Nine To Noon

In Palmerston North, the dilapidated and crumbling former central post office in the city centre has been sold and will be turned into a hotel. It's been a long time coming. RNZ's Manawatu Reporter, Jimmy Ellingham tells the story, along with the fate of the old Manawatu Gorge and a tribute to Black Cap Ross Taylor from his old high school.

Andris Apse is one of our leading landscape photographers, world-renowned in his field. His new book The Deep South - from the Wilds of the South Island to Antarctica is the latest in a series showcasing regions he's photographed.

UK correspondent Matt Dathan joins Kathryn to talk about plans to temporarily hold prisoners in 400 police cells due to overcrowding in jails, strikes set to hit the ambulance service - as well as those by bus drivers and Eurostar security staff and controversy over a comment made by Prince William's godmother to a black charity worker.

HomeGround – the new purpose-built home of the Auckland City Mission – opened on Hobson Street earlier this year. The $110 million social services building has 80 permanent apartments, a health centre and a detox unit.

From next year the Australian Capital Territory will decriminalise the possession of small amounts of nine illicit drugs, including cocaine heroin and crystal meth. It follows the territory decriminalising the personal use of cannabis in 2020. ACT health minster Rachel Stephen Smith talks to Kathryn about why the government has supported decriminalisation and what will happen next.

Science commentator Laurie Winkless joins Kathryn with three quirky recent studies: procrastinating before bedtime might be bad for you, the tiny jelly-fish relative that jets through water and physicists have designed a 'splash-free' urinal.

Laurie Winkless is a physicist and science writer.

It's Te Papa's most successful exhibition ever - so popular in fact, it's been extended twice and will be on display until at least 2025. Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War opened on April 18, 2015, to mark one hundred years since the Anzacs' campaign and more than 3.5 million people have now seen it - many of them repeat visitors. Kathryn is joined by Sir Richard Taylor, head of Weta Workshop.

Paul Diamond reviews Whatever Next? by Anne Glenconner, published by Hachette

RNZ journalist Tim Brown joins Kathryn to talk about the controversy surrounding Gore's new Mayor Ben Bell and the attempt by seven councillors to oust his choice of deputy, Queenstown's vulnerable migrants are being squeezed more than ever by rental prices and the mystery of the missing albatross eggs is still unsolved, three weeks later.

Michael Lipman was concussed 30 times, during his career as a professional rugby player, and has been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and early onset dementia. He talks to Kathryn about writing his book detailing how his traumatic brain injuries have impacted his lives and making the case for urgent changes to concussion protocols in contact sports.