Nine To Noon

UK correspondent Steph Spyro looks at the policy blitz new Prime Minister Andy Burnham has undertaken since he stepped into the top job.

The research began as a final-year project for University of Canterbury engineering students Derek Dossman and Emmanuel Bourgeois.

The Financial Ombudsman says there were 1596 complaints in the 2025/26 financial year with some 532 disputes investigated by the office.

It had planned to release the service about now but online access has been held up due to new government cybersecurity requirements.

Inspired by a new Matariki exhibition, science commentator Cushla McGoverin looks at the prevalence of bioluminescence in New Zealand, as well as three recent studies into how it can be used in nature by creatures like fireflies and spiders, as well as by scientists trying to track infection of the H5N1 influenza virus. Cushla McGoverin is currently a research fellow within the Department of Physics at the University of Auckland, and Principal Investigator in Te Whai Ao - Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies.

Ben Sanders had his first novel published while still an engineering student at the University of Auckland. He's now about to release his ninth, another fast-paced thriller.

Robin has the latest on a Supreme Court decision that ruled the way land was taken from farmers for the Mt Messenger bypass did not follow correct process and the local opposition to the planned TSB merge.

Lucy Black reviews Sisters in Yellow by Mieko Kawakami, published by Macmillan.

For decades, Rupert Murdoch built one of the world's most powerful media empires, shaping news coverage, political debate and elections across several countries. But what was it like to work inside that machine? Journalist turned academic Andrew Dodd has co-written Getting Murdoched.

Australia correspondent Chris Niesche looks at the controversy generated by One Nation's Pauline Hanson after she was interviewed on a podcast by far-right activist and convicted criminal Tommy Robinson.