As a cellphone ban comes into force this term for school kids, Nine to Noon looks at the issue of when to get a phone for your child. While many - if not most - of us had a phone-free childhood, the pressure for children to get their own phones is creeping lower and lower. Many parents will opt for Year 7 and 8 - the intermediate school years - as a time when a phone can help kids navigate a little independence with the peace of mind being able to contact them can bring. Joining Kathryn to talk about this is Ellie Gwilliam is a content editor and presenter for the Parenting Place.

Technology commentator Mark Pesce has a roundup of the weirdest AI news this week, including the Baltimore gym teacher accused of using an AI voice clone to get a high school principal fired for a racist rant he didn't make. Just weeks after Meta AI was rolled out to all the groups apps, it was caught impersonating being the parent of a disabled child in a chat group for parents of disabled children. Was Meta AI rushed out too soon? And the US Department of Homeland Security is establishing an AI Oversight Board, with the industry's biggest names involved - including Open AI's Sam Altman. Mark Pesce is a futurist, writer, educator and broadcaster.

Over the next couple of months, up to 300 birds will move off the Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari to other parts of the North Island in what is believed to be the country's biggest ever kiwi relocation project. In Hamilton the rates are rising, as the mayor is criticised for overseas travel. Libby has the latest on what's happening at the Ruakura Superhub development and also how a rodent's foot ended up in some garlic bread. RNZ Waikato Reporter Libby Kirkby-McLeod

Lissa Michell reviews A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa.

Journalist and author Juan Gomez-Jurado is one of Spain's most successful contemporary writers.

UK correspondent Matt Dathan reports on the first migrant being relocated to Rwanda, but under a separate voluntary scheme.

Rising unemployment is seeing more people in mediation - putting pressure on already stretched services.

Charities supporting more than half a million New Zealanders have reported a 40 percent increase in food demand last year - 2023.

Science commentator Jen Martin joins Kathryn to talk about which domestic dog breeds have the best sense of smell, new research into why people keep secrets.

Artist and writer Lily Duval's latest book tells the stories of the insects of Aotearoa, in the hopes of changing attitudes towards them.