Rnz: Nine To Noon

A course that teaches nursing students how to care for patients who have experienced trauma is so popular a second intake for the year has had to get underway. 

In the last week, business employment data has confirmed what Auckland locals have been feeling -- the number of filled jobs dropped in the June quarter by point six per cent, or nearly 5 thousand jobs - the worst result in the country. 

Bill discusses proposed new planning rules in Auckland - and the impact that local elections has on debate. 

SCOFF - What started as a way to help hospitality venues through the pandemic is now in full swing for the sixth year in a row. 

Political commentators Ben Thomas and Gareth Hughes.

Around the motu: Samantha Gee in Nelson

Jenna Todd reviews Seascraper by Benjamin Wood, published by Penguin Books New Zealand.

Craig Hudson - business leader and sportsman on finding a way to manage mental health in the workplace.

Debora Patta is a CBS News foreign correspondent based in South Africa.

Skin cancer doctors are urging the Government to mandate and fund skin cancer checks for people who have had an organ transplant.

Wellington City Councillors have voted in favour of funding an independent Water Consumer Advocacy Group.

Government Ministers have put in an immediate emergency closure of all set net fishing around the Otago Peninsula.

Our comedians Te Radar and Donna Brookbanks with a look at the funny stories of the week, including the Spanish man who has broken the world record for the fastest backward 100 meters in heels.

Sports commentator Sam Ackerman

Chris talks about a local kaumatua who wants the river dredged so he can paddle a waka he built for the last time, the Esk Valley is being choked by dust and a call for a week-long Negroni Festival.

Elizabeth Heritage reviews Ara by Dr Hinemoa Elder, published by Penguin Random House NZ.

Chloe Adams on her debut novel and the incredible family story that inspired it.

RNZ Pacific's Caleb Fotheringham reports from the Pacific Islands Forum in Honiara.

Auckland University biomedical engineering experts are working to develop 3-D printed bone supports and orthotics that are individually fitted and can support varying medical needs. 

New Zealand's Infrastructure Commission has looked back over 150 years of public construction to remind people how old some of our buildings and roads actually are.