RNZ: Nine To Noon

Film and TV reviewer Perlina Lau joins Kathryn to talk about the new show from Girls creator Lena Dunham, Too Much. She'll also talk about the 3rd season of And Just Like That, the sequel to the hit show Sex and the City - why has it become the show people love to hate? And the Emmy nominations were announced yesterday - who's in and who's been snubbed? Perlina Lau is co-host of RNZ's Culture 101 programme

At 37, many people are still getting to grips with being a parent. Matty Acton was learning how to be a grandparent. 

Technology correspondent Alex Sims joins Kathryn to talk about how different countries are going down legal routes to combat the rise in deepfakes - AI-generated images, videos and voices. 

The French men's national rugby team has snubbed staying in Hamilton. The public pressure put on Waikato Hospital to cut its cardiac surgery waitlist and Te Huia train is to start a Sunday service.

Jenna Todd from Time Out Books reviews Endling by Maria Reva published by Virago.

Neuroscientist Dr. Benjamin Baird studies how we can control our dreams and how lucid dreaming can affect us when we're awake.

The extraordinary data leak about 19,000 Afghans trying to flee to the UK, which led to a £850 million secret relocation scheme, which in turn, led to a super-injunction to cover it all up until this week. 

Sonia Khush from Save the Children in Ukraine says there must be an investment in the education and skills for the younger generation of Ukrainians after the war.

The New Zealand Bankers' Association says retrospective legislation on consumer finance tidies up the existing law to ensure all bank disclosure breaches are treated the same as those currently.

With 11 mining projects on the Govt's fast-track list, Massey University's geography professor Glenn Banks says the economic returns from mining are rarely scrutinised; and they are inseparable from environmental impacts.

The Commerce Commission has confirmed it will reduce how much banks can charge to process credit card payments, which it says will save Kiwi businesses $90 million a year.

Science commentator Dr Jen Martin joins Kathryn to talk about a new study into how ChatGPT is changing our everyday language - have you found yourself using 'delve' more? The largest-ever study into how nighttime light affects heart health has found the more you're exposed to a night, the higher your risk of heart disease. And are left-hand people really brilliant creatives? Or is it just that both are rare? Dr Jen Martin founded the science communication program at the University of Melbourne, runs the espressoscience.com blog and is also the author of Why Am I Like This?: The Science Behind Your Weirdest Thoughts and Habits.

Kiwi Shayni Couch lost her husband in a Basejump gone wrong while she was pregnant. A new documentary follows her journey to return to the site of the tragedy  

Kelly discusses how Rotorua's homeless are being taken at night to sleep in small pods at a remote area, street racer problems near Mamaku and the planned return of the paddleboat, the Lakeland Queen, to Lake Rotorua. Kelly Makiha is a senior journalist with the Rotorua Daily Post

Renata Hopkins reviews I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger, published by Grove Press.

Independent energy retailer Electric Kiwi has put out a tender for 10 to 15-year power purchase agreements in a bid to shake up the electricity market and get cheaper prices to its customers. 

New Kiwi film Workmates is about two friends trying to keep a struggling theatre alive - how the real life couple behind it had Covid to thank for its creation  

Karen Middleton with news from Australia, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's week-long trip to China.

The head of the World Biogas Assocation on how New Zealand can make better use of waste for a renewable gas source   

A group of South Island sheep and beef farmers are urging others to vote against a proposal for foreign investment in the red meat cooperative Alliance Group, which is the only 100 percent farmer-owned meat processor in the country. 

A stark warning from plumbing and electrical sector leaders: apprentice numbers are down, employers are struggling, and Queensland is luring qualified tradies to help build the 2032 Olympics  

Sports correspondent Glen Larmer.

Get rich quick schemes have been around for ages - but social media has made them - and the people selling them - more accessible than ever. 

The Commerce Commission is taking Foodstuffs North Island and Gilmours to court, alleging cartel behaviour. 

Simon Wilson is a senior writer with the New Zealand Herald.

Kiran Dass reviews Is A River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane, published by Hamish Hamilton.

There are concerns a class action lawsuit against two of our biggest banks will be undermined by a law change going through Parliament. 

Crime journalist Steve Braunias on his account of the trial that gripped the nation - that of eye surgeon Philip Polkinghorne.  

Danielle Kurtzleben is a political correspondent assigned to NPR's Washington Desk.

New data shows iwi and hapu owned businesses have emerged from the economic downturn in good shape and performing well. 

KiwiRail has banned the use of melatonin for approximately 2,500 of its workers, citing safety concerns. 

Outdoorsman Kennedy Warne joins Kathryn to talk about plans by Colossal Biosciences to try to bring the moa back from extinction.

Wendy Morgan is a qualified chef and Cordon Bleu cook who has worked in the food industry for over thirty-five years.

Tim Hurdle is a former National senior adviser, consultant and director of several companies. 

Robin discusses weather impacts in his area, a potentially expensive mistake arorund GST and the fate of a giant pohutukawa.

Airini Beautrais reviews Sick Power Trip by Erik Kennedy, published by Te Herenga Waka University Press

What and how should children be learning? It's a question that educators around the world are grappling with.

Foreign correspondent Seamus Kearney talks about commemorations in Bosnia-Herzegovina to mark 30 years since the Srebrenica massacre.

A new study has found the prevalence of multiple sclerosis rose by a third between 2006 and 2022. 

Many builders are underprepared to manage the challenges of running a business and need to be taught more skills, according to some in the sector.

Te Radar and Irene Pink brings the laughs

Sam Ackerman looks at the weekend of sport as several competitions start to get serious.