Nine To Noon

Today Liz takes a look at historical land covenants and where they fit with rapidly changing planning rules. Increasingly, the courts are being asked whether some of these covenants have outlived their purpose as neighbourhoods, infrastructure and planning rules change - and rezoning alone does not wipe covenants away.

Emma Galloway on how to get back to the garden, or even to get started for first-timers, and then what to make with the produce grown.

Kathryn, Neale and Brigitte discuss recent events in politics, including latest polling that suggests NZ First is gaining support.

Keiller has the latest on suspicious deaths in Christchurch, including the homicide of two men in Phillipstown over the weekend and the discovery of missing man, Braydon Hepworth's body. She also has more details about the copper thieves hitting pivot irrigators and the city's hiphop summit comes to an end.

Kiran Dass reviews two books: Stations by Louise Kennedy (Bloomsbury Publishing), and The Vivisectors by Missouri Williams (HarperCollins).