Rainbow Valley is located on regenerating whenua at the end of a gravel road near Takaka. Several families share the land and help run a small farm for the benefit of the whole community. Cosmo Kentish-Barnes visited them in March 2025, as the community turned 50 years old.

The latest news from Melanesia.

Guillermo and Christina Tolentino share the joys and challenges of migrating to rural New Zealand.

A round-up of the week's rural news.

This week Country Life digs into the art of growing your own food and dips into the archives to to visit one of the country's longest running alternative communities.

In part two, the ACT Party say they've got the solution to big school uniform bills. the panel discuses the new policy with Dr Johanna Reidy, Lecturer of Public Health at Otago University. Then, Nelson Horrell is 80 years old and just recently he deadlifted 80 kilograms, 80 times in one day for charity. The panel speaks to this legend.

In Focus on Politics, Russell Palmer recounts how and why a debate about nuclear free policy ended before it began, links to defence spending, and the impact on the relationship with Australia.

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Jennie Moreton and Chris Waikira. First up, an update on the intense weather hitting the central and upper north island. Then the panel asks why most of our big infrastructure projects hits delays and how much that costs the country. Shamubeel Eaqub crunches the numbers. Then, model Elijah Timmins-Scanlon says New Zealand clothing brand Huffer of using his likeness in an AI-generated advertising campaign. Huffer denies that image was generated using the model's appearance. the panel discuses the murky legality of AI imagery with Earl Gray, intellectual property barrister at Sangro Chambers.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has accused Elon Musk of interfering in British politics over the murder of university student Henry Nowak, while NHS staff across the UK could be barred from wearing political badges on their uniforms in a bid to tackle antisemitism. UK corresponent Grace Thomas spoke with Lisa Owen.

Handwritten Chinese notes and diaries uncovered at an Auckland home reveal a chilling picture of the alleged starvation and punishment of a 70-year-old woman.