Nine To Noon RNZ Radio

What would you do if your local council or the Government asked to buy your house?
It happened to Bill McKay recently, under the Public Works Act.

The price of cocoa - the raw ingredient in chocolate - has trebled in the last twelve months. Foundry Chocolate owner David Herrick discusses the implications.

Sue Bradford and Liam Hehir discuss the allegations of inappropriate behaviour surfacing against Green MP Julie Anne Genter, following her outburst in the House - and the party's response. And the still unresolved question of New Zealand's participation in AUKUS Pillar Two. Sue Bradford is a community-based activist and former Green MP. Liam Hehir is a Palmerston North lawyer, political commentator and a National Party member.

The search for a bone marrow donor for a gravely ill Rotorua boy and how the Maori and Pasifika population may be able to help. Popular restaurant Urbano Bistro has reopened after a car ploughed through the front doors, severely injuring one of the diners. New units at a Kainga Ora site are not being welcomed by some Rotorua residents who claim they look like shipping containers. And Kelly touches on the speech Rotorua Boys High head boy made at the ANZAC Day civic service. Kelly Makiha is a senior journalist with the Rotorua Daily Post

Louise Ward of Wardini Books reviews Ash by Louise Wallace published by Te Herenga Waka University Press

European students are joining a wave of mostly peaceful university protests against Israel's war in Gaza.