Nine To Noon

More than 50 of Aotearoa's loveliest gardens feature in the new hardcover book New Zealand Gardens to Visit. It's the work of former NZ House and Garden journalist Rosemary Barraclough and photographer Juliet Nicholas, who travelled from Northland to Southland capturing the stories of gardeners and their beautiful properties.

New research from the Growing Up In New Zealand longitudinal study shows how much easier it is for families to fall into disadvantage than it is to claw a way out. Dr Kate Prickett is a lead researcher for Growing Up in New Zealand and Director of Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families and Children at Victoria University.

Film and TV reviewer James Croot joins Kathryn to talk about the latest - and controversial - series of The Crown (Netflix), a new Western starring Emily Blunt called The English (Amazon Prime), Selena Gomez's new documentary My Mind and Me (Apple TV), a documentary for space lovers called Good Night Oppy (Amazon Prime) and David Farrier's jaw-dropping film Mister Organ (cinemas).

For many new parents, getting out of the house can be a mission with nappies, change of clothes, food, buggy or front pack. Ceana Priest says - don't be daunted by that. She's mum to six year old Finn, and she's been taking him on adventures since he was a baby.

Technology commentator Mark Pesce joins Kathryn to talk about the 11,000 jobs being cut from Facebook's parent company Meta, the explosion in generative AI, a programming tool that can write code in a number of languages and a Melbourne artist granting licensing rights allowing him to create new works long after he's dead.

Ash Davida Jane reviews Tauhou by Kotuku Titihuia Nuttall, published by Te Herenga Waka University Press

The award winning children's show Bluey is among the top ten most streamed shows on TVNZ On Demand. Animator Kiwi Rich Jeffery was lured across the Tasman to work on the show. He speaks to Kathryn about his career and the secret of Bluey's success.

UK correspondent Harriet Line joins Kathryn to look at the first resignation from Rishi Sunak's cabinet, nurses are set to go on strike at some of the country's biggest hospitals and Home Secretary Suella Braverman has branded Just Stop Oil protesters who blocked a major motorway as "extremists".

Susan Marshall is back home and earning a well-deserved break after running from 6am to 11pm.... for 50 days. She was the first woman - and fifth overall - across the line in the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence race in New York. So would she do it again?

One of the country's biggest investment funds, ACC, has launched a $100 million Climate Change Impact Fund. Kathryn speaks to James Muir, ACC's Climate Change Impact Fund Manager.