Saturday Morning

WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment is back in New Zealand for the first time in nearly a decade with a live show. One of its superstars Kit Wilson uses his flamboyant persona to fight stereotypes. He came in to explain his smackdown technique and why there's still a big market for this brand of entertainment.

On the last day to vote we check in with RNZ hosts Jesse Mulligan and Wallace Chapman ahead of the networks special coverage which starts at 7 o'clock once polls close. There's a big night ahead with in depth analysis of the results as they role in from around the motu. Jesse and Wallace will be hopping from one location to another across a range of spots in Auckland.

Over the ditch, Aussies have become a little more comfortable through the years facing the wreckage of their colonial history and the violence and trauma borne from it. But there's still one dark chapter of their history that many know nothing about: it's the practice of Blackbirding - which our next guest, author Ryan Butta explained is Australia's forgotten slave trade.

Dozens of pilot whales were found stranded on a Wairarapa beach this week and despite the best efforts of conservation groups and concerned locals all the whales perished. Daren Grover from whale rescue group Project Jonah joined us for an update and to talk about a new AI-assisted bit of tech that might give us the ability to predict and prepare for these events in future.

Cyber criminals have once again hacked into supermarket fridges and freezers across France in a bizarre attack for which no one has claimed responsibility - nor have any demands been made. With ever growing cyber-security threats and questions around the vulnerability of infrastructure we invited National Cyber Security Centre head Catriona Robinson to find out the risk factors in Aotearoa and what can be done about them.