Congressional Republicans have shown minor resistance to Trump by stripping ballroom funding from an immigration bill.

Ahead of Thursday's Budget, the Aotearoa Educators' Collective is releasing a report showing how things stand a year on.

Napier has been home to "open cry" wool auctions for 150 or so years, but last month it looked like the tradition was coming to an end.

Often unseen because they are not counted in the Census, these shared care arrangements are happening in one-in-five households, according to Motu Research's senior fellow Kate Prickett.

A leading researcher says New Zealand's official data systems fail to track the realities of co-parenting and shared care arrangements.

Liz does a deep-dive into regional spatial planning, which is a new mandated requirement in the Planning Bill.

Award-winning Raglan creamery's journey away from traditional dairy farming.

Gareth, Tim and Susie discuss recent events in politics including the pre-Budget announcements.

David discusses Akaroa's struggles with sewer overflows, the uncertain future of Pegasus Town north of Christchurch, Lyttelton Port avoids prosecution over worker accident and the Cantabrian inducted into the International Whitewater Hall of Fame.

Jenna Todd of Time Out Bookstore in Auckland reviews Fruit Fly by Josh Silver, published by Penguin Random House.