Nine To Noon

Washington bureau chief for The Guardian, David Smith, wraps up the latest news from the United States.

World champion rally driver Hayden Paddon is in a new race - building a Cromwell racing business.

A recent High Court case has found a neighbour liable for hundreds of thousands in damages to her neighbour's property.

A top bank economist says households probably won't feel much better until next year and interest rates may have to go higher to tamper inflation.

RNZ's latest poll shows neither the left or right blocs will easily form the next government, with the Opportunity Party in the kingmaker position.

Kennedy has two stories of conservation success: the giant weta and the return of kiwi to the hills around Wellington.

The Hawke's Bay Farmers Market, at the Tomoana Showgrounds in Hastings - one of the most beloved markets in the country. Liz Randell runs the Coastal Squeeze juice stall - and is a committee member running the markets.

Lianne Dalziel is a life member of the Labour Party and a former MP, Cabinet Minister and Mahyor of Christchurch. Jonathan Ayling is a strategy consultant and  the former chief executive of the Free Speech Union (NZ), and an Act Party supporter and donor.

Criminal charges against the Wellington City Council and the water services organisation Tiaki Wai, FENZ and problems with one of the city's two high-rise fire engines  and the couple celebrating their life together, even as it comes to an end.

Airini Beautrais reviews Hide: A Manuscript by Rebecca Hawkes (nga pukapuka pekapeka), and Incident Report by Elizabeth Morton (Otago University Press).