Urban issues correspondent Bill McKay looks at two different building methods that are both good at minimising construction waste. He looks at a pre-fabricated pensioner housing project in Pt Chevalier and compares it to what he calls de-fabrication - where damaged houses are moved to a different site and repaired, rather than being demolished. Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland.

When Sam Bridgewater's stepdad was going through cancer and couldn't swallow normal food, it sparked what is now a global business.

Neale, Liam and Kathryn discuss a range of law and order issues, including gang patch legislation, violent crime data and the adding of more police officers to community patrol teams.

The deadline is looming for Auckland Council's buyout of properties damaged in the 2023 Anniversary weekend floods, but so far only half of those affected have signed up. Amy has been talking to a Kainga Ora tenant furious that she was not told her house was on a flood plain, and then she was moved to a house where there'd been a shooting, that she was not told about. Also Amy looks at Mayor Wayne Brown's proposed second harbour crossing, and talks to Kathryn about a globally recognised rock attraction at Muriwai.

Stella Chrysostomou of Volume Books reviews The Empusium by Olga Torkarczuk, published by Text Publishing

Matt Formston is a world champion surfer, Australian Paralympian, cyclist, author, executive coach and motivational speaker. Now he can add to his list having surfed the world's biggest wave - at Nazare, in Portugal.

Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney looks at the result of a regional election in Germany which saw Olaf Scholz's party only just fending off the far-right, anti-immigrant AfD party.

The viability of a successful charity that provides kids in low socio-economic areas with music lessons hangs in the balance after it failed to secure funding from Creative New Zealand.

In a bid to meet its crime reduction targets, a bill to tighten sentences and reduce judicial discretion has been introduced to parliament by the Justice Minister.

Comedians Te Radar and Elisabeth Easther with a few laughs including where a Lego piece disappeared for 26 years!.