She's starred in Succession and Downton Abbey but Harriet Walter is also one of the world's most accomplished Shakespearean actors. She talks to Susie about her new book which imagines what, with more lines and stage time, we'd have heard the Bard's leading women say.

Romeo and Juliet is widely considered the greatest love story ever told, but new musical & Juliet imagines what would happen if she got a second chance at life. Kiwi actor Hayden Tee stars and speaks to Mihi live from Broadway.

In 2012, our excentric give way rule which had allowed right-turning traffic at intersections was abolished. Now the subject of a musical comedy, writer Steven Page and show producer Dave Armstrong talk to Susie about Give Way - The Musical.

Stephen Wainwright is finishing at Creative New Zealand having led the country's only national arts funding agency through multiple governments, an earthquake, and a pandemic. He talks to Mihi about choosing the arts over cricket.

Abdulzarak Gurnah's new novel Theft is his first since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature. He talks to Susie Ferguson about this coming-of-age story and the impact of his win.

If you were to turn 100 years old this year, what would you make of the world today? Dr Thomas Perls is founder of the world's largest study of centenarians. He shares what he's learned about living a long and happy life with Mihi .

Since World War I, poppies have been a symbol of remembrance as they flourished in the soil churned up by the fighting and shelling on the Western Front. Soala Wilson has been busy organising the making of 10 thousand felt poppies in Palmerston North. She talks to Mihi about the logistics behind such a precious undertaking.

This week, the U.K. Supreme Court ruled that only biological and not trans women meet the definition of a woman under equality laws. Head of YWCA Tamaki Makaurau, Dellwyn Stuart, talks to Susie about the ramifications of the UK ruling.

Hamas has formally rejected Israel's latest ceasefire offer, medical sources say dozens have been killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza and a UN agency says Gaza is running out of food. The BBC's Sebastian Usher updates Mihi from London.

The US Secretary of State says America may abandon peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in days if no progress is shown. US correspondent Simon Marks speaks to Susie Ferguson.