Nine To Noon

A shortage of cardiac beds and staff in Wellington and Christchurch hospitals is leaving patients at risk.

The latest from the national rugby teams in South Africa, the Warriors, and other sportspeople we should be keeping an eye out for this weekend.

Te Radar and Donna Brookbanks with a lighter take on recent events.

Taupo-nui-a-Tia College has hit another milestone in its recovery from February's devastating fire, which destroyed a block of a dozen classrooms, Taupo council works to protect electricity fund against amalgamations and Broadlands School principal Graeme Taylor is marking 20 years at the helm of the small rural Reporoa school.

Lisa Adler from Unity Books Wellington reviews Perfectly Themselves: Horses in the Human World by Abby Letteri, published by Te Herenga Waka University Press.

Mario Marchese known as Mario the Maker Magician has built a global following with his shows that combine gadgets and robots and turn the stage into a playful laboratory.

The search for bodies continues in Nepal, 5000US sailors are docking in the Thai city of Pattaya and motorists in Japan will have to slow down in residential areas

Frosts in avocadao orchards  in Northland have hit prodcution

After two decades of drawing attention to New Zealand's problematic capital markets, a recent OECD report devoted an entire section to how they might be strengthened.

They want public health GPs to work alongside resident doctors training to become General Practitioners.