RNZ: Nine To Noon

Black Caps back in action after T20 World Cup final loss, Kiwi golfer Ryan Fox's bad luck, early in the Super Rugby season and the search for Dave Rennie's All Blacks assistant coach.

The comedians talk about bogans in Upper Hutt, as well as the world manu champs.

Robin talks about the local regional council chief executive also being the interim CE for the New Plymouth's district council and what that means for pre-empting amalgamation discussions. 

Kim Pittar of Muirs Bookshop in Gisborne reviews A Splintering by Dur e Aziz Amna, published by Duckworth Books.

The novel considers motherhood and the decisions it brings, as well as women's rights and the challenges they faced in the 19th century. 

The response to the Middle East war from Asia. Financial Times journalist Ed White.

On Sunday, Nick is talking at Auckland Wooden Boat Festival, which begins today. 

He vowed to continue blocking the Strait of Hormuz, the world's busiest oil shipping channel. 

New Zealand company ImpacTex is thought to be the country's largest textile recycler.

A programme to help New Zealand students become more competent and aware when using AI is being rolled out nationally this week.

Film and television reviewer James Croot joins Kathryn to talk about Kiwi comedy Crackhead.

As children get older and take more responsibility for their teeth, what can parents and caregivers do to ensure good habits through to adulthood? 

Technology commentator Peter Griffin talks about Microsoft's siding with Anthropic amid its battle with the Pentagon.

Jared McCulloch is 1 News Reporter in Queenstown

Jenna Todd of Time Out Bookstore in Auckland reviews This Is Where the Serpent Lives by Daniyal Mueenuddin, published by Bloomsbury Publishing.

Kiwi audiences will be able to see S.A Cosby in person when he's here for the Auckland Writers Festival. 

UK correspondent Hugo Gye on the latest on Lord Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein, the UK releases oil reserves and the UK govt has lost an appeal over the decision to quash a terror charge for a member of Irish rap trio Kneecap.  

The Rural Games fire up in Palmerston North this weekend. 

A new study using gravity modelling may explain why a part of Wellington's inner city was severely damaged in the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake.

The Government has completely wound back the 2024 controversial cuts made to disability support service funding.

Science commentator Allan Blackman joins Kathryn with some new science studies. 

It's been created by husband-and-wife co-founders, tattoo artist Ben Kaye and operations manager Madeline Kaye. 

Jonathan talks to Kathryn about how toxic algae is affecting riverside towns, the road repairs to slow Waikato Expressway, the local town with the highest rate of driver licence passes and bakery raves hit Hamilton.

Sonja de Friez reviews Wings by Paul McCartney, published by Penguin Random House.

The town will roughly double in size as people arrive to camp, eat, dance and enjoy the spectacle.

There's scientists like Jim Salinger, farmers who say there's an alternative to traditional agriculture as well as politicians who talk about localising climate action in communities

Australia correspondent Chris Niesche details the country's commitment of an aircraft and personnel to the Gulf states that have been attacked by Iran, as another two members of the Iranian women's football team seek asylum. 

The cost of work is thought to be an eye-watering $27 billion. 

The Workforce Report from the New Zealand Association of Counsellors, also says long waiting lists for funded counselling mean many people are missing out. 

As New York Times national security correspondent David Sanger explains, President Trump's statements were at times contradictory.

Glen Larmer reflects on the Black Caps' T20 final loss to India, the Crusaders' shaky start to the new Super Rugby season, and The Warriors who started their campaign in style on Friday night.

For a decade, Australian reporter Keith Dalton was a freelance foreign radio and newspaper correspondent stationed in the Philippines. Keith Dalton has written two books about his experiences overseas. 

The latest on financial market volatility on the back of spiking oil prices as Air New Zealand suspends its earning guidance. Business commentator, NBR journalist Nicholas Pointon, also discusses Forsyth Barr's commentary it is the best reporting season since 2022.

David talks to Kathryn about planned regional rates rises at Canterbury Regional Council, the Kaikoura District Council seeking feedback on proposals for the town's future development, Kaikoura's Suburban School celebrates 150 years next month, and the memorials getting an upgrade in Cheviot. 

Kiran Dass reviews The Old Fire by Elisa Shua Dusapin, published by Daunt.

Uncomfortable as it may be, death is coming for us all. Dr Hannah Gould is a cultural anthropologist who lectures in Buddhist Studies at the University of Melbourne and has, through her research, become an expert in death and dying. 

As the US remains embroiled in war with Iran, President Trump has voiced disapproval of the new hardline Supreme Leader.

Hamish Coulter started Crisis Bunker after Cyclone Gabrielle in 2023 when he saw the lack of key infrastructure.

Professor Michael Wooldridge says AI is prone to swinging from highly accurate to completely fabricated in its answers.

The NGO's had failed to co-operate with Israeli rules that required aid groups to register the names and contact information of employees.

He tells Kathryn Ryan about the sandflies, steep terrain, fog, bog and kea.

Peita Kensington, the owner of Little Liberty Creamery, says many of her dairy farming relatives questioned her when she bought the business.