Nine To Noon

Power and gas distributor Vector is warning against what it calls "disorderly decarbonisation", without also investing in digital technology to manage peak time demand. It says the sector needs a ministry driving the change. Kathryn speaks with Vector's Chief Executive Simon MacKenzie.

Science correspondent Allan Blackman joins Kathryn to look at the newly-announced winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics, new research which suggests planting trees in dry areas can actually help increase atmospheric warming and DNA has helped crack a century-old mystery about New Zealand's only extinct freshwater fish. Allan Blackman is a Professor of Chemistry, School of Science, Auckland University of Technology.

Dr Toni Lindsay is a clinical and health psychologist, and author of The Certainty Myth; a guide for anyone struggling with uncertainty in their life. Whether it's caused by the pandemic, a relationship breakdown, job loss, illness or something else, uncertainty can often lead to anxiety. But Dr Toni Lindsay has practical tools to help manage the anxiety that can come about when our lives feel chaotic and uncertain. She currently works at the Chris O'Brien Lifehouse cancer treatment centre in Sydney, working both adults and adolescents.

Martin Fisher reviews The English Text of the Treaty of Waitangi by Ned Fletcher, published by BWB.

Since the death of Apple's controversial co-founder Steve Jobs in 2011, the tech company's massive success has been due to internal collaboration as much as innovation, says New York Times tech reporter Tripp Mickl. He explores the once-tight relationship between the company's post-Jobs culture change in the new book After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul.

Correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about the trial getting underway for the man accused of raping former ministerial staffer Brittany Higgins at Parliament in 2019.

Nearly 300,000 people are expected to attend major stadium events in Auckland this summer as the city, and the country, gets back to a bit of post-Covid normal.

Music commentator Kirsten Zemke joins Kathryn to talk about the ingredients to an "epic" playlist in an era where technology makes it easier than ever to compile options for you. What makes a song epic - and what would make your list? Kirsten Zemke is an ethnomusicologist at the University of Auckland's School of Social Sciences.

Our national power grid is aging, yet we're needing more and more power. Is it up to the job? What are the solutions?

Liz talks to Kathryn about- the ability to withstand life events that impact your income or assets. She says financial resilience has three aspects - your personal characteristics, your financial resources and your financial capability. Liz Koh is a money expert. This discussion is of a general nature, and does not constitute financial advice.