ABC Wantok Program for 14 August 2026.

The NZ Raptor Trust has spent the last decade helping birds of prey recover from road accidents and return to the wild.

The latest news from Melanesia.

Bioforce grows beneficial insects, sending them around the country to gardeners and orchardists, providing a fighting force to beat back pests in tunnel houses and greenhouses, the natural way.

Dairy farmer Amanda Jordan lives in view of one of Aotearoa's most beautiful sights, but she says visitors are playing with lives snapping photos of Mt Taranaki on the winding rural road where she lives.

A wrap of news from RNZ's rural news desk

Now it's time for Country Life or This week Country Life visits a centre helping injured birds of prey return to the wild and an insect farm breeding beneficial bugs.

The latest RNZ Pacific news.

In part two, swiping fatigue is in, more and more people are avoiding dating apps and going for the face-to-face matching option. Elise Dalrymple-Keast is owner of premium matchmaking service Compatico. Then, Corey Welch has made the switch from "truckie" to "fridgie" - and is preparing to graduate from his four-year apprenticeship at the age of 51. He tells the panel that it's never too late to switch careers.

A second attempt to oust Christopher Luxon ended much like the first - with the National leader still standing. But this time, the party's internal revolt has dealt more damage. RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch maps out the mayhem.