Nine To Noon

Film and TV reviewer Chris Schulz joins Kathryn to talk about Nicole Kidman's new series Nine Perfect Strangers (Amazon Prime), mid-life crisis comedy The Chair (Netflix) with Sandra Oh and manhunt movie Beckett (Netflix) starring John David Washington.

Parenting tweens and teens can be difficult territory to navigate, even more so in a pandemic when a life lived online is accentuated. Clinical psychologist Jo Lamble and Family GP Ginni Mansberg are riding out Covid restrictions in New South Wales. They have combined their years of experience working with families to write a practical parenting guide - The New Teen Age - how to support today's tweens and teens to become healthy happy adults. It is specifically designed for parents, step-parents and carers.

Technology commentator Sarah Putt joins Kathryn to talk about how the idea of a Metaverse is now being championed by the CEOs at Facebook and Microsoft - among others - so is it the next phase of the internet or just a buzzword?

Harry Broad reviews Steve Hansen: The Legacy by Gregor Paul, published by HarperCollins NZ.

Alex Sutherland turned his camera on another member of his family, to document an extraordinary fight for racial justice in New Zealand. He's directed a short film called When Nobody Was Looking - words uttered by his uncle, Dr Oliver Sutherland, when he appeared before the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care.

UK correspondent Philip Webster looks at how Covid cases among 15 - 24 year-olds are soaring in the southwest, dual citizens are reportedly struggling to get out of Afghanistan and the government has agreed to help an ex-marine bring his rescue animals and staff home.

Two financial institutions have been served with formal warnings from authorities this month for failing to comply with anti-money laundering rules - but what does that mean in effect? On Monday Sharesies was cited by the Financial Markets Authority for failing to complete identity verification for up to 7815 customers who had account balances of more than $1000​ as part of standard customer due diligence. And two weeks ago the Reserve Bank issued a formal warning to Westpac, saying its internal systems failed to detect and report almost 8000 corporate transactions to overseas recipients between July 2018 and February 2019.

A new report highlights major challenges for the construction sector - including inflation, a lack of skilled staff and material shortages -and that's before lockdown level 4 shut it down.

Around 150 thousand NCEA and scholarship students will sit their external exams two weeks later due to the Covid lockdown. The Qualifications Authority notified schools yesterday of the changes. The deadline for subjects which involve portfolios - such as art and photography - has also been pushed out by two weeks. Nine to Noon understands an announcement on learning recognition credits, so-called "Covid Credits", could be made as early as tomorrow or early next week. Kathryn speaks with Vaughan Couillault, President of the Secondary Principals' Association.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Ernest Rutherford is known for splitting the atom, however, AUT professor of chemistry Allan Blackman says Rutherford should have won three Nobel prizes for his experiments.