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22206 - Sports commentator Sam Ackerman

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22206 - Sports commentator Sam Ackerman

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Fri, 01 May 2026

Nine To Noon

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Sports commentator Sam Ackerman

Music reviewer Grant Smithies

Book review: Childish Palate by Shariff Burke

Friday funnies: Irene Pink and Te Radar

Around the motu: Ian Carson Editor of Otaki Today

Jake Lambert, the British comedian on everyday life and laughing at epilepsy

Asia correspondent Edward White

Laser Kiwi: world's only surreal sketch circus' latest show

Support for those with upper gut cancers

Rapid changes to aviation rules underway

Screentime: The Sheep Detectives, The Weed Eaters, and more

What is FAFO parenting?

Tech: Australia Mastercom breach, Stryker attacked

Around the motu: Jonathan McKenzie in Waikato

Book review : London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe

Ilona Bannister on her new killer train station mystery, Five

UK: Two Jewish men stabbed, King Charles' speech in the US

The all-female sailing crew tackling the ocean plastic crisis

Organised crime a driver for updating Maritime law

The opportunity to build fit-for-purpose stormwater systems

Property: Are townhouses a good investment?

Counsellors that make relationships worse? How to choose the right one for you

Around the motu: Logan Savory editor of the Southland Tribune

Book review : Crux by Gabriel Tallent

Business with Cécile Meier

Space law expert Anna Marie Brennan on rules for developing the moon

Australia: Disability overhauls, Anzac boos, 'content' tax floated

The seed producer facing a costly battle amid sweet pea decline

Clean tech companies having to look overseas to scale up

The struggle to revitalise central Auckland

Sports correspondent Marc Hinton

Jay Lichter on capturing the weird and wonderful world of fungi

Political commentators Tim Hurdle and Gareth Hughes

Around the motu: Tom Hunt in Wellington

Book review: The First Anzacs by George Hulse and Jimmy Thomson

250 bird milestone for Capital Kiwi Project

Elizabeth Knox on her memoir tracking a year of family crises

USA correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben

The architecture festival opening Christchurch's buildings

Recovering from a flood

Parents take legal action against Kmart after play sand recall

Sports commentator Sam Ackerman

Friday funnies: Donna Brookbanks and Michele A'Court

Around the motu: David Hill reports from Rangiora

Major landslide in Waiwera leads to evacuations

Some viewers shut out of TVNZ+ by updates

New book details SAS operations in Afghanistan

Pacific correspondent Koroi Hawkins

Veteran foreign correspondent pays tribute to his grandfather

Teachers' concerns about proposed history curriculum

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