Back in 2015 on The Weekend, as part of our Musical Dynasties segment, Shaun D Wilson spoke to renowned Wellington-based beatmaker and jazz drummer Myele Manzanza.

Now we've brought back Myele back for Joint Jukebox, where a pair of friends spin the tunes that define their relationship - for good or for bad. Myele introduced Shaun to Australian composer, producer, and bass player Ross McHenry, who he's recently been on a joint album release tour with. They also debate the joys of, or lack of joy in, test cricket.

Myele is playing at the Wellington Botanic Gardens as part of the Gardens Magic series, and later in the year RNZ National will broadcast Ross & Myele in concert.

You're meandering through a book shop, idling along, checking out what's about past the Crime and Thriller section, when.... a multitude of bright hues catch your unfocused eyes!

These bursts of colour are on the covers of books that feature large photos of unrecognisable but often smiling people with good skin. On closer inspection this section seems to be all books about or by YouTube personalities. What are these curios?

If you go on to YouTube itself, there are many channels devoted to books. Those that make videos documenting their love of letters are part of the BookTube community; a bunch of people who want to share their enjoyment of the written word.

To discuss YouTube and literature, The Weekend spoke to blogger and vlogger for Australian website Happy Indulgence - Jeann Wong, along with Emma Bryson from Booksellers New Zealand who has written about books by YouTubers.

Multi-award winning New Zealand Herald Chief Photographer Brett Phibbs has covered natural disasters and personal tragedies through to international sporting events over the past 30 years.

The Weekend heads to South Canterbury where community board member and local reporter for the Geraldine News Jan Finlayson joins us. Jan is also vice president of the Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand - an organisation with a huge relevance in her part of the world.

Over the summer Wellingtonian Irene Wakefield is honing her online resource for teenagers who're considering serious relationships, or who are with partners who're hurting them physically and emotionally. She also hopes to help potential abusers recognise their own behaviour and seek help.

Irene is one of  young social entrepreneurs picked for the Live The Dream accelerator programme run by the Inspiring Stories foundation.

Sir Wira Gardiner is chair of the Local Government Commission overseeing our 78 local authorities, 11 regional councils and 67 territorial authorities. Rodney, Waiheke and the Wairarapa could all have new council structures this year. He's also a man who totally confounded the very low expectations people initially had of him.

Sir Wira left his high school drop-out days firmly behind him and proved his teachers wrong by going on to be the founding head of the Waitangi Tribunal and founding Chief Executive of the Ministry of Māori Development.

For most Kiwis at this stage in the summer when we think about ice its to put in a long cool drink. Not so much for South Taranaki couple Lisa and Jimi Walsh. They carve giant sculptures out of ice and snow and are just about to head off to compete in the snow sculpture section of the 2017 International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, Northern China.

A week in, how are those resolutions going? Have fat, sugar and carbs been banned from your diet. Or is the old willpower starting to crumble?

Niki Bezzant from the Healthy Food Guide explains why making food related New Year resolutions is almost certainly doomed to failure.

Tourist attractions are starting to get back in business after the November earthquake. This is usually the busiest time of year for the South Island tourist mecca. Before the quake operators were expecting great things after a few relatively lean years.

Lynn Freeman was in Kaikoura two days before the 7.8 earthquake, when spirits were high. She visited the new Kaikoura museum, and went whale watching for the first time in 20 years.

A new kiwi film set in Pahi by the Kaipara Harbour in Northland is hitting screens around the country. The Catch follows two fisherman who hope to alter their fortunes by winning a local fishing competition. Lynn Freeman speaks to Director and co-writer Simon Mark-Brown who is travelling around New Zealand to be at various premieres of The Catch.