Alyssa Braithwaite

In a kitchen classroom in Sydney’s inner west, a group of year 10 and 11 students are cooking up a feast. The afternoon has been spent making sugar syrup, punching dough, chopping tomatoes and crimping pastry. As the clock marks the end of the normal school day at 3.15pm, the students barely glance up. Because there is cooking still to be done, and this feast won’t be finished and eaten for many hours yet.

New Zealand Police's latest recruitment drive showcases the country's diversity in a hilarious video they've called the "World’s Most Entertaining Police Recruitment Video". The action-packed campaign, which runs for two-and-a-half minutes, is a comedic take on policing and is designed to boost law enforcement numbers and make New Zealand "the safest country in the world".

Sometimes life is stranger than fiction. Sometimes almost unbelievably so. In the case of the new Australian movie Ali's Wedding, Osamah Sami had to play down some of his real life experiences when making the autobiographical film.