Nine To Noon

Many people know that ancient Māori studied the lunar cycle and used it to guide their daily gardening and fishing practices. Less well-known is what the moon's phases taught them about emotional health. Following on from Aroha (her best-selling collection of Māori proverbs), psychiatrist Dr Hinemoa Elder has written a book of "daily wisdom" inspired by the Māori moon. She talks to Kathryn Ryan about the life lessons in Wawata: Moon Dreaming.

Katy joins us from Brazil, where Jair Bolsanaro has confounded expectations by forcing a run-off vote against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the country's Presidential election. He got 43 percent of the vote, while Mr Lula got 48, just short of the 50 percent needed to avoid a second round later this month. The run-off election is later this month.

An aviation veteran says the proposed new international airport in Central Otago is unnecessary and will negatively impact the local area. Christchurch International Airport, owned by the council and crown, is planning to build an airport in Tarras, capable of landing wide-bodied jets. So far it has spent $45 million buying farm land in the sparsely populated valley, and claims the airport terminal it builds will be "climate positive". Norm Thompson is a former Air New Zealand deputy chief executive, former Queenstown airport board member, and deputy chair of MBIE's Tourism Infrastructure Fund. He received the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to aviation and tourism. He says there is plenty of capacity in existing airports. Kathryn also speaks with Suze Keith from the local group Sustainable Tarras which says the airport project will be damaging to the environment and could end up being a white elephant for Christchurch ratepayers. Michael Singleton from Christchurch International Airport responds.

Of all the newly-elected mayors around the country, none woke up this morning with a bigger to-do list than Wayne Brown. He secured the top job in Auckland with a decisive win over his nearest rival Efeso Collins - in the end there was a 54,000 vote margin between them. The 76-year-old has so far shunned media interviews following his win, preferring to spend time yesterday with his family. He was due at the Auckland Council chambers at 8am this morning to meet his CEO Jim Stabback and get his hands on information about the state of the city's finances. Mr Brown positioned himself during his campaign as a "Mr Fixit" - so what's he got lined up in his sights? Kathryn is joined now by senior Auckland affairs reporter for Stuff, Todd Niall.

Comedians Michele A'Court and Irene Pink are excited about the world's biggest bouncy castle coming to Auckland.

Sam looks ahead to a big weekend of sport with the official start of the Women's Rugby World Cup.

Some voices just cannot be denied, and Grant says it is with the weightless falsetto of Josh Lane from San Diego sweet soul luminaries, Thee Sacred Souls. We'll hear tracks from Young Moon and classic Dunedin trio, Doublehappys.

Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books Wellington reviews The Story of Russia by Orlando Figes, published by Bloomsbury.

A fault on one of the two power cables linking the north and south islands this morning lead to a warning of possible powercuts by the grid operator Transpower. Kathryn speaks with Chief Executive Alison Andrew.

Doctors are always in a race against time and the fear of harming a patient never really goes away, says Izzy Lomax-Sawyers. In the new book Vital Signs, she chronicles her first year as a junior doctor at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital.