Simon looks at a new Curia poll revealing who Aucklanders favour as their next mayor. Simon Bridges is out in front, with Paula Bennett and Wayne Brown trailing behind.

Sonja de Friez reviews Shakespeare's Sisters: Four Women Who Wrote the Renaissance by Ramie Targoff published by Hachette

Loren Taylor's latest project is one she wrote, directs and stars in: The Moon is Upside Down. She's joined by a stellar cast that includes Elizabeth Hawthorne, Victoria Haralbidou and Robyn Malcom.

Australia correspondent Bernard Keane talks about a commitment of a billion dollars by the Labor government to entice a US quantum computing firm to build in Queensland.

Later this month the Commerce Commission will lay out what it thinks lines companies should be able to spend on infrastructure and recoup from customers.

A maternal and perinatal health researcher says New Zealand's rate of pre-term births is continuing to rise, while repeated recommendations on how to prevent it don't get acted on.

Sports commentator Glen Larmer.

Elspeth Kerr was a prominent nurse in the Auckland suburb of Devonport in the 1930s and faced three trials over the poisoning of her foster daughter Betty.

Rebecca discusses the arrest of Michael Chai, the director of a New Zealand-based company Blackwell Global Holdings.

For decades, the classic Kiwi sock brand Norsewear has provided relief from the big freeze - and economic survival for the small North Island village of Norsewood, near Napier. It now as now has a high-profile new owner, Tim Deane who is a former Fonterra managing director.