Tech commentator Alex Sims talks through the pros and cons of rapidly developing facial recognition systems. It can be useful and efficient - but everything comes with a cost.

Christchurch-based clinical psychologist Catherine Gallagher shares tips for parents worried about their child's body image.

A plan change mooted by Canterbury's regional council, ECan, could lead to a halt to dairy expansion in the province.

Cynthia Morahan reviews Pretty Ugly by Kirsty Gunn published by Otago University Press.

Dan Jones has been the editor of the New York Times essay column Modern Love for 20 years. So what has he learned about life and love?

Donald Trump has triggered a major diplomatic row with Keir Starmer's government by filing a law suit accusing the Labour party of interference in the US presidential election and breaking US electoral law. Matt also discusses wide-ranging and long-term reforms to the UK prisons system announced by the government, as it released another 1,100 criminals under the early release scheme. PM Keir Starmer also travels to the Commonwealth summit in Samoa. Matt Dathan is Home Affairs Editor at The Times

An iwi-lead earn-as-you-learn programme in the Far North is teaching young people the basics of plumbing as it inches closer to the mammoth task of installing nearly 600 drinking water tanks.

The Thames-Coromandel District Council is moving to shore up shipping as a viable transport alternative into and around the region should future severe weather events cut off communities' road access.

Several housing projects to be considered under the proposed fast-track law are on potential flood-prone land, despite warnings about any construction there.

Science correspondent Allan Blackman looks at a new study into whether cats are really liquid (just search the internet).