maria Reva published by Virago.

Neuroscientist Dr. Benjamin Baird studies how we can control our dreams and how lucid dreaming can affect us when we're awake.

The extraordinary data leak about 19,000 Afghans trying to flee to the UK, which led to a £850 million secret relocation scheme, which in turn, led to a super-injunction to cover it all up until this week.

Sonia Khush from Save the Children in Ukraine says there must be an investment in the education and skills for the younger generation of Ukrainians after the war.

The New Zealand Bankers' Association says retrospective legislation on consumer finance tidies up the existing law to ensure all bank disclosure breaches are treated the same as those currently.

With 11 mining projects on the Govt's fast-track list, Massey University's geography professor Glenn Banks says the economic returns from mining are rarely scrutinised; and they are inseparable from environmental impacts.

The Commerce Commission has confirmed it will reduce how much banks can charge to process credit card payments, which it says will save Kiwi businesses $90 million a year.

Science commentator Dr Jen Martin joins Kathryn to talk about a new study into how ChatGPT is changing our everyday language - have you found yourself using 'delve' more? The largest-ever study into how nighttime light affects heart health has found the more you're exposed to a night, the higher your risk of heart disease. And are left-hand people really brilliant creatives? Or is it just that both are rare? Dr Jen Martin founded the science communication program at the University of Melbourne, runs the espressoscience.com blog and is also the author of Why Am I Like This?: The Science Behind Your Weirdest Thoughts and Habits.

Kiwi Shayni Couch lost her husband in a Basejump gone wrong while she was pregnant.

A new documentary follows her journey to return to the site of the tragedy