In February 2021 a human chain of 150 volunteers held hands and slowly waded into the sea. Their aim was to stop what remained of a pod of long-finned pilot whales from re-stranding at Farewell Spit.

Legal action has been launched over the $1.25 billion Transmission Gully motorway. The builder of the road is taking Waka Kotahi to court in relation to incomplete work. A pool, skatepark upgrades and the Wellington City Council's airport shares are on the chopping block in a proposal to cut costs. And police have now issued an arrest warrant for missing Otaki kayaker, Michaela Leger is facing drug-related charges. Georgina Campbell is NZ Herald's Wellington issues reporter.

Holly Walker reviews Good Material by Dolly Alderton published by Penguin Random House NZ.

Jim Jermyn is a world-renowned expert in alpine plants and is the former head gardener of the Branklyn Garden in Perth. Jim is in the country as the New Zealand Alpine Garden Society's Steve Newall Memorial Travelling Speaker.

Danielle Kurtzleben is in Washington, where Democrats are split about the United States policy over Israel. And the party is also raising alarms over political group No Labels. It's been around for more than a decade, with the purpose of fostering cooperation between parties - and is now saying it plans to run someone for president. Danielle Kurtzleben is a political correspondent assigned to NPR's Washington Desk.

South Island company Spout is helping to reduce the number of plastic milk bottles by offering a milk-in-keg service to big milk consumers.

We had a huge response to our story on retirees who rent and are pleased to pick it up again today with John Collyns, the Executive Director of the Retirement Villages Association.

A Napier school is introducing a hard ban on cellphones, including at lunchtimes, in the hopes students will begin to appreciate time away from their devices.

The largest ever study of the impact of collisions on the heads of players sheds new light on who is getting injured and how.

Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland.