A recent study has showed that the large majority of the microfibres polluting our oceans are not plastic - which has long been assumed - but actually natural fibres like cotton, wool and other celluloses, such as linen and flax.

The notion of travelling anywhere further than the corner dairy has become a distant memory for many of us, but for the super rich, holiday planning continues to be a case of pushing the envelope.

Auckland levels out; Judith Collins at prayer prompt claims of politicising faith - and media intrusion; the media tools that pick through policy on our behalf; what's in political parties' manifestos for the media?

In seven days from now we'll be looking back on the 2020 New Zealand General Election with our Sunday Morning election special. Our weekend panellists Jane Clifton and Richard Harman offer their final thoughts on the election.

The All Blacks make their long-awaited return to the test arena in today's opening Bledisloe Cup test against the Wallabies in Wellington. Joining us to preview the match is the man who will call the test on TV, Grant Nisbett.

Donald Trump has warned Iran not to "f*** around" with the US while discussing Iranian support for US-designated terrorist groups praising himself for withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal brokered under the Obama administration.

Nathan Thomas is the editor and founder of the travel writing website Intrepid Times. He lives in Poznan in Poland and is calling home this week to talk to Jim about being a travel writer, in a world where travel has gone on the back burner.

The latest Research NZ poll set out to gauge how Kiwis plan to vote in the upcoming Cannabis referendum. The results showed that almost half of those polled (46%) now say they will vote in favour of legalising recreational cannabis.

Anna Fifield, the new editor of the Dominion Post, says readers can expect to see a lot of emphasis on transparency telling them why the publication has chosen to write stories. After three periods of isolation, Anna is back in New Zealand having left Beijing where she was the bureau chief for the Washington Post. She says Sinead Boucher's decision to buy the Stuff stable gave her the confidence that people would support its mastheads. Anna Fifield says the world is in an information crisis given the spread of unchecked disinformation and Stuff's new code of practice and ethics will tackle that directly. She says Dominion Post readers can expect to hear from younger voices, Maori, Pasifika, with different perspectives. One of her first stops will be to improve arts and culture coverage and recreate something akin to the great days of Tom Cardy's work of 20 years ago. Topics life and society, business Tags Dominion Post, bureau chief, Washington Post, journalism, stuff

Twenty years ago, Ronni Abergel created a pop-up 'human library' at a local music festival in Denmark where festival-goers could borrow someone for a chat just like a book off the shelf. The idea is that people can learn what life is like for people from different ethnicities, cultural backgrounds and those living with illnesses and disabilities. Today there is human libraries in 80 countries, which is staffed by a range of volunteers willing to share their experiences. They even organise diversity and inclusiveness training for big companies including Google and Rolls Royce. Ronni says it's more important than ever that we challenge prejudice and understand each other by talking to people we may never otherwise meet. But it's no easy task keeping the library stocked with the 'books' people want to borrow.