Internationally acclaimed opera singer Simon O'Neill is heading back to New Zealand for performances that will mark a personal anniversary.

Hot on the heels of her Commonwealth Games win, Eliza joins Jim to discuss her motivations, what's next, and share her choice for Best Song Eva.

How did a single media inquiry stop a multi-million-dollar health programme for prisons? Also: political parties competing for media attention on their election policies - and politicians talking s*** - literally - and an unexpected local story from startling 'spycops' revelations in the UK.

Former market analyst and RNZ business reporter Jeffrey Halley joins Jim to discuss Korea's worst share market crash in history, and the slump in Australia's property market.

Former Whanganui Mayor Hamish McDouall is with us with a curly question for today's quiz.

Professor André Spicer joins Jim to discuss headlines in the UK including the by-election capturing attention because of its controversial and novelty candidates.

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Coming up on Tagata o te Moana: Australia overtakes China as Pacific's biggest aid donor. We ask what are the issues facing Cook Islands voters? And a new documentary about rugby icon Jonah Lomu premieres. But first, Kiwi climbers stranded on a Solomon Islands mountain are rescued. All that and more stories from the week at RNZ Pacific.

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