Nine To Noon

The polls are open in the Cook Islands for its four-yearly election, what's on the minds of voters?

Professor Tim Flannery is one of Australia's leading writers and communicators on climate change.

Harry Taylor discusses the heatwave that's led the government to urge shops to stop selling barbeques because of fire risk.

Electricity distributor Orion's Ubuntu programme focusses on supporting more women and young people into the workforce.

Since then humanitarian groups have reported a ban on secondary education for girls, violence against women and LGBT communities.

Campaigners are worried what's proposed will weaken safeguards around products children handle and use.

Money expert Lisa Dudson examines some of the ways we might be bleeding money, when we don't need to be.

Known for his fantastical adventures, the outrageous tall tales of Baron Munchausen are being brought to Russian-speaking theatre audiences in Auckland.

Reefton gold miner, Rua Gold, gets a mining proposal accepted into the fast track process, Buller is out on its own in the council amalgamation deals and Westport loses an eye specialist who has held clinics there for 20years.

Elisabeth Easther reviews Good Intentions by Jessy Wu (Pan Macmillan), The Body and the Blood by Molly Crighton (Hachette).