Nine To Noon

Another official cash rate rise is on the cards this week with the Reserve Bank's next decision on Wednesday.  Most economists expect the OCR to rise by another half a per cent - or 50 basis points. But it is what the Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr says about future direction that will be pivotal to what happens to retail lending. What can mortgage holders expect from their banks? Kathryn discusses with head of banking at KPMG, John Kensington.

Kennedy is heading well off the beaten track to the land of the midnight sun. In a few days he joins a National Geographic voyage with French cruising company Ponant, exploring the western coast of Greenland. Staying with polar matters, he will also talk about a remarkable gathering of fin whales spotted recently off the coast of Antarctica.

Auckland bakery, Sweet and Me never has any coconut buns or pineapple pies left at the end of the day. Fiji born Chef, Bertrand Jang has worked around the Pacific and is now focused on creating a range of predominantly sweet baked goods and a few savoury items. He co-owns Sweet and Me with fellow Fijian, Lizie Koroivulaono.

Political commentators Brigitte Morten and Neale Jones discuss the PM's trip to Australia and developments on rights for Kiwis and 501 deportees, National leader Christopher Luxon's trip to the UK, the regional impact of Kiribati's decision to quit the Pacific Islands Forum and Act's weekend conference and what it revealed about the party's wish-list if it ended up in a National-Act government. Brigitte Morten is a director with public and commercial law firm Franks & Ogilvie and a former senior ministerial advisor for the previous National-led government. Neale Jones was Chief of Staff to Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern, and prior to that was Chief of Staff to Andrew Little. He is the director of Capital Government Relations.

Catriona Ferguson reviews The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell, published by Penguin Random House NZ.

Kiwi squash legend Paul Coll is back in the country for the first time in over three years, hard on the heels of major success on the world circuit. After a special hometown appearance at the Greymouth Open, he will be returning to Europe with Commonwealth gold firmly in his sights.

Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney looks at the big media leak out this morning into Uber which reveals the apparent secret help the company received from top EU politicians and how far it went to "avoid justice". Political leaders in Europe hope Britain's new choice of leader may lead to a 'restart' in relations between Brussels and London. But one country in particular will miss Boris Johnson: Ukraine. Amid fears in Ukraine that military support from the UK would be reduced, President Zelensky said he was confident that the UK's Ukraine strategy would not change under Johnson's successor.

The Pacific Islands Forum has rocky beginnings in Suva this morning as Kiribati withdraws with immediate effect.  It is the Forum's 51st meeting and the the first time the nations' leaders will meet face to face since the pandemic. The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says Kiribati's decision to leave the Pacific Islands Forum isn't necessarily about wider security issues within the region. Global interdisciplinary scholar, Distinguished Professor Steve Ratuva is the Director of the Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies at the University of Canterbury talks to Kathryn about the issues up for talanoa.

Dr Julie Bennett, an epidemiologist from Otago University's Department of Public Health, says there is an urgent need for a national agency tasked with ensuring high indoor air quality in New Zealand. Covid has highlighted the quality of the air we breathe but regulations on the health impacts of indoor air quality are almost non-existent.

Comedians James Elliott and Pinky Agnew with a few laughs.