New Zealand didn't come out well when our adherence to the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child, was assessed. What more can and must be done to protect the rights of Kiwi kids?

Carolyn Press-McKenzie from the animal welfare organisation HUHA on what to do when your pet is playing up, how to choose the right pet for your family, and where you should get them from.

Carolyn Press-McKenzie, from the animal welfare organisation HUHA on what to do when your pet is playing up, how to choose the right pet for your family, and where you should get them from.

Tauranga musician Luke Thompson is of the finalists for Folk Album of the Year for his fifth album Hosts. It's a nice surprise for the well travelled musician, who's shared the stage with many artists over the years including Passenger, Toto, and Avalanche City.

The Weekend concludes its series on the The Great Outdoors with one of the most demanding and rewarding outdoor activities.

Orchids are a species of flower that can seem just too hard to cultivate for most of us. But orchid devotees Roy and Lee Neale believe there's an orchid out there for everyone.

For the last of The Weekend's North Island regional spotlights this season; we head to Whanganui to talk to Mark Dawson, editor at the Wanganui Chronicle.

New Zealand dines out on the fact that it was the first country to give women the vote back in 1893. Why haven't we built on this legacy?

An update from Washington with Simon Marks.

The Māori Side Steps are a musical comedy group that riffs off past bands like The Howard Morrison Quartet, but takes the genre in a new direction. They've got their own webseries and are playing the Gardens Magic concert series at Wellington Botanic Gardens.