Cynthia Morahan reviews What Women Want by Maxine Mei-Fung Chung, published by Penguin Random House

As the managing director of our biggest insurance company, Naomi Ballantyne believes that she does good for New Zealanders even though many of us think insurance policies are a "major ripoff" we don't need.

RNZ reporter Jamie Tahana from Wairoa where the big clean up after Cyclone Gabrielle is underway. About 250 homes were inundated, and around one hundred remain without power.

Ron talks to Susie about President Joe Biden's visit to Ukraine, the US focus on China's surveillance and Russia's push in Ukraine, and the declining health of US former President Jimmy Carter who is 98.

A multi-lingual team of Pasifika medics is heading to Hawke's Bay this week, the Pasifika Medical Association has decided to deploy a Medical Assistance team. PMA Chief Executive, Debbie Sorensen spoke to Susie about what is happening on the ground.

Health staff at the small hospital in the remote east coast settlement of Te Puia Springs are set to get a well-deserved break today - with medical teams arriving later this morning. Susie checks in with Rose Kahaki - the General vManager of Ngati Porou Hauora - which runs Te Puia Springs Hospital.

Part of the government's rescue package announced yesterday was a relaxation of lending rules to allow those affected by extreme weather to borrow ten thousand dollars. It's a move that some budgeting advisors including David Verry, a Financial Mentor with North Harbour Budgeting Services and a former banker of three decades.

The Government has announced a $50 million support package to provide immediate relief for businesses hit by Cyclone Gabrielle. Paul Paynter from Yummy Fruit and Federated Farmers President Andrew Hoggard join Susie for their reaction.

The community of Te Karaka, inland from Gisborne is among the hardest hit from the cyclone, with the entire township evacuated to a hill above the town at the height of the storm. Hundreds of people have lost their homes. RNZ reporter Jamie Tahana has spent the morning speaking to locals.

Kennedy joins the show from Urupukapuka in the Bay of Islands. He talks to Susie Ferguson about the overwhelming sense of Maori history in the area and also about how the popular understanding of the significance of climate change has changed in the past seven years.