Nine To Noon

Louise Ward of Wardini Books reviews Not a Babe by Sarah Johnson, published by One Tree House.

The computer science educator is based at ACG Sunderland and was shortlisted in this year's Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Awards, out of 12,000 nominations. 

She tried a number of treatments over eight years, but nothing really worked. Then she came across an account of helminth therapy.

Congressional Republicans resist  some President Trump moves, while the US leader continues to downplay his ongoing 100-day war in Iran 

The domestic security intelligence agency says they have undergone significant transformation since the 2019 mosque attacks plus the Islamic community's own research into the shooting.

A leading climate academic warns a mandatory public insurance levy will be needed to protect homeowners from looming catastrophic events. 

Waves are reported to be just starting to top the roads on Wellington's South Coast where residents have been ordered to leave ahead of predicted storm surges. 

Kennedy recounts highlights from a recent National Geographic expedition cruise around the outer islands of Britain and Ireland. He'll cover the Staffa, an island in the Inner Hebrides off the western coast of Scotland, famous for its stunning columnar basalt formations, a sea cavern called Fingal's Cave (popularised in music by Felix Mendelssohn) and ... puffins.

One for the cheese lovers - a dinner consisting of a cheese tasting menu. Even the cocktails have a cheesy influence - think a blue cheese martini. It's the brain child of Pierre Fenoux from Wellington's Jano Bistro and will be held in Zealandia as part of the Loemis Festival.

Tracey, Liam and Kathryn discuss recent events in politics including the post-Budget mop-up. 

Tom talks to Kathryn about Wellington's rates being restricted to 5.8%, questions over the behaviour of security guards at the Ultra music festival, the publicity spending by Wellington's new water entity, Tiaki Wai and a cat survival story form the Berhampore floods.

Stella Chrysostomou of VOLUME Books in Nelson reviews Frank the Monster by Mats Strandberg, published by Gecko Press.

Best-selling British author Matt Haig is set to release a sequel to his multi-million-selling novel The Midnight Library. 

As investigations continue into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, British historian and biographer Andrew Lownie updates his groundbreaking book on the former Duke and Duchess of York.

Iran has fired multiple waves of missiles at northern Israel. 

A new book out today says warning signs were missed ahead of the terror attacks in Christchurch on March 15th 2019. 

The Black Caps series in England, Super Rugby, the All Whites in the United States, and Kiwi polevaulter Imogen Ayris has also had quite the week.

Elisabeth Easther and Te Radar with a lighter take on some of the week's news.

Kirsty discusses a celebration of the role of the floatplane in Fiordland, a new "sausage" bait proving effective against stoats, and more. 

Marcus Greville of Unity Books Wellington reviews Nuremberg Women by Natalie Livingstone, published by Hachette.

A threat to cognitive competence is how Assistant Professor of Philosophy Anastasia Berg describes the impact Artificial Intelligence poses to her students at the University of California.

RNZ Pacific Editor Koroi Hawkins with the latest news from the Pacific.

Victoria University PhD researcher Dean Broughton is the son of one of the thousands of men from overseas who jumped ship to stay in New Zealand - he's looking for more stories of these men to add into his research. 

With the growing interest in smaller nuclear reactors around the world, how should New Zealand weigh the developing technology? 

Film and TV reviewer James Croot joins Kathryn to discuss new film Tuner (cinemas), which is a crime thriller about a piano tuner whose skills also lend themselves to safe cracking and stars Leo Woodall and Dustin Hoffman. Cape Fear (Apple) updates the 1962 and 1991 adaptations and stars Javier Bardem and Amy Adams. And Dear England (TVNZ+) is a four-part drama series with Joseph Fiennes portrayin...