Nine To Noon

Getting children to eat their veggies, try new foods, and generally get a balanced diet are age-old parenting challenges.

Tech commentator Mark Pesce joins Kathryn for an update on what's happening with Anthropic's Fable shutdown, and more. 

RNZ's economics correspondent Gyles Beckford

Kereama discusses the return of Awakeri Hot Springs to descendants of Ngai Taiwhakaea after half a century of grievance. 

Lynn Freeman reviews Islands Ever After by Majella Cullinane, published by Quentin Wilson Publishing.

Dr Ben Crichton spent two years surveying Te Tai Poutini West Coast streams after dark, counting, catching and tagging fish.

They created a science fiction universe and films that turned everyday life into a future world, set in the year 2089. 

The latest from the UK, including a couple who were fired on by a Russian warship saying they don't want the incident to be blown out of proportion. 

It's now helped over two thousand more kids after expanding its operations into Whangarei and Upper Hutt over the years. 

From July 1, property owners will still get quarterly rates bills, but for the first time, get quarterly water bills - for tap, sewage and storm services - separately. 

A fortnight ago it emerged all 6 members had left and that the Ministry of Health was assessing potential candidates to reconstitute the board.

How can older Kiwis protect themselves from financial abuse? And can having someone as an Enduring Power of Attorney help?

Landscape designer and gardener Xanthe White joins Nine to Noon with some practical advice.

The latest from Hamilton including a planned five star sky-scraper hotel on the banks of the Waikato River.

Kiran Dass reviews Land by Maggie O'Farrell, published by Tinder Press.

Dr Kerry Spackman on unlocking the secrets to winning in life and what is going on in the brain when developing a skill.

Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst looks at two birth tragedies that have put "freebirths" in the spotlight. 

Hope St Radio began as a transient online radio station in 2017, broadcasting from restaurants around Melbourne.

A new fire detection system in the Far North has seen see 250 solar-powered sensors installed across the Waitangi Endowment Forest.

Playcentre - which is a model of early childhood education where volunteer parents run centres - is proposing to remove roles adding up to 120 full time equivalent employees. 

All the latest from the football World Cup in North America, while Kane Williamson announces a sudden retirement from test cricket. The Hurricanes and the Chiefs blow away their oppoinents in the Super rugby semi finals - they meet this weekend in the final in Wellington.

Musician Shayne Carter is perhaps most well known for Straitjacket Fits and Dimmer. Now the Music Hall of Fame inductee has collaborated with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra on REforms - ten classic songs reformed with a full orchestra. They're performing the works as part of the Loemis Festival in Wellington this week.

Following its miraculous turnaround from near-collapse in the competitive US market, Wellington-founded car parts platform PartsTrader was sold to a private equity firm Mitchell for $650 million.

Music festival Le Currents is expanding to two days for 2026 while Taupō is joining Harrods as home to one of the world's rarest honeys. 

Phil Vine reviews Elemental by Arthur Snell, published by Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand.