Nine To Noon

Australia correspondent Bernard Keane joins Kathryn to talk about how the Government's industrial relations reforms look set to pass, and how they'll be a big win for workers and higher wages. He also talks about the National Party opposition to the Indigenous Voice for Parliament and the election result in Victoria confirms the Liberal Party.

Lizzie Bayliss is an Auckland teacher on a mission to inspire others in the classroom who may be wading through exhaustion and red tape.

She's founded a journal - called everyday, containing articles from practitioners across the sector and designed to be dipped in and out of to help teachers who want to grow and develop their skills in the classroom.

Lizzie Bayliss says it's not that teachers don't want to develop professionally - they're often just ground down.

Lawyers say industrial action by court staff is slowing down proceedings by up to 50%. Vice President of the Criminal Bar Association, Chris Wilkenson-Smith, says the current industrial action is making things significantly worse. Kathryn also speaks with PSA national sector justice lead Willie Cochran

Sports commentator Steve Holloway joins Kathryn to talk about the games that have happened overnight in Qatar, how this tournament is important for the legacies of Ronaldo and Messi and what neighbour Australia needs to do to stay in the competition. He'll also talk about the NZ national league final happening this weekend between Auckland City and Wellington Olympic. Steve Holloway is Premium sports editor at NZME, co-host of a podcast called Between Two Beers and a former NZ national league footballer.

"If you want to deal with the dying, deal with your own shit first," is the key piece of advice that shaped palliative care nurse Susan Marsden's career. It was given to her back in 1978 by the eminent psychiatrist and author of On Death and Dying Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. In the new book Thank You, Elisabeth, Marsden reflects on the healing power of self-awareness and some of the amazing people she's connected with.

Senior writer at interest.co.nz Rebecca Stevenson examines whether the four-day work week has reached a tipping point? And there is more competition in the grocery sector with new online supermarket, Teddy launching in Auckland and Queenstown.

Kiran Dass reviews Downfall: The Destruction of Charles Mackay by Paul Diamond, published by Massey University Press

Matthew Rosenberg, a local democracy reporter based out of the Gisborne Herald's newsroom talks to Kathryn about the abandoned San Rosa boat, a historic rail bridge that is no longer safe for the city's iconic steam train, and catalogues the cost of cleaning up the ever popular Waikanae Beach ahead of summer.

Challenging our own negative bias is the most helpful tool for day-to-day mental health, says English psychologist Dr Julie Smith. To help more people understand and practice this ability – "the main tool therapy uses" – Dr Smith started making short videos for social media. Two years on, she has over 4 million TikTok followers and a new book Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? Everyday Tools for Life's Ups and Downs.

Ron Elving talks to Kathryn about a nasty controversy about Donald Trump having dinner last week with Nick Fuentes, plans for new majority party in US House are roiled by the leader lacking votes to be Speaker and there's a special runoff next week in Georgia that could break the 50-50 tie in the Senate.