Former first lady Michelle Obama tweeted on Friday that she was 'exhausted and frustrated' by the state of the country in the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake and two protesters. US correspondent Karen Kasler is with us with all the latest.

Taranaki native John Ayton first left New Zealand in the late 1960s and while he has returned home for stretches, he has led a fascinating, globe-trotting existence in the ensuing years. He's Calling Home today from Redondo Beach in LA.

New research from the University of Otago shows that the number of people hospitalised in New Zealand because of assaults over the weekend has reduced significantly following 2013 restrictions on late-night alcohol sales.

Research NZ has been taking the pulse of the nation in the build-up to the election and its latest poll results show that support for legalising euthanasia remains steady but there has been a sizeable dip in support for legalising cannabis.

Philosopher, mechanic, and author Matthew Crawford's latest book Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road gets under the bonnet of one of the few remaining domains of exploration, play and freedom.

By the time Grant and Marilyn Nelson retire they would have given away more than $50 million. In the 1970s, the pair started a business in a garage which proved to be so successful that in 1995 they sold it and started a charitable trust.

Hamimah Tuyan lost her husband in last year's Christchurch terror attack. She's now based in Singapore and has had to use all of her holidays and leave both of her children behind to attend the sentencing of the mosque gunman this week.

The use of acronyms in scientific publications has spread life wildfire over the last 70 years, according to a study just published in the scientific journal eLife. Study co-author Professor Adrian Barnett says it's something that needs to end.

Former RBNZ economist Michael Reddell offers his analysis of the Monetary Policy Statement and explains why Kiwis need to be looking to stronger private sector investment in the long-term economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

The rich and famous are fleeing Los Angeles in droves as junkies and the homeless 'walk the streets like zombies.' Caroline Graham has lived in the City of Angels since the early 1990s and says LA is becoming increasingly dangerous.