Christopher Luxon has called for an 'urgent in-person meeting' on Wednesday at 9:30am. Any of his MPs who aren't in Wellington will need to travel back given it's a recess week at parliament. Citing media reports and conversations about increased speculation about his leadership, Luxon called it an 'unfair distraction'. Former National Party MP Maurice Williamson spoke to Melissa Chan-Green

Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan star in the shortest show on radio, where they show they really can make something out of nothing, join them to be part of their delight, or to simply despair. Wallace will also preview what's on The Panel tonight.

There's the work you can see around the house and then there's the work that lives in someone's head. Remembering the school forms, booking the appointments, noticing what's running out, planning the weekend, anticipating what everyone will need next. We've heard women describe this invisible workload for years, because they're usually the ones carrying it. Zach Watson offers the male perspective. He calls himself a "recovering man-child." He challenges men to stop thinking of household responsibility as something they simply help with. With 1.4 million followers on social media, plus workshops and coaching, he's trying to change the way men understand what it means to carry their share of family life.

Every Tuesday we put a dilemma to you and get your thoughts on how to resolve it. This week we're discussing new parents and whether their desire to keep visitors away for the first eight weeks is okay. Your reckons welcome on 2101 or of course, email on [email protected].

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Let's chat about what's making waves in the world of tech now .. Tim Batt is our guy who has all the answers .. he joins Jesse.

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The latest RNZ Pacific news and sport.

Afternoons book critic Catherine Robertson joins us to share what she's been reading: Such a Perfect Family by Nalini Singh (Hachette) The Bookshop Detectives: Murder and Mojitos by Gareth Ward and Louise Ward It Gets In Your Blood: Lives of a Racecourse by Marty Smith (THWUP)

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It's time for Mayoral minutes .. where we speak with a local mayor about the challenges they're facing ... how they're working to solve them... and what makes their community special. Today we're heading to the Rangitikei District, located in the Manawatu-Whanganui region of the North Island, you'll find the towns of Marton, Bulls and Taihape there. Mayor Andy Watson joins Jesse.

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The latest RNZ Pacific news and sport.

A new season of the RNZ podcast Thrift starts today .. and host Katy Gosset is looking at how to start a fund for emergencies .. like Mary Holm told us on Thursday, this is something we might all need!

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