Nine To Noon

Con artists - we just can't get enough of them, going by the number of podcasts and TV shows devoted to revealing their treachery and ferreting out their victims. Scamfluencers, Scam Likely, Persona, Liar Liar, British Scandal and Kloughless and are among the most popular recently. Dr Sohom Das is a busy London-based Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist who's become a go-to when people want to understand what drives con artists. He often appears as an expert witness in court cases and he's written about some of his cases in his book In Two Minds: Stories of murder, justice and recovery from a forensic psychiatrist. He also hosts a YouTube channel, named 'A Psych for Sore Minds'.

Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Lynn to talk about the pressure building on Hungary to urgently address concerns about its commitment to democracy and the principles on which the EU was founded. The European Commission has proposed cutting billions of euros in funding to Hungary if it doesn't deal with corruption concerns.

A new plain language bill now before parliament aims to do away with jargon laden documents and make official government documents more accessible and understandable. However, there is little detail on how plain language will be defined and how the law would be implemented. Opposition parties say the law will create more bureaucracy and establish language police. University of Waikato Linguistics lecturer, Dr Andreea Calude and law lecturer Sam Campbell talk to Lynn Freeman about what needs to happen for the bill to meet its aims.

Dementia patients are having home help reduced or withdrawn due to staff shortages and poor funding according to advocates, who say the situation will only get worse. Alzheimers New Zealand says there is a crisis in dementia care, as home help is eroded and residential care beds become more difficult to secure. It says people living with dementia in their own homes face reduced care assistance - carers who sometimes don't turn up, or a full withdrawal of such help. The organisation says the sector is chronically underfunded, and the country is unprepared for a tripling in the number of people with dementia expected in the coming years. Lynn speaks to Catherine Hall, the chief executive of Alzheimers New Zealand, and also hears from two women caring for their husbands who have dementia; Adrienne Henderson and Tanya Lyders.

The week that was with Te Radar and Donna Brookbanks

Dana reviews the thrilling Bledisloe Cup win by the All Blacks last night in Melbourne, looks at the Black Ferns' line-up for the Rugby World Cup and considers the Silver Ferns vs Jamaica this weekend. Dana Johannsen is Stuff's National Correspondent specialising in sport.

Auckland centre-right mayoral candidate Viv Beck has withdrawn from the contest. Beck said she did not want to split the centre-right vote, but also referred in passing to difficulties facing her campaign. Kathryn speaks with Stuff Senior Auckland affairs reporter Todd Niall.

Louise Ward of Wardini Books reviews The Deadly Daylight by Ash Harrier, published by Pantera Press.

Simon Conway is a landmine clearance expert, and former British soldier , who for 24 years has worked in the field of demining, including in Cambodia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and now Ukraine. He is head of programmes for the HALO Trust, a British charity doing demining, demobilisation and weapons destruction work in conflict and post conflict areas. As Co-Chair of the Cluster Munition Coalition , he was part of a successful campaign to achieve an international ban on cluster bombs. As well as his international aid work, Simon Conway is also a popular thriller writer.

The Chinese leader sets foot on foreign soil for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic started with a trip to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Samarkand, Uzbekistan; North Korea forms closer ties with Russia, Pakistan takes stock after devas.ating flooding and Hong Kong, the former colonial outpost now back under China's control, mourns the Queen Ed White is correspondent with the Financial Times in Seoul.