Nine To Noon

Sam takes a deep dive into the theme of identity and why that is what is truly at the heart of the ever-growing chorus of discontent surrounding the All Blacks and some of our national teams.

Mellissa Oliver from Unity Books Wellington reviews Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen, published by Queensland University Press.

After decades of studying circadian rhythms, Oxford University sleep scientist Russell Foster shares his findings in the new book Life Time: The New Science of the Body Clock, and How It Can Revolutionise Your Sleep and Health.

Susana Lei'ataua is RNZ Pacific's news editor.

Kathryn speaks with Daniel Mateo, the first Pasifika dancer to be invited to join Australia's Bangarra Dance Company, which has celebrated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander contempory dance for more than 30 years. Daniel is a descendent of the Gamilaroi people of north east New South Wales as well as the Tongan people. Daniel dances in a new work created specifically for people to watch not in person but on a digital platform. It'c called 'New Dawn' and has has premiered at the Pacific Dance Digital Festival.

Australian Pay equity expert, Yolanda Beattie talks to Kathryn about what needed to be thrashed out to ensure the White Ferns match fee pay parity deal with their male counterparts. Earlier this month, an agreement was struck between New Zealand Cricket, the six Major Associations, and the New Zealand Cricket Players Association, professional women's and men's cricketers. The five year deal means the White Ferns and domestic women's players receive equal match fees to the men across all their formats and competitions. But New Zealand's professional men's players will still earn much higher retainers, based on the increased number of matches played, formats contested, and time spent training and playing. Yolanda Beattie helped the NZ Cricket Players Association with their efforts to get a new Master agreement in place.

Film and TV correspondent James Croot is along to talk about Phantom of the Open (cinemas), about Maurice Flitcroft, who managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship Qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history. He'll also talk about the New Zealand-filmed American road trip movie Don't Make Me Go (Amazon Prime) and Apple TV's Black Bird, starring Taron Egerton.

Kathryn discusses the most common sound errors among school children with speech and language therapist Christian Wright. He says it's the production of the TH sounds which causes most of the difficulties. For example, when a child says "I fink" instead of "I think", or "I want dat" instead of "I want that". He talks through strategies to help correct the sound.

Technology commentator Peter Griffin joins Kathryn to look at the massive leak of information about Uber that's been hitting headlines this week, and what an employment case could mean for the way Uber drivers are treated in New Zealand. Twitter now plans to sue Elon Musk for pulling out of an agreement to buy it - has the billionaire's actions irreparably hurt the social media giant? And adoption of EVs in the US has passed 5 percent, meaning it's no longer considered niche - what's happening here?

Paul Diamond reviews Between Me and Myself: A Memoir of Murder, Desire and the Struggle to Be Free by Sandra Willson, published by Text Publishinglson.