Tom and Jerry: The Movie - can a popular cartoon duo of the past win over audiences today? Directed by Tim Story (Fantastic Four) and starring Chloe Grace Moretz (Shadow in the Cloud).

Tom and Jerry - the Movie

News & Politics

An independent watchdog has found police failed to take action on complaints of stalking and harassment made by an Auckland law student, for two months before her murder. Reporter Maia Ingoe spoke to Charlotte Cook.

Police failed to take action on stalking complaints before murder of Auckland law student

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RNZ News at 12pm, April 18

Film and TV correspondent James Croot joins Kathryn to talk about Civil War (cinema), which follows a group of journalists through an America at war with itself, in a race to reach the White House. One Question (Sky Open) is a new season of a popular game show with Claudia Winkleman, The Royal Hotel (online rental from April 24) stars Julia Garner as one of two backpackers stuck in a small outback town in Australia and Eileen (online rental from April 24) stars Kiwi Thomasin McKenzie and Anne Hathaway as co-workers in a prison facility where things take a sinister turn. James Croot is Stuff's Stuff to Watch editor.

Screentime: Civil War, One Question, The Royal Hotel, Eileen

How women feel about their bodies has always been fraught, but could mothers have a big role to play in helping their daughters feel better about their own? Developmental psychologist Janet Boseovski and social psychologist Ashleigh Gallagher are based at the University of North Carolina and have co-authored a new book called Beyond Body Positive: A Mother's Evidence-Based Guide for Helping Girls Build a Healthy Body Image. As social media adds to the pressure to look a certain way and try crazy diets, what impact is this having on young women? Janet and Ashleigh say girls are digesting body images from a very young age, particularly those modeled by their mums. They join Kathryn to share some insights into what mums can do to help cultivate healthy eating behaviours and body image.

The big impact mums can have on their daughters' body image

Technology commentator Alex Sims joins Kathryn to discuss the issue of the right to repair, which also covers the right to use and maintain goods. As more of what we use comes to rely on software to operate, where are consumers left when things don't work as they should - or stop working completely? She'll look at the example of Tesla requiring owners to use Tesla hitches or be unable to tow, and printers that now require a monthly subscription to work. The Greens have just had a private members bill pulled from the ballot that focuses on the right to repair. Alex looks at what it will and won't cover. Alex Sims is an Associate Professor in the Department of Commercial Law at the University of Auckland Business School and an expert on blockchain technology, copyright law and consumer law.

Tom and Jerry - the Movie

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