This week the budget dominated the news with Finance Minister Nicola Willis promising no frills after cutting new spending nearly in half. Max Rashbrooke is a senior research fellow in the School of Government at Victoria University, he has written extensively on inequality and talks to Susie.

Professor Vincent Mor is a world-leader in research into the needs of older people who has been working tirelessly to change the way we care for older adults and people with dementia.

One of Aotearoa's most daring and decorated playwrights, Victor Rodger's award-winning 2013 play Black Faggot is back at the Court Theatre. More than a decade on, the play remains painfully relevant.

So you like the idea of gardening but can't bring yourself to spend hours toiling away in the outdoors, making a self-sowing 'Forage Garden' might be the answer.

The recipient of a Diamond Dagger award, which recognises outstanding lifetime achievement in crime fiction, Ian Rankin is unparalleled in his field. The Scottish crime writer and philanthropist, best known for his Inspector Rebus novels discusses his latest.

While millions of people are living with the consequences of limb amputation due to injury or disease, axolotl salamanders can replace entire lost limbs.

Is tyranny the default of human existence? Strongmen are rising. Democracies are faltering. But how does tyranny end?

Prisoners in a level 5 maximum security prison in Missouri are the subject of a new and award-winning short documentary out on Netflix this week. The Quilters follows a group of men inside the South Central Correctional Center, where they work on quilts to give to local foster care children.

Immunologist Dr Michelle Linterman is a Program leader at the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research.

Last month, scientists from Cambridge University found compounds that are considered hallmarks of life, in the atmosphere of a planet about 124 light years away from Earth. But that finding has been highly controversial in the science community, according to research scientist Caroline Freissinet.