Renata Hopkins reviews Whidbey by T Kira Madden, published by Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand.

On a February day Sally Wenley's boarding school took students on a picnic - she woke in Christchurch's Burwood Spinal Unit to learn she's a paraplegic. What happened that day is explored in Sally's memoir The Crash.

Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst looks at the tour by Harry and Meghan - who's picking up the security bill? The Opposition's new migration policy would introduce Trump-style social media checks for visa holders coming to Australia and a tragic death of a 14-year-old highlights the dangers of e-scooters.

Annika Smethurst is Victorian Affairs editor at The Age

The Koekoea, or long tailed cuckoo's, call signals the arrival of spring as they migrate back from the Pacific Islands. But they're in decline, and scientists need public help.

As The Boys heads into its fifth and final season, Kiwi actor Karl Urban remains its beating heart. Over four seasons he's turned the gravel-voiced, vengeance-fuelled Billy Butcher into an intriguingly complex anti-hero.

The latest data shows dozens of rural schools have had e-coli breaches in their water supplies, and several did not issue public notices.

Marc Hinton with the latest sports news.

He has been lauded as one of New Zealand's architectural greats and compared to the likes of Ian Athfield.

Trading platform BlackBull Markets is exploring potential growth and liquidity options following extraordinary revenue surges.

The latest on Talley's plans to close its Westport plant and new candidates for this year's General Election in the West-Coast Tasman electorate.