Nine To Noon

UK correspondent Harry Taylor looks at Andy Burnham's messages to the Labour Conference, including a focus on adult social care and pledges to introduce a free-at-the-point-of-use National Care Service if Labour wins the next election.

A new test to identify the presence of the pathogen responsible for kauri dieback will make checking for, and keeping updated on the spread of the disease, easier and cheaper.

While it remains the dominant choice for streaming music, the number of New Zealanders listening to Spotify has dropped since 2024.

Doctors say hospital emergency departments are in crisis with more people presenting sicker than ever and patients regularly being accessed in corridors or ambulance bays.

Provincial rugby regions have until next Friday to respond to a potential major overhaul of domestic competitions.  Northland is one of the team's whose future will be in doubt, and is working on its response to the options.

Employment law expert Charles McGuinness looks at employment settlement agreements - or "NDAs" - including some recent high-profile cases.

This year marks the International Year of Volunteers and the Citizens Advice Bureau's Andrew Hubbard joins Kathryn to talk about the enormous contribution volunteers make within our community.

Whanganui's oldest kindergarten is to shut, as a famous brutalist building in the city centre is put up for sale.

Quentin Johnson talks about his favourite book series, Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series, set during the Napoleonic Wars. Published by HarperCollins.

When British comedian, author, and former junior doctor Adam Kay's book This Is Going to Hurt was released nearly a decade ago it became a publishing and television phenomenon. His new show is coming to New Zealand in December.