Peripatus (aka velvet worms or ngaokeoke) are an ancient and fascinating native nocturnal crawling creature. This week in an Otago University fridge a group of peripatus had babies. Celebrating the birth was Professor Peter Dearden, director of Genomics Aotearoa. He's particularly interested in sequencing their genome as they are akin to living fossils, having survived over 500 million years virtually unchanged.

Auckland-based fashion designer Kat Tua (Ngati Kahu, Ngati Raukawa) is the powerhouse behind menswear label Manaaki, which is already proving popular with high-end fashion buyers. In its first year Manaaki was chosen for a mentorship with Mr Porter, one of the biggest luxury websites in the world. But Tua's story has been one of determination rather than overnight success. Before launching Manaaki in 2020 she spent more than a decade working long hours for some of Australia's biggest fashion brands while juggling life with a young son.

Mass protests have rocked Israel in recent weeks, in response to planned changes to the judicial system by the country's far-right coalition, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. If the proposal passes, it would give the Government greater sway in selecting judges while limiting the power of the Supreme Court. Opponents say it's a threat to democracy, and hundreds of thousands of people joined demonstrations this week in the largest street protests in the country's history. Kim talks with the BBC's Middle East Correspondent Tom Bateman, who is based in Jerusalem.

Sir Sam Neill is known as an open book, sharing yarns from his Central Otago vineyard home with his social media following, but in his soon to be released memoir Did I Ever Tell You This? Sir Sam reveals even more of the highs and lows of his life.

In January 2019 the media were captivated with the rude antics of a holidaying British family, littering, stealing and being generally obnoxious. Opera New Zealand artistic director Thomas De Mallet Burgess was one of the public agog and hatched the idea to turn the story into an opera: The Unruly Tourists. Seeing award-winning music-comedy duo The Fan Brigade perform, De Mallet Burgess approached them to be the librettists. Without a note yet sung, it has become one of Aotearoa's most controversial operas. Livi Reihana and Amanda Kennedy are The Fan Brigade, self-described on their website as "stupid ugly feminazi bitches… or talented comedians taking the New Zealand comedy scene by storm (depends who you ask)."

In January 2019 the media were captivated with the rude antics of a holidaying British family, littering, stealing and being generally obnoxious. Opera New Zealand artistic director Thomas De Mallet Burgess was one of the public agog and hatched the idea to turn the story into an opera: The Unruly Tourists. Seeing award-winning music-comedy duo The Fan Brigade perform, De Mallet Burgess approached them to be the librettists. Without a note yet sung, it has become one of Aotearoa's most controversial operas. Livi Reihana and Amanda Kennedy are The Fan Brigade, self-described on their website as "stupid ugly feminazi bitches… or talented comedians taking the New Zealand comedy scene by storm (depends who you ask)."

In January 2019 the media were captivated with the rude antics of a holidaying British family, littering, stealing and being generally obnoxious. Opera New Zealand artistic director Thomas De Mallet Burgess was one of the public agog and hatched the idea to turn the story into an opera: The Unruly Tourists. Seeing award-winning music-comedy duo The Fan Brigade perform, De Mallet Burgess approached them to be the librettists.

Victoria Finlay's latest book Fabric looks at our relationship with textiles: from woven barkcloth in Papua New Guinea to the famous tweed of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Finlay considers how 'woven' fabric is into our histories, vocabularies and everyday lives - from our very livelihoods to its use for sheer opulence, with plenty of exploitation and environmental waste along the way. Part of the story is Finlay's own journey through grief for her recently deceased parents. Finlay is also the author of Colour: travels through the paintbox and the former arts editor of the South China Morning Post. I asked her about why she wanted to write about fabric.

Victoria Finlay's latest book Fabric looks at our relationship with textiles: from woven barkcloth in Papua New Guinea to the famous tweed of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

Like many of us, designer, engineer and inventor Peter Lynn flew kites as a child, but by the time Lynn was 27, he'd started building one of the most important kite making businesses in the world.