Principal Chris Grinter has been at the helm at Rotorua Boys High School for 33 years, after becoming a teacher 50 years ago.

French President Emmanuel Macron's gamble to call a snap election to try to stop the rise of the far right appears to have backfired, with Marine Le Pen's National Rally out in front after the first round of polling today.

The Earthquake Commission has become the Natural Hazards Commission. The name change comes after a law change aimed at making it easier and faster for residential homeowners to make a claim.

As specialist schools for students with disabilities receive a funding boost, questions remain over the pressure on mainstream schools providing for students with special needs.

Film and TV reviewer Perlina Lau joins Kathryn to talk about Dissidents, a documentary by Chen Yi that's screening as part of the DocEdge film festival. It follows three dissidents in America who are continuing their fight for democracy. She'll also profile Hit Man (Netflix), about a professor who moonlights as a gun for hire and Buying London, a reality show where realtors search out the luxury properties in London. Perlina Lau is co-host of RNZ's Culture 101 programme

Psychologist Jacqui Maguire discusses tips and advice for parents struggling to carry the mental load of parenting, family life and work.

Technology correspondent Mark Pesce looks at where problems are cropping up in telling humans and AI apart. In one instance writers were fired after being accused of using AI - where they hadn't and in a recent US study participants struggled to tell who was human in a five-minute two way text conversation with a GPT-4 model. And as the UK goes to the polls next week 'AI Steve' is running in the seat of Brighton and Hove. But plans in Wyoming for a similar AI run for mayor has struck a legal hurdle.

Southland Tribune editor Logan Savory with the latest from the region.

Ralph McAllister reviews Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz published by Penguin Random House

UK correspondent Natasha Clark on the countdown to the election.