RNZ's planning a brand new music-based outlet to hook younger people not well served by public broadcasting right now. RNZ's bosses and experts alike point to Triple J as a possible model. Mediawatch asks the Kiwi in charge of its content - Ollie Wards - what it does that's worth copying and would it work here?

If you're in a long-term relationship, your partner's outlook can have a big impact on how long and how well you live, according to a new study by researchers at Michigan State University. It turns out looking on the bright side is not only good for our own health and cognition, it's good for our partners as well, says psychology professor William Chopik, the study's co-author.

New Zealand legislation around death is old and generally regarded as in need of a thorough refresh. The Ministry of Health is currently seeking public submissions on a review of the Burial and Cremation Act 1964. Many of the issues raised in it come from a report released in 2015 by the Law Commission which called for widespread reform. Wayne Mapp QSO was the commissioner of that report.

The poor quality of our fresh water is a top worry for New Zealanders. But some farmers fear the new proposals might mean their farms are no longer viable. Philippa Tolley investigates.

Technically, Duncan Clarke still lives at his mother's place in Wellington, but that's because his vocation as a long-haul tour bus driver means he is effectively of no fixed abode. The former Rongotai College student is currently stationed in Central America, where he is driving tour bases between Mexico and Panama.

News broke this week that police and the Serious Fraud Office will investigate the New Zealand First Foundation to see if it has breached the Electoral Act. This follows an announcement on the 29th of January by the SFO that four people have been charged in relation to donations paid into a National Party bank account. Electoral dontation fracases are not new in New Zealand. Why is that? Why aren't we better at this. Max Rashbrooke is journalist, researcher and writer and is the author of Government for the Public Good: The Surprising Science of Large-Scale Collective Action. He joins Colin to look at the wider context of political donations in Aotearoa.

We took the photos' -- that was the stark front page headline on the Dominion Post newspaper last Thursday. That was a quote from comments the NZ First leader Winston Peters made in an interview on the Magic Talk radio station the day before. Host Peter Williams was asking him about photos published by a right-wing website - showing RNZ's Guyon Espiner and Stuff' reporter Matt Shand meeting NZ First's former president Lester Gray in Tauranga. Both reporters have been reporting heavily on donations to the New Zealand First Foundation. But those photos made it look very much like someone was surveilling the two journalists and supplying the party with the pictures. Stuff's chief executive, Sinead Boucher joins Colin to discuss the issue.

When Monica Mathis' dog Hazel disappeared from her yard in 2017 she tried everything to find her beloved pet again, but to no avail. Three years later, thanks to the surprising intervention of a beer can, she was reunited with her dog.

High-flying New Zealander Nodira Khoussainova is the co-founder and CEO of Focused, a Silicon Valley startup that helps people accomplish undistracted work for a couple of hours in a study hall-type setting.

Gardening is more than a relaxing hobby. It's good for your health, whatever age you are. Dr Harriet Gross is a psychology professor at Lincoln University in the United Kingdom. She explains why gardening is so good for you.