Health NZ says its review into health care, that found access to health care had worsened, proves it is on track with plans to focus sharply on reducing waiting times.

Forest owners and farmers want a review into Fire and Emergency NZ, saying wildfire specialist skills and capability is being lost. In 2017 the National Rural Fire Authority, 12 rural fire districts, and 26 territorial rural authorities merged with the New Zealand Fire Service and the Fire Service Commission, to become Fire and Emergency NZ.

Michele and Elisabeth have a chuckle over some of the funnier stories of the week that was including two British service members who stole a statue of the beloved British bear, Paddington.

Dana discusses Liam Lawson's future with Red Bull; the IOC has elected its first woman president, concerns over the plans for the Brisbane 2032 Olympics.

Kelly updates Kathryn on the latest events in Rotorua including the mysterious death of 3-year-old Travis, the alleged attack of a food charity worker, a top police officer 'Murph' has died, and Rotorua celebrates Te Arawa's Te Matatini groups. Kelly Makiha is a senior journalist with the Rotorua Daily Post.

Kiran Dass reviews The Place of Tides by James Rebanks published by Penguin Press.

More than 2200 young people across 124 schools have been at the lake this week for the Waka Ama Secondary School Nationals.

ADHD, Autism and long-Covid are now well-known medical terms, thanks to their rapid rise in cases in the past ten years.

Papua New Guinea has successfully tested a block on social media platforms - including Facebook.

Many of us will have been in the position of finding a sick, injured or orphaned wild bird, and perhaps our first instinct is to find a cosy cardboard box and prepare some water-soaked bread.