Nine To Noon

Reached only once before, New Zealand's Pole of Inaccessibility is the most remote point across the entire country. So of course, there are those of us who want to get there. Benjamin Kellett did it in 5 hours. How? He flew.

Instead of backing shiny new projects, The Boring Fund is raising money for - as the name suggests - the "boring bits" like rent, power, accounting and administration costs that are often the hardest to cover.

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton details PM Albanese's two-day trip through the Pacific, signing a new security pact in Fiji just as China undertook a ballistic missile test in the region.

RNZ journalist Keiller MacDuff and MetService meteorologist John Law with the latest on severe weather across the country.

Friday will see a whirlwind visit by India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, following April's signing of the FTA India and New Zealand. Trade Minister Todd McClay joins Kathryn.

Sports commentator Sam Ackerman with the latest All Blacks news and all the drama from the FIFA World Cup.

Letting your dog or cat choose for themselves can be good, but how do you do that?

The latest, including the FMA which is set to introduce leverage caps on retail derivatives trading to align with international standards.

Kelly discusses the latest including the two housing projects opened in Rotorua after both almost went bust.

Harry Broad reviews The Bookshop Detectives #3: Murder and Mojitos by Gareth & Louise Ward, published by Penguin Random House NZ.