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10:45 PM.This week on Mediawatch Midweek, Colin Peacock looks at how National leader Simon Bridges and the party's cancer funding policy dominated reports at the party's annual conference in Christchurch on… Read more Audio

10:17 PM.ACT leader David Seymour has pleaded with his colleagues for a "speedy, efficient and civil" debate on euthanasia as MPs begin thrashing out the details of his legislation. Our deputy political editor… Read more Audio

10:45 PM.Tonight, we're journeying into a world of indigenous flies. Dragonflies and Damselflies of New Zealand is a new book by Milen Marinov and Mike Ashbee. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Countdown announced at the weekend it is restricting young people under the age of 16 from buying energy drinks.  Read more Audio

10:45 PM.The occasional Monday series I Didn't Know takes a reasonably complex topic and focuses on making it less confusing. Tonight - local government elections!  Read more Audio

10:30 PM.This weekend the Salzburg Festival opened in Austria with the production of Idomeneo directed by the rock star of international opera directing, Peter Sellars.  Read more Audio

10:20 PM.Supermarket chain Countdown is confident banning the sale of energy drinks to under 16s will make a difference to teenagers' overall health.  Read more Audio

10:40 PM.Danielle Street joins us with her fortnightly exploration of music's latest. Tonight it's an all New Zealand line-up of selections including Die! Die! Die!, Soccerpractise and Carnivorous Plant… Read more Audio

10:30 PM.As Cabinet prepares to consider a bill that would remove abortion from the Crimes Act, Dame Margaret Sparrow speaks with Karyn about New Zealand's history of reproductive healthcare. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.It's the fourth night of the stand-off at Ihumatao where a thousand people have gathered to support the Save Our Unique Landscape group SOUL. One of SOUL's founders, Pania Newton, speaks with Karyn… Read more Audio

10:47 PM.This week our resident historian, Robert Kelly, is looking towards West Africa and and Liberia's connection to the current political rhetoric in the United States.  Read more Audio

10:35 PM.An online tool that helps New Zealanders search and compare New Zealand investments has won an award at the Good Design Australia Awards.  Read more Audio

10:17 PM.About 300 demonstrators remain at Ihumatao this evening in South Auckland after a three-day stand-off.  Read more Audio

10:45 PM.This week on Mediawatch Midweek Jeremy Rose talks to Karyn Hay about the new Netflix series The Great Hack and ponders whether the media is manipulating us. Read more Audio

10:27 PM.A London pub is aiming to be the world's most ethical pub by employing the homeless and offering beer brewed from leftover bread.  Read more Audio

10:20 PM.Boris Johnson is Britain's new Prime Minister and today is his first day in the role after winning a convincing victory over Jeremy Hunt in tthe Conservative party leadership race.  Read more Audio

10:44 PM.Video games, board games, e-sport, sport-sport... it's all Game Theory, and tonight we're taking a look at the New Zealand video game production industry.  Read more Audio

10:30 PM.More than two hundred people marched to Parliament today calling for reform of New Zealand's abortion laws, as Cabinet prepares to consider a bill that would remove abortion from the Crimes Act.  Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Either Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt will become the new Conservative leader as the result of the contest to succeed Theresa May is announced.  Read more Audio

10:45 PM.Tonight we look at something you probably shouldn't do all on your own - making a will. Barrister and solicitor Sally Morris from Morris Legal has seen a fair few wills and the court cases that can… Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Workshops about the Medicinal Cannabis Scheme are being held in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch this week and next. Chris House is a Principal Advisor with the Ministry of Health, and speaks… Read more Audio

10:20 PM.Major reforms to New Zealand's gun laws were flagged in the wake of the Christchurch mosque shootings, with the details announced by the Prime Minister today.  Read more Audio

10:40 PM.Wellington's avant Finn Johansson brings his chat and charm to Friday's Lately talking us through new music finds and forecasts.  Read more Audio

10:25 PM.A kava bar has opened in downtown Auckland hoping to launch kava into the Kiwi mainstream. Kava is the earthy-tasting drink made from ground kava root that has been used widely across the Pacific for… Read more Audio

10:45 PM.This week our resident historian Robert Kelly reckons history has gone to the dogs!  Read more Audio