First Up

Every Thursday it's Carmel Sepuloni's opportunity to discuss the political week - this week's focus is a new report on welfare dependency Audio

The sport of bouldering has gained popularity here - especially after the Paris Olympics, Leonard Powell went to a West Auckland bouldering gym to check it out Audio

Nelson is the rave centre of the country this weekend as it hosts The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave show as part of the city's art festival Audio

A big anniversary for the immigrant Polish community who arrived here after WW2 -Jimmy Ellingham has the story Audio

South Africa presents its genocide case against Israel in the International Court of Justice - Chris Ocamringa has our weekly report from Africa Audio

It's budget day in the UK - Ellie Jay has been crunching the numbers Audio

Finance Minister Nicola Willis talks the week in politics with Nathan Rarere. Audio

Running a marathon blindfolded sounded like a good idea to Justin Weston and he'll do just that this weekend at the Auckland Marathon. Audio

This week on TradeMe - an apartment with a view and a classic collection of viewmasters. Audio

Japan's LDP bet on winning the snap election - but they ended up losing their parliamentary majority - Chris Gilbert reports. Audio

A child is dead after an incident at a Melbourne primary school - Pam Corkery reports from Australia with this and other stories Audio

Thomas Duggan didn't skip leg day, he took out the Body Board-Shorts category at the National Body Building Championships over the weekend. Audio