Carole Beu of the Women's Bookshop in Auckland reviews Island calling by Francesca Segal published by Chatto & Windus

It was banned in the Philippines, now a Kiwi film festival has resisted pressure from China to remove a documentary about a disputed area of sea.

Asia correspondent Elizabeth Beattie

A new in home care business that brings together seniors, and young parents.

Fletcher Building is using hard-to-recycle plastics as fuel for its Golden Bay cement factory, in Whangarei.

Young New Zealanders are leaving in record numbers  - particularly for Australia - and job insecurity is the obvious driver.

Film and television reviewer Tamar Munch looks at zombie film 28 Years Later, new TV series Smoke (AppleTV+) starring Taron Edgerton as a fire investigator hunting a serial arsonist. And Kiwi classic Outrageous Fortune turns 20 this year.

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.