RNZ's lifestyle editor Lucy Corry joins Jim to discuss what Kiwis are searching for online this year for Christmas; plus she shares her own mouthwatering recipe for Zuccotto.

This morning's top stories and other headlines

2025 was a big year for Vishal Prasad. From the giddy high of a win at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), to the euphoria of being awarded an 'alternative nobel prize' as part of a collective of Pacific activists, while also plumbing new depths of frustration and despair at international climate talks in Brazil.

A wrap of the day's big stories

All the top stories and other headlines from the day

This week, we start a new adventure series, The Electric Cat Detective Agency; there's a Brain-Teaser to tickle your noggin; and Tom E. Moffatt tells jokes about lip caterpillars (moustaches)!

This week a deal was signed at Parliament between Maori and the Crown for the return of more than 3000 hectares of land in Nelson, Tasman and Golden Bay. Kerensa Johnston and Jeremy Banks were part of the decades long legal battle to regain the land which dates back to an agreement in the 1840s. They were both at Parliament on Wednesday and tell Julian Wilcox what it was like to finally see justice done and what happens next.

The top stories and other headlines at midday

Mihingarangi reports live from the Northcote Saturday Market and sampling the best festive foods on offer.

Whatever Christmas means to you, there is no doubt that the way we celebrate it looks very different to the way it was celebrated a generation or two ago.