Nine To Noon

David Hill is in Kaikōura today where the local A&P show returns after Covid-19 forced its cancellation last year. Also the Kaikōura Dark Sky Trust has voted to begin the process of applying for dark sky sanctuary status with the International Dark Sky Association.

Louise O'Brien reviews Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton, published by Te Herenga Waka University Press.

Just back from navigating through retreating Antarctic ice, Dr Joshu Mountjoy tells Susie what's been discovered in uncharted territory.

UK correspondent Dan Bloom talks to Susie about the latest news from the UK, including, Rishi Sunak coming under pressure over his handling of talks to break a Brexit deadlock, Kate Forbes' disastrous bid to become First Minister of Scotland and a four-day week trial hailed as a success by campaigners.

Dan Bloom is deputy editor of Politico London Playbook

Serious questions are being asked of the Southern Lakes Ultra Marathon director, after runners were brought down from a mountain-side in wild weather, and spent two nights in evacuation centres. Ultra-runner, chair of Arrowtown business association and former Otago Civil Defence Emergency Manager Jimmy Sygrove speaks with Susie.

KiwiRail has apologised over the stranding of passengers either side of Cook Strait, due to more engine problems. Susie speaks with one woman who was forced to abandon her car in Picton, fly to Wellington, and buy a car to drive north. Susie also speaks with Interislander's Executive General Manager Walter Rushbrook.

One of Hawkes Bay's biggest vegetable and fruit growers says he has grave concerns for the region's food producers if more significant financial help doesn't arrive quickly. Paul Apatu speaks to Susie about the the government's initial grant of $40,000 and what more is needed.

The infection risk from black water after cyclone/flooding, especially if houses are contaminated. Also, are the prices of pharmaceutical drugs justified? Pharma companies often justify the high price of new drugs as the cost for their investing in R&D. And if you have ever wondered how fingerprints form, researchers studying mouse toes and cultured human cells found that waves of ridges emerge from the tip of the finger, the centre of the fingertip, and the crease at the base of the fingertip. When they collide, patterns form through a self-organizing mechanism called a Turing reaction-diffusion system, first proposed by codebreaker Alan Turing in 1952.

Art lovers will get the chance to get up close to some of the world's greatest artists at a new exhibition opening shortly in Tamaki Makaurau, Auckland. Light from Tate: 1700s to Now is a multi-sensory blockbuster exhibition from Britain's premier art gallery that'll be on display at Auckland Art Gallery. It features nearly 100 works by celebrated artists working across different media - including paintings, photography, sculpture, drawing, and moving image. It features iconic artists - Sophie Matthiesson, Auckland Art Gallery's Senior Curator, International Art - joins Suzie to talk about them.

Samantha reports from Tairawhiti on the cyclone cleanup as connectivity is restored in parts, but damaged roading is a slow fix.