Parliament is often all about the money and this week they finally passed the Government’s spending plan a.k.a Budget 2018.

Each sitting day in the House MPs work through business which is set out on the order paper. Here's what they’ll try to get through this week

Expat Alice Miller is a literary talent on the rise. She grew up in Eastbourne, Wellington, and has lived and published in the US and Europe. She now lives in Berlin and her latest collection of poetry is called Nowhere Nearer.

Wallace Chapman reads listeners' feedback from this morning's show.

New Zealand's first Wikipedian at large, Mike Dickison, is hosting a WikiBlitz on September 18 at Auckland Museum to show people how to edit Wikipedia entries. He's teaching people how to work with images using 7000 images uploaded by the museum. He has a passion for getting more New Zealand content onto Wikipedia.

Freddie Mercury died aged 45 in 1991, and many singers since have tried to emulate him since. When Brian May and Roger Taylor created an official Queen tribute band in 2012, they chose Marc Martel and he was part of that band for five years. Now Martel has his own Freddie show - The Ultimate Queen Celebration - playing in Auckland on August 24.

Bill Bailey's a man of many talents. As well as making people laugh, he's an enthusiastic stand-up paddle boarder, passionate conservationist, accomplished musician and an author. He's back in New Zealand in September with his Earl of Whimsy show which features tales of Britain's fortunes past and present. He shares his thoughts on many things from Brexit to the best places in the world to paddle board.

Lorna Piatti-Farnell: what disgusting food teaches children Lorna Piatti-Farnell, a pop culture professor at Auckland University of Technology, says children's literature is a good way to explore the boundaries of acceptability in cultural terms, and one of the ways many writers do it is to make food disgusting. It's a device used in writings from fairytales to Roald Dahl to Harry Potter. Piatti-Farnell discusses.

Historical research inis about to get a big boost with the establishment of two new awards honouring the contribution of the late Dame Judith Binney to our understanding of the history of Aotearoa. The Judith Binney Fellowship, worth up to $80,000, has been established by the Judith Binney Trust to support research and writing on New Zealand history. Bridget Williams knew Dame Judith Binney well, having published around a dozen of her books. She is also a trustee of the Judith Binney Trust.

Rapid advances in technology on farms are creating ethical dilemmas for farmers. Dr Nick Munn from Waikato University says there are big ethical implications in using hi-tech tools to help on a farm.