Physiotherapists say too many patients are quitting treatment before they've recovered from injury because ACC funding is 20 per cent too low.

50 new senior doctors and extra specialist nurses are to be employed by Health New Zealand at a cost of $30 million.

With Christmas just around the corner, Kennedy reflects on the Sami people, from whom we get the idea of Santa and his reindeer.

Don't panic - but it's just a month today until Christmas. If that has stress levels rising a little, Kiwi chef Mark Gregory has a new book out that's full of festive inspiration.

Kathryn talks politics with Dale Husband and Liam Hehir

An often-toxic artificial lake receives a collective shrug, charity hospitals and private healthcare fill the gaps, and council and KiwiRail clash over rail crossings.

Dean Bedford reviews The Enemy Within by Maire Leadbeater published by Potton and Burton

The University of Auckland is today opening a new $320 million dollar recreation and wellbeing centre.

Language has always changed over time, but the internet has created layers of slang that can feel impossible to keep up with.

Germany prepares for an early election, Russia denies cutting Baltic Sea cables as tensions rise, and Angela Merkel's long awaited memoir to be published next week. Thomas Sparrow discusses with Kathryn Ryan.