Nine To Noon

Marc wraps the latest at the Football World Cup, now in the knockout stages. Success for the Black Caps in England, while the White Ferns are unable to defend their T20 World Cup - with three legends of the game bowing out after a defeat to England. And the Mystics prove to be too strong for the Southern Steel in netball's ANZ Premiership.

"Cabaret for a world on the brink". That's how a new show taking over the Civic Theatre for this year's Auckland Live Cabaret Festival's been described. The show - 'Dangerous Goods' - combines cabaret, comedy and circus acts in a performance that promises to boldly take on stereotypes and explore female empowerment, racial inequality and cultural resistance. One of the show's creators, Samoan-Australian artist Lisa Fa'alafi, joins Kathryn to discuss.

Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo is cautiously exploring the New Zealand market through influencer campaigns while local manufacturer Steel & Tube battles severe debt and operating losses that may pressure the company to raise capital. Concurrently, the domestic fitness sector is experiencing record participation, allowing the Canadian-owned budget chain CityFitness to overtake long-time market leader Les Mills as New Zealand's top gym operator.

Jared talks about the fast track application being planned to extend The Remarkables ski field, renewed calls for an accommodation levy, an expansion on a build to rent project up to a thousand homes and how snow has arrived for the ski season.

Sally Battson reviews Beyond the Border by Owen Marshall, published by Quentin Wilson Publishing.