Nine To Noon

RNZ sport editor Dana Johannsen.

Jeremy Elwood and Michele A'Court with a lighter take on recent stories.

An election stoush over who signed train contracts for services to and from the Wairarapa, while farmers and conservationists debate the value of the rook species in the region. Piers also discusses roaming dogs on rural land.

Florence Kitteridge from Unity Books Wellington talks about John Steinbeck's East of Eden (Penguin Books), and Women Without Men by Shahrnush Parsipur (Penguin Books).

A career firefighter has won a Kate Sheppard Memorial Award allowing her to complete her research into the under-representation of women in the fire service.