Rnz: Nine To Noon

A life in the bush pig hunting, and on the farm shearing have led Willy Marsh to become one of the country's foremost kiwi aversion trainers for dogs. 

Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst talks about the bombshell revelatory cost of replacing the Bureau of Meteorology's website - the cost to taxpayers has blown out to A$96.5m - about 20 times the previously stated $4.1m. She'll also detail a 'world first' minimum pay for food delivery drivers - how will it work? Annika Smethurst is political editor at The Age

Juliet Oliver's experience of severe endometriosis led her to creating an app designed to help women manage the condition. 

The problem of abandoned boats at marinas and bays around the country appears to be growing. 

The government revealed plans yesterday afternoon to scrap regional councillors.

The All Blacks beat Wales in a high-scoring affair, as Sam looks back on a mixed year for the ABs. Liam Lawson apologises for Las Vegas mistake.

Jon Duffy, head of Consumer NZ, joins Kathryn to discuss what's being proposed as part of planned changes to the Fair Trading Act.

ACC's investment targets overlooked small-cap market players. Meanwhile, Turner's launches a new 'Tina from Turners' ad campaign, but a slower economic recovery has been a 'punch in the face'.

The latest news from the region, including a bench top manufacturer calling out use of potentially deadly engineered stone, a new supermarket creating 60 jobs, and Samantha looks back at a trip into the skies she took with the German Air Force.

Phil Vine reviews Super-Frog Saves Tokyo by Haruki Murakami, published by Penguin Random House.

Life as an underwater cameraman has led Andrew Pennaket to meet some weird, wonderful and pretty scary creatures

President Donald Trump signs the Epstein Files Transparency Act and saw rising political tension as Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned.

Hawkes Bay startup MahiAI is offering companies guidance on te ao Maori content. 

ACC expects to save about $7 billion between now and 2029 by getting long term claimants off of weekly compensation. 

Kennedy Warne joins Kathryn from Northland, where he's been visiting a marae teaching traditional weaving. Kennedy also talks about two of the double-hulled waka of the Hawaii-based Polynesian Voyaging Society which are in New Zealand at the moment as part of a five-year circumnavigation of the Pacific. And cats have been included in the Predator Free 2050 target list - he talks about how hard it is to trap them.

Sarah Meikle has been travelling around India for more than 25 years and now runs small group tours for those really interested in life and culture in the world's most populous country. As the Director of All India Permit Tours, and visiting cities from Delhi, Kolkata and Varanasi in the north to Kerala in the south, she is well versed with the world famous cuisine in all its forms and regional variations - from street food to top rated restaurants. She joins Kathryn having just returned from a two month trip.

Ben and Gareth discuss recent events in politics.

David discusses increased pressure on council owned companies, such as Lyttleton Port Company, to lift dividends to help ease rates rises.

David Hill reviews New Zealand Photography Collected by Athol McCredie, published by Te Papa Press.

The human brain has more than 90 billion cells, which generally work together in harmony.