Lara Hayes was a yacht chef in Europe, before turning to making award-winning dressings, soups and broths.

Kathryn is joined by Gareth Hughes and Tim Hurdle to look at the week in politics.

Around the motu: Torika Tokalau Stuff Local Democracy reporter in Auckland.

Gail Pittaway reviews His Story by Hans B. Grueber, published by Writes Hill Press.

The US Administration moved this weekend to stop Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 model from being available to any non-US citizens.

Even after marrying and having two further children, Barbara Docherty spent years searching for her eldest two children.

Weekly interview with Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon; Labour's Barbara Edmonds speaks to John Campbell; Kelly Eckhold discusses how Iran war is impacting NZ economy; Paul Spoonley discusses Swiss vote on population cap; New Lower Hutt clinic inundated with enrolment interest

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Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney on the upcoming G7 summit, Swiss voters rejecting a population cap, and further protests against a luxury resort in Albania.

Tuilagi Igelese Ete got his start in the very first New Zealand Secondary Students Choir in 1986 and now he's returning to help celebrate 40 years.