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.

Following his feat of climbing Everest with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary returned to the Himalayas to repay the locals for their help - and one his first tasks, was building a school.

A national child palliative care service is desperately needed and will save millions, according to a new report.