Lisa Finucane reviews By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult published by Allen & Unwin

Danielle is in Chicago covering the Democratic National Convention and says it's a wildly different race for the Presidency than when the Republican National Convention happened in Milwaukee last month.

Retail banks have been cutting interest rates since the Reserve Bank dropped the official cash rate last week. Meanwhile the Commerce Commission has just released its final report into banking competition.

It's been a tumultuous few months for the Democrats, with Joe Biden pulling out of the election, replaced by Kamala Harris as the party's preferred candidate.

Councils around the country are unanimously against proposed changes by the New Zealand Transport Agency to reduce and restrict emergency funding.

Kennedy joins Kathryn to talk about recent research into humpback whales, and how researchers are now able to use an AI tool to identify individual whales using an online platform called Happywhale.

The lords of toasties have taken Picton and its many transit visitors by storm.

Neale, Brigitte and Kathryn discuss the mounting pressure on the Health Minister, the Prime Minister's trip to Canberra, and the long-awaited OCR cut.

Diane McCarthy of the Whakatane Beacon runs through the major issues in the region.

David Hill reviews A House Built on Sand by Tina Shaw published by Text Publishing.