Nine To Noon

British art historian Catherine McCormack has been casting a critical eye over the way women have been portrayed in art across the ages. Her book, Women in the Picture: Women Art and the Power of Looking aims to challenge what is depicted, what is valued and how it is seen. Dr McCormack is an independent curator based in London and also a consultant lecturer at Sotheby's Institute of Art.

Moera has the latest on Fiji's Covid crisis, Samoa's Prime Minister criticises New Zealand and Australia for a lack of support; and the Pacific Islands Forum meets virtually.

An Auckland man has donated 10,000 pairs of shoes to children in the Pacific. Frazer Mataitonga has been continuing the charitable work that his mother used to carry out in Tonga. Together with his brother and sister and together they've set up the Akanesi Mataitonga Trust in her memory. And shoes are just the beginning, they have donated hospital beds, medical supplies and Covid-19 testing machine, helped rebuild schools and renovate houses.

Air New Zealand has deferred its plans to raise capital until 2022, after the government says it is unable to support the equity raise in the current economic environment.

A plan for New Zealand to gradually re-open to the world was outlined by the Prime Minister yesterday. The four phase approach starts with a ramping up of the vaccine rollout, to get first doses into more people - with earlier start dates for the remaining age bands, and a lengthening the time between doses from three to six weeks.

Gemma Rasmussen from Consumer NZ tells us the top five complaints that come their way from the New Zealand public - including one winter-specific suburban gripe.

Film and TV reviewer Tamar Munch joins Kathryn to look at Pig, a new film in cinemas starring Nicholas Cage, Val - a feature documentary streaming on Amazon Prime Video about the life of Val Kilmer and Young And, a documentary web series on TVNZ On Demand.

Imaginary friends - why do kids have them and what do they mean? We're still not quite sure, psychologist Sarb Johal tells Kathryn Ryan, but it's very common and usually nothing parents should worry about.

Technology commentator Mark Pesce joins Kathryn to talk about a well-intended move that’s ended up being controversial for Apple. It was to enable the scanning of people’s photos for child sex abuse imagery â€" but it opens the door for snooping for other things and privacy advocates are outraged.

Harry Ricketts reviews What You Made of It by C.K. Stead, published by AUP.