Ahead of the Summer Olympics in Japan in 2020, Lynn Freeman chats to the Olympic team's all important Chef de Mission, Rob Waddell.

We talk to Peter Newport - editor of Queenstown based online news outlet - Crux that he started around 18 months ago. Peter talks to Lynn Freeman about the big plans he has for Crux in 2020.

We continue our series on lifesavers, lifeguards Malcolm McClurg and Toni Cranko join us to talk about the beaches they patrol.

Environmental historian Dr Jonathan West, who's received a $12,000 New Zealand History Trust Fund Award talks to Lynn Freeman about how lakes can tell the story of what's happened in their catchment.

We cross live to the MetService to get the weather for the week ahead.

Moera speaks to Lynn about the wider effect the cyclone could have on Fiji, and the wider Pacific.

We cross to the Ellie van Baaren from the Red Cross to get the latest on the cyclone in Fiji.

Over the summer we'll be talking to people who've made books their livelihood - crossing to them to ask about their shop's place in the community, and what's been popular over the holiday break. Today Lynn Freeman talks to Sue Laurence, from Almo Books in Carterton, Wairarapa.

The Weekend Host Lynn Freeman takes us to Helsinki, where she spent a few days in May, 2019.

Our next story looks at a man who's translating classic children's texts into te reo Maori - he says mostly for his own fun! Associate Professor Tom Roa from Waikato University translated Alice in Wonderland into Ko Nga Takahanga I a Arihi I Te Ao Miharo. Parts of his translation have been used at a new exhibition at Te Papa - Wonderland. Laura Dooney met Tom Roa at the opening of the exhibition, and spoke to him about translating Alice, and his next project - doing the same with JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit.