A consultant psychiatrist says recent exam results from the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists are some of the worst she's seen.

Jeanette Budgett is Programme Director of the Master of Architecture (Professional) at UNITEC Institute of Technology. She discusses frustrations with noise as Auckland Council considers an application for a helipad on a private waterfront site in Westmere.

Paua pie, beef rendang pie and lamb shank pie are some of the 38 gourmet pies celebrated in a new book by photographer and pie fan Derek Morrison.

Ben Thomas is a former National government press secretary, a columnist and a director of public affairs firm Capital. Sue Moroney is a former MP with the Labour Party and now chief executive of Community Law Centres Aotearoa.

Simon updates us on the main events in Tamaki Makaurau of the last week, including Burma the elephant moving from Auckland to Adelaide and Coldplay bringing 150,000 people to Eden Park.

Kiran Dass reviews Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery: A Whanganui biography by Martin Edmond published by Massey University Press.

To say Hazel Nash has had a colourful career is an understatement. Police officer and secondary school teacher are among her credentials, but outdoor education has been her greatest love.

Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney

It was hacked, its share price plunged and the board quit after accusing the CEO of failing to find a way to stem financial woes.

The cruise ship industry is being challenged after it claimed cruise tourism injected $1.37b into the New Zealand economy in the last financial year.