People from all sides of the political spectrum are paying tribute to the former Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton who died yesterday.

Matt Robson, former deputy leader of the Progressive Party and former Alliance MP says Jim Anderton was a warm and compassionate man

Sports reporter Matt Chatterton talks tennis with the end of the womens competition and the beginning of the mens, and an update on the Ashes.

Radio New Zealand Pacific's Johnny Blades with the latest from the volcanic activity at Kadovar in Papua New Guinea.

Vaka Tautua's programme which helps Pasifika people under severe financial pressure is so successful it met one of its annual targets in five months.

Reporter Charlie Dreaver talks to coffee drinkers in Wellington to see if there's appetite to introduce a levy on disposable cups in Aotearoa.

Waste warrior Marty Hoffart says a 50 cent tax on disposable coffee cups in New Zealand will make people move to reusable cups.

LA correspondent Peter Bowes talks to Alex Perrottet about celebrities taking a stand at the first major ceremony after a series of sexual harrassment allegations

Thousands are without power across the top of the North Island. Reporter Liz Garton explains debri has been cleared from roads and trampolines have been flying.

Following scathing reports both at home and by the United Nations, New Zealand is vowing to elimate the use of seclusion rooms in mental health care. The work is scheduled to start in March and the goal is to elimate the practice by 2020. The Health Quality and Safety Commission programme lead, Dr Clive Bensemann, speaks to Alex Perrottet.