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Reviewing 'My Brilliant Friend' by Elena Ferrante. Audio

The father of a New Zealander imprisoned in Myanmar for insulting religion by posting a picture of Buddha in headphones on Facebook says the Government is refusing to advocate on his behalf. Nearly… Audio

New research shows that helping an old lady across the street may help you cope better at a party. A study has found that small acts of kindness like giving to charity, or cooking dinner for a friend… Audio

Learning to Drive stars two people who know what they're doing - Patricia Clarkson and Ben Kingsley… and it turns out the versatile Sir Ben hasn't quite played everything yet… Simon Morris talks to… Video, Audio

Canterbury police have been monitoring Facebook and issuing letters to users who they suspect have been interacting with drug dealers. Privacy lawyer Gareth Abdinor tells the Panel if this is any… Audio

Topics - Police monitoring of Facebook, Foreign money vs foreign home buyers, and Kereru on the menu. Audio

A Samoan community leader explains why All Black coach Steve Hansen has been given a chiefly title. Audio

Hundreds of people farewelled a trailblazing Pacific women's leader in Auckland last week. Audio

Writing code, understanding algorithms and dealing with dumps of digital data: computer science and applied maths methods are becoming key skills in the world's newsrooms. Specialist data journalists… Audio

Who is using Google's 'right to be forgotten' law in the EU. Also more on the USB or the Ultra Slow Broadband network, and how a huge surge in data use fuelled by video streaming services is slowing… Audio

An epidemiologist for American Samoa's Department of Health Scott Anesi has described the recent dengue fever outbreak in the territory as an epidemic. Audio

Simon Morris looks at the recent burst of women-oriented films - including The Falling. Video, Audio

The Northern Marianas is considering declaring a state of emergency and transferring key public servants to Tinian as a territory-wide communications blackout nears its second week. Audio

Christchurch teacher Chris Henderson has worked with child protection agencies in the Philippines and as a consultant in education and development for youth throughout South East Asia. Lynda… Video, Audio

In The Secret Life of Aotearoa Juggalos, Sophie Wilson and Tony Stamp talk to diehard Kiwi fans of shock-rap duo, Insane Clown Posse, and discover how therapeutic horror-comedy drives one of the… Audio

A new app gives Facebook users an insight into which friends have deleted them from their friends list. Audio

Anna Broinowski is an award-winning Australian documentary filmmaker whose latest work is an anti-fracking propaganda film made in North Korea with the help of its top directors, composers and movie… Audio

Transparency Vanuatu has welcomed Prime Minister Sato Kilman's clarification over the weekend of his government's position on West Papua's recent membership bid to the Melanesian Spearhead Group. Audio

Two Christchurch City councillors shared an opinion piece about Gerry Brownlee. One says "like" doesn't necessarily mean agreeing. Audio

It seems that Wellington entrepreneur Jack Yan will never give up his dream to be our capital city's next mayor. Lynda Chanwai-Earle meets the man to find out what's driving this dream and what he's… Audio

New Zealand's first ever truffle festival is to be held in Canterbury over 11-18th July giving local growers, top chefs, restaurants and wineries the chance to show case Canterbury's 'black gold'… Audio

Did you change your Facebook profile picture to support gay marriage in the US? Did Facebook have its own agenda? Audio

Rocket Lab Canterbury launchpad, Gay marriage and Facebook rainbows, Land transport budget, and Super rugby final tickets. Audio

Hip hop artist Tipene Harmer released his first self-produced EP, Tautoko in 2011. Justine Murray heads to Flaxmere to meet Tipene who hails from Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngati Porou and Ngapuhi to get a… Video, Audio

In Christchurch, they're using virtual reality goggles to get bus drivers used to the layout of the new bus terminal. With Mandi Lawrence of Red Bus and Simon Yorke of Aurecon. Video, Audio

A giant cave on Auckland's wild West Coast used to be the city's most memorable - and most mysterious - ballroom. Dances were held for more than sixty years at the Great Cave at Whatipu but are now… Audio

French Polynesia's former president Gaston Flosse has been found guilty of abusing public funds but acquitted of violating privacy in a long-running espionage case against him. Audio

Interim coach says the Samoa sevens team has plenty of scope for improvement. Audio

Photographer David Jay spent three years photographing severly injured US army veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. His mission is to turn our averted eyes onto the realities of their lives. Audio, Gallery

Fiji's first organic certified product has been launched and it's expected others will follow as more farmers are encouraged to return to traditional growing methods. Audio