Saturday Morning

The mighty Ruamāhanga river is set to play the starring role in an upcoming documentary alongside naturalist Ruud Kleinpaste, also known as The Bug Man.

TVNZ's FIFA World Cup host, Chris Chang speaks to Mihingarangi ahead of this afternoon's match between the All Whites and Belgium.

Many of us spend years building our lives around accumulation, believing that's how we'll find security and happiness. But what if we've got it backwards? Daisuke Yosumi swears by minimalism.

How will you be remembered after you die? And does it really matter if you're not here to see it? It turns out that an awful lot of us do care.

Just as Maori have fought for the restoration of their whenua and reo so too have they fought for recognition of matauranga Maori - traditional knowledge. Unlikely Kin tells the story of Ngati Wai elder Hori Parata and his son Te Kaurinui who lead the cultural harvesting of deceased tohora following a stranding. But it isn't just about treating a taonga with the respect it is due and acknowledging its place within Te Ao Maori. It's about its connection to another taonga - the kauri. Mihingarangi talks to the documentary's directors Kim Webby and Michael Jonathan about a conservation message that was five years in the filming.

Over the last week we've seen house prices slumping in what could be the biggest property reset in decades, while petrol prices may also be set to come down. Liam Dann is the Business Editor at Large for the New Zealand Herald. He talks to Mihingarangi about the latest data trends.

An important milestone has been reached in the research of GLP-1 drugs, which first transformed the treatment of diabetes. Then they upended the science - and culture - of weight loss. Now, new studies are fuelling optimism about the drugs' potential role in prevention and treatment - especially in breast, colon and lung cancer. Dr Elizabeth McDonald is a Professor of Radiology in the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and a practicing breast radiologist. Professor McDonald presented the research and speaks with Susie about the results.

The 37-year-old was detained by ICE while attempting to return to the US on a Green Card - or Permanent Resident Card - after a three-week holiday in New Zealand in early April, because of a 2016 cannabis conviction. Everlee Wihongi's lawyer Marc Christopher confirmed she has been released and is expected to be reunited with her family in the next few hours. Everlee's mother Betty Wihongi spoke to Mihi.

Is your phone correcting words like "were" to "we're" and "public" to "pubic"? More and more, predictive text seems to have a mind of its own.

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at the Auckland War Memorial Museum will showcase a hundred astounding images of our changing world.