RNZ sports reporter Joe Porter discusses the Black Caps' win over South Africa, and the bigger challenge still looming with an upcoming test series against Australia.

Dr Kat Littlewood, a veterinary specialist and Massey University lecturer in animal welfare talks with Kathryn about pets and pregnancy.

Results season is in full swing with two starkly different results for two companies. Rebecca unpacks the surprisingly good year for A2 Milk, which took place amid a sharp decline in China's infant milk formula market. Meanwhile Fletcher has dominated headlines after posting its $120m six-month net loss last week, and the exit of its chief executive Ross Taylor. Rebecca Stevenson is a senior journalist at BusinessDesk.

A South Taranaki iwi is vowing to continue its fight against seabed mining even if the government introduces a fast-track consenting regime for significant infrastructure and development projects.

Carole Beu of the Women's Bookshop reviews Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon published by Penguin Random House NZ.

Acclaimed American architect Jeanne Gang is well known for the expansion of New York's American Museum of Natural History, and Chicago's Aqua Tower - a mixed use 82 story mixed use building downtown.

Congress is taking a 12-day winter break but there's a long list of unfinished business on Capitol Hill.

Every winter New Zealand's energy system faces a tricky balance - the system operator Transpower struggles to make sure it has enough electricity.

It's been dubbed "Brown v Brown", as the mayor of Auckland and the Transport Minister grapple for control over the supercity's transport direction.

Kennedy Warne discusses the newly opened Pike 29 Memorial Track - the last portion of the Paparoa Track to be opened.