Scott Dixon isn't just New Zealand's most successful professional Indycar driver - he's one of the best drivers in the world. His record of 44 wins stretches back to 2001 and the five-time Indycar series champion has been part of the Chip Ganassi Racing Team for 17 seasons - the longest driving tenure in team history. A new documentary called Born Racer, directed by Bryn Evans, offers unique access into the world of Dixon and his family, wife Emma and children Poppy and Tilly, but also into the world of the Indianapolis 500. It follows Dixon's 2017 season in which he was chasing his fifth Indy title.

Valerie Mason-John had the odds stacked against her from the moment her mother abandoned her as an infant. Her upbringing in foster homes and orphanages lead to a life of addiction, crime, eating disorders and even an attempt to take her own life. She managed to turn her life around to become an inspirational speaker, writer, performer, playwright and counsellor. Valerie Mason-John is in New Zealand next month for public talks and a one off workshop. She explains how she's overcome so much adversity in her early life to help others facing their own issues. WELLINGTON Tuesday 6 November 7pm at the Wellington Buddhist Centre Tuesday 12 November 6.30pm workshop for the recovery community at the Wellington Buddhist Centre Tuesday 13 November 7pm Public talk St Andrews Centre on the Terrace. Mindfulness: an antidote to stinking thinking and addiction. AUCKLAND 18 November 3pm at Auckland Buddhist Centre - Public talk on Mindfulness in addictions and compulsive behaviours 20-21 November: workshop for DAPAANZ

Michael Lewis's latest book The Fifth Risk delves into the little discussed but an important aspect of the change of US Government - the handover. He writes that the morning after Donald Trump was elected President, the people who ran the US Dept of Energy - an agency dealing with some of the most powerful risks facing humanity - waited to welcome the incoming administration's team. Nobody appeared. The Fifth Risk is an insight into the early days of the Trump administration, and beyond. To use the words of the Daily Telegraph, his take on Trump is "stranger and more terrifying than fiction".

New Zealand feature film Vermilion tells the story of a group of women who are faced with a challenge when a woman at the centre of their world, musician Darcy, is confronted with a serious health crisis. Darcy is played by Jennifer Ward-Lealand.

Dr Ingrid Visser has dedicated most of her life to following, documenting, helping and protecting orca. She's an international expert on the species and is part of an body of advocates pushing to free captive orca all over the world.

Professor Tracey McIntosh says many inmates, particularly women, are going straight from state care to state prisons. Her research on incarceration of mainly Maori has shown a distinct pattern of children who are removed from their families being on a trajectory to prison.

Wellington mayor Justin Lester has tips on where to be to see the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, in Wellington today.

Gearing up for a royal morning tea on Monday is Wellington's Maranui Cafe in Lyall Bay. Co-owner Bronwyn Kelly talks about the preparations.

Gisborne GP Dr Nicholas Wright is a big advocate of a plant-based diet for health and says it can reverse heart disease and diabetes.

Johnny Blades looks at Papua New Guinea's road to hosting the APEC leaders' summit as it teeters on the verge of social breakdown.