Nine To Noon

UK correspondent Dan Bloom looks at what Kemi Badenoch promised supporters at the Conservative Party conference as it chases Reform in the polls.

The New Zealand Writers Guild is marking 50 years of representing and supporting screenwriters in New Zealand.

Fresh from the WNBA in the US, basketball stars Charlisse Leger-Walker and Hailey Van Lith have been the talk of the of NZ's domestic women's league.

A new report is challenging the idea that New Zealand's ageing population should be viewed primarily as a cost burden.

Science commentator Dr Jen Martin on how to tell if your washing is damp or cold, plus can we pick up work written by AI and why it's good for your brain to do nothing sometimes.

Oli Mathiesen work in contemporary dance in Aotearoa is bringing together dance, theatre, club culture, queerness and Maori identity.

Ian talks about a  controversy surrounding a local pool, attempts to steal copper cabling from a Waikanae development site, a boil water notice after dead rats contaminate a resevoir and efforts to tackle boy racers.

Elisabeth Easther reviews Tonight the Music Seems So Loud: The Meaning of George Michael by Sathnam Sanghera , and The German Ward by Pip Williams .

The Show Me Shorts film festival is back for its 21st year, and  among the highly anticipated short films  is Lucky Luke, directed by Jesse Griffin.

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton has the details of the apology delivered by AI company OpenAI to Australia for the hacking of a government website by one of its unreleased AI models.