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Our comedians Te Radar and Donna Brookbanks bring some levity the end of the week including the Swedish prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, coming under fire after admitting that he regularly consults AI tools for a second opinion in his role running the country.

Sports commentator Sam Ackerman

Around the motu: Jonathan Leask in Ashburton

Stella Chrisostomou reviews Hum by Helen Phillips, published by Allen & Unwin

4000 runners head to Rotorua this weekend for the city's forest race  - a big boost for the local economy  

Global wellness is now a multi-billion dollar industry - but how do we know if we're being sold something that's sound - or snake oil?

Ed White is a correspondent with the Financial Times based in Shanghai

For more than 30 years, children and young people with a passion for writing have been able to attend a weekend school in Christchurch and have their talents nurtured by established writers. 

The healthcare service, Medic Alert, estimates up to 9,000 New Zealanders are letting their membership lapse due to the cost of living pressures. Susie talks to the CEO of the Medic Alert Foundation, Murray Lord.

Israel's Prime Minister is currently holding a meeting of his security cabinet to discuss plans to take over all of the Gaza Strip. Ilan Noy from is Victoria University in Wellington who holds dual Israel and New Zealand citizenship - and says the impacts of the disaster in Gaza will be felt for generations to come.

James Croot is film and television reviewer for Stuff

Sadness, nerves, jealousy, anger and frustration - just like adults, children feel these emotions, but sometimes don't have the words or skills to deal with them. 

Tech commentator Alex Sims joins Susie to talk about dark patterns in the online space and how they can trick you into doing things you don't intend.

Jared McCulloch is the 1 News Reporter in Queenstown

Sally Wenley reviews The Ghost Walk by Karen Herbert, published by Fremantle Press.

The Social Investment Agency has revealed that its initial round of funding will focus on children of families with complex needs. 

Andrew Millison has recently visited Africa's 'Great Green Wall' - a massive 8000-kilometre planting project aimed at holding back the spread of the Sahara Desert.

UK correspondent Natasha Clark joins Susie to look at concerns taxes will have to rise to cover the government's self-imposed borrowing rules. 

Wellington's unfunded depression recovery centre Whakamatutu relies on donations but is being asked to take on patients from the public list. 

The New Zealand wine industry is among those that could be hard hit by the 15% US tariffs, particularly the sauvignon blanc producing region of Marlborough.

For the first time the return on investment for legal aid has been calculated. 

It's an issue that affects one-in-three women - or more than 200 million people worldwide - but isn't widely talked about.

One failing spacecraft  and two female astronauts fighting to save the earth is the premise behind the play "Alone", by New Zealand based writer, Luke Thornborough. 

RNZ Business Editor Gyles Beckford speaks on the latest unemployment figures

Peter canvasses a new twist in Kaeo's 10 year boil water notice saga, worries over the future of Northland's polytechnic, NorthTec and Kerikeri's performing arts centre turns 20.

Leah McFall reviews How to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter's Memoir by Molly Jong-Fast, published by Macmillan Publishers

Dame Robin White - one of the country's top living artists - is front and centre of a new film by one of our top documentarians, Dame Gaylene Preston.

Australia correspondent Chris Niesche joins Susie to talk about how some law firms are making millions of dollars in payouts from class action lawsuits while their plaintiffs only get thousands. 

A new interactive platform has now been developed for Kiwi kids to help them recognise mis and disinformation, identity-based harm and online extremism. 

How a new fundraising platform is aiming to level the playing field in the education space.

The final biometrics code, which governs how technology such as facial recognition, is collected and used, has just been released by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner. 

The All Blacks lose a key player to injury, and coach Scott Robertson has made some changes from the France series as the team prepares for the upcoming Rugby Championship. A dramatic cricket test series between England and India is being called one of the greatest of all time. The Kiwi cyclists who achieved top results at the Tour de France Femmes.

After Mike Riddell died in 2022 of complications from prostate cancer treatment, his wife Rosemary published his manuscript, hoping his humour would inspire more men to get checked. 

Boeing is facing another strike by more than 3,000 workers who rejected a proposed contract, despite the company offering significant wage increases and claiming improved financial performance. Jaguar Land Rover CEO Adrian Mardell is retiring after controversy over a car-less rebrand of Jaguar. A leadership battle is brewing at Rakon as former CEO Brent Robinson challenges the board's preferred chair candidate, and Kim Kardashian's Skims has sparked viral debate and high sales with a $100 face-sculpting wrap.

Ché discusses the brothers divided over an Invercargill mayoralty bid, New Zealand's first liver transplant recipient turns 50 and the drones helping out with pest control.

Quentin Johnson reviews My Father Bryce by Adam Courtenay, published by Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand.

Defence barrister DeAnne Nicoloso's debut novel examines childhood secrets, lies and vigilante justice

President Trump is being criticised for firing the Bureau of Labor Statistics chief Erika McEntarfer after accusing her of falsifying job data, prompting bipartisan condemnation.

A company in the Netherlands has launched a plastic bottle-eating, river dwelling robot. 

A Kiwi company that's helping to speed up the diagnostic process for cardiologists has secured its first public health contract.

It's a month since enforceable Healthy Homes Standards were put in place; what isTenancy Services doing to make sure all rentals met the standards?

Urban issues correspondent Bill McKay looks at a future where our skies are filled with drones.