Nine To Noon

It’s election weekend but it’s big one on the sporting front too.

Te Radar and Michele A'Court with a lighter take on recent stories.

Tess reports on the criris ihn urology care in Southland, controversial councillor Benedict Ong faces fourth possible code of conduct complaint, Otao Regional Council is to review consent to dump human waste on farmland near Lauder, excitement after an albatross egg laid on livestream and a loved dinosaur slide will live on, but in a analtered fashion.

Eden Denyer from Unity Books Wellington reviews Audition by Pip Adam (Te Herenga Waka University Press), winner of the Ursula K. Le Guin Fiction Prize 2026.

Israel's President, Isaac Herzog, has begun consultations with political parties on who he should ask to try to form a coalition government after last week's general election gave no clear winner.