The major electricity companies are in discussions to create a longer term back-up fuel supply after last year's dry year.

When Custodio Victorino made a desperate plea for help, it was perhaps surprising a response came in the shape of a biographer.

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton says PM Anthony Albanese had been trying to persuade US President Donald Trump to exempt Australia from the planned 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium imports - but the country got singled out for criticism anyway.

At 89-years-old Avila Allsop turned heads at last week's Masters Games with her powerlifting.

Unease is continuing over the planned comprehensive strategic partnership agreement to be signed between the Cook Island's and China.

Feeding a family is the most difficult it's been in years according to the Salvation Army's annual State of the Nation Report published today.

An interesting phenomenon's been happening in the world of publishing - the rise of the romantasy book genre.

As the Government opens more avenues for foreign investment to come into the country, bank CEOs face scrutiny over their climate lending policies.

Piers discusses the latest issues in Wairarapa including the community's response to the Wairarapa hospital's lacking orthopaedic services.

Harry Ricketts reviews three of his favourite books from last year: The Mermaid Chronicles: A Midlife Mer-moir by Megan Dunne, published by Penguin, The Raven's Eye Runaways by Claire Mabey, published by Allen & Unwin Children's NZ, Slim Volume by James Brown published by Te Herenga Waka University Press.