Dean Bedford reviews Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael Schulman published by HarperCollins

Painter and printmaker Dick Frizzell's works are held in galleries and collections around the country. From large New Zealand landscapes to some instantly recognisable pop-art works like the Four Square Man.

President Trump has moved back and forth on tariffs and markets have dropped on the back of that uncertainty.

Should university researchers keep intellectual property rights relating to their work? It is one of the major suggestions in a report into the country's science and innovations sector led by former chief science advisor Sir Peter Gluckman.

The government wants private hospitals to do more elective surgery - will this help ease pressure on the public system, or undermine it?

Kennedy Warne  talks about the Hukerenui settler museum, started by a local dairy farmer that features everything from a 1950's dental clinic to a collection of carved Kauri gum.

A food truck in a tiny town in the Catlins, on the coast south of Dunedin, has taken out the title of best burger in Aotearoa.

Political commentators, Neale Jones and Tim Hurdle discuss a week of change - a board is returning to Health NZ,  the Reserve Bank governor is suddenly gone, as is NZ's High Commissioner to London

Simon Wilson from the NZ Herald discusses the latest news in Auckland including  swimming pools, transport and the Auckland Future Fund.

Jenna Todd of Time Out Bookstore reviews Perspectives by Laurent Binet published by Harvill Secker