Skin cancer and literature is an unlikely combination but they're both big players in the life of Dr Sharad Paul. He writes medical textbooks, poetry and fiction. The Auckland cancer specialist and social entrepreneur will be talking about his book Skin: A Biography at the 2016 Jaipur Literature Festival in India.

Shannon Weaver has travelled the length and breadth of the country cataloguing our antique and op shops, which are documented in a new book called Collectors Anonymous. Lynn Freeman also talks to RNZ News' Wellington Bureau Chief Gareth Thomas, who has one of the most inexpensive collections of them all.

Shannon Weaver has travelled the length and breadth of the country cataloguing our antique and op shops, which are documented in a new book called Collectors Anonymous. Lynn Freeman also talks to RNZ News' Wellington Bureau Chief Gareth Thomas, who has one of the most inexpensive collections of them all.

We take a look at Maori and New Zealand historical artefacts and a taste for collecting Oriental pieces. Also, what are the current trends in collecting? All this thanks to something of an antique itself - auction house Dunbar Sloane was founded in 1919. Dunbar Sloane Jnr. joins us.

We take a look at Maori and New Zealand historical artefacts and a taste for collecting Oriental pieces. Also, what are the current trends in collecting? All this thanks to something of an antique itself - auction house Dunbar Sloane was founded in 1919. Dunbar Sloane Jnr. joins us.

In the last part of a mini-series looking at our Olympic hopefuls we turn to issues facing some of our more niche athletes. Trampolinist Dylan Schmidt and Judo-ka Adrian Leat are both hoping to qualify for their first Olympic Games, while BMX silver medallist Sarah Walker wants to go back for Gold.

In the last part of a mini-series looking at our Olympic hopefuls we turn to issues facing some of our more niche athletes. Trampolinist Dylan Schmidt and Judo-ka Adrian Leat are both hoping to qualify for their first Olympic Games, while BMX silver medallist Sarah Walker wants to go back for Gold.

Young researcher Alexandrea Whyte has been out in dense bush hunting for weta and beetles, to see if they've been affected by 1080 poison drops in the area to control predators. It's the fourth of a five year project, comparing areas that have had the drops compared to those that haven't in bush near the Rimutaka range north of Wellington. Alexandrea signed up for this summer scholarship project at Victoria University and she and her supervisor Stephen Hartley join Lynn Freeman on The Weekend.

Young researcher Alexandrea Whyte has been out in dense bush hunting for weta and beetles, to see if they've been affected by 1080 poison drops in the area to control predators. It's the fourth of a five year project, comparing areas that have had the drops compared to those that haven't in bush near the Rimutaka range north of Wellington. Alexandrea signed up for this summer scholarship project at Victoria University and she and her supervisor Stephen Hartley join Lynn Freeman on The Weekend.

Long before Caitlin Jenner came out, people who feel they have been born in the wrong body have taken steps to change what gender they're identified as. What's changed now though is that some transgender people don't have to wait until adulthood to make the change. Primary schools and parents are now trying to find ways to help young children make the transition. And while it can be tricky, it's also important. With Wellington GP Dr Cathy Stephenson, and transgender women Jevon and Megan.