Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Susie to look the latest news out of Europe.

New research is giving scientists an exciting insight into what is happening within the magma chamber of the Taupō super-volcano. Susie speaks to Dr Finn Illsley-Kemp from Victoria University about the significance of the research and what it tells us.

Conservationists are concerned the Department of Conservation is standing by as wild animals wreck havoc on New Zealand's biodiversity. Susie Ferguson speaks with DOC's operations director Ben Reddiex, chair of the Game Animal Council, Grant Dobson and Forest & Bird chief executive Nicola Toki.

New Zealand has bagged a record gold medal haul at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Susie speaks to team chef de mission Nigel Avery about how these Games are making history.

Comedians Te Radar and Kathryn Burnett with a few laughs.

Can Ian Foster save his All Black coaching career this weekend?. Sam Ackerman looks ahead to a crucial test versus South Africa, breaks down what the medal success at the Comm Games really means, the importance of the first openly gay Black Cap and England's new found love affair with their women footballers

Louise Ward of Wardini Books in Havelock North reviews The Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas, published by Macmillan

In 1944, a young Slovakian man achieved the near impossible – he escaped the horrors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

Walter Rosenberg, later known as Rudolf Vrba, was desperate to warn the world about Nazi camps and spur global leaders into action. His poignant and important tale is told in new detail by journalist Jonathan Freedland in the new book The Escape Artist.

Elizabeth Beattie is a journalist based in Tokyo

It's more than two years since the law changed to allow medicinal cannabis products to be prescribed in New Zealand - so is the scheme working as intended? The Ministry of Health lists 17 medicinal cannabis products that meet the minimum quality standards for use - and one that has the tick from Medsafe as an approved medicine. Earlier this year Nubu Pharmaceuticals became the first company to be able to import dried cannabis flower - both for use in a vapouriser and in preparation as a tea. Its CEO Mark Dye joins Susie to explain the challenges it getting it approved. But are there still barriers for people seeking medicinal cannabis products? Dr Ali Seyfoddin at AUT runs the only medicinal cannabis course in the country, and says the regulations are too restrictive.