Nine To Noon RNZ Radio

Science commentator Laurie Winkless joins Kathryn to talk about new research that's used tree rings to confirm last year's northern hemisphere summer was the hottest in 2000 years.

Workbridge Chief Executive and Assistive Technology consultant Jonathan Mosen speaks to Kathryn about Louis Braille's innovation, creating the code which has enabled the literacy of blind people.

The first tranche of data from the last census has just been released by Stats NZ. RNZ's reporter Ruth Hill with what the initial data reveals.

Wellington's Mayor Tory Whanau has established a new business group to advise her, Georgina discusses who is in the mix.

Holly Walker reviews Landfall 247: Autumn 2023 Edited by Lynley Edmeades published by Otago University Press.

Zeinab Badawi will be a familiar voice to many from her time as a BBC journalist and presenter. Her new book: An African History of Africa emerged from a twenty-part documentary series for BBC World News in which she spent seven years travelling to more than 30 countries.