Nine To Noon

Big Girls Don't Cry, a coming-of-age film following a summer month in the life of 14-year-old Sid, hits cinemas in New Zealand this week.  It is Paloma Schneideman's first feature film, and she's had support from legendary NZ filmmakers Philippa Campbell and Jane Campion.

As Germany's Merz visits Kyiv, Russia hits key bridge in capital, France on edge amid student protests and clashes with police, and protests in Spain after parliament rejects housing crisis measures.

Researchers at the University of Auckland are developing a tool that could help revolutionise breast cancer detection.

The El Niño weather system is leading FENZ to call on everyone to have a grab bag this summer, and an escape plan in case of a large wildfire.

Body corporate managers and property lawyers are warning a lack of regulation has opened up a 'wild west' for the strata management sector.

RNZ sport editor Dana Johannsen.

Jeremy Elwood and Michele A'Court with a lighter take on recent stories.

An election stoush over who signed train contracts for services to and from the Wairarapa, while farmers and conservationists debate the value of the rook species in the region. Piers also discusses roaming dogs on rural land.

Florence Kitteridge from Unity Books Wellington talks about John Steinbeck's East of Eden (Penguin Books), and Women Without Men by Shahrnush Parsipur (Penguin Books).

A career firefighter has won a Kate Sheppard Memorial Award allowing her to complete her research into the under-representation of women in the fire service.