Nine To Noon for Monday 16 October 2023

09:05 Political commentators Neale Jones, Tim Hurdle and Bernie O'Donnell

Neale Jones, Tim Hurdle and Bernie O'Donnell analyse Saturday night's election results.

Neale Jones was Chief of Staff to Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern, and prior to that was Chief of Staff to Andrew Little. He is the director of public affairs firm Capital.

Tim Hurdle is a former National senior adviser, was the National Party Campaign Director in 2020. He is a director of several companies, including Museum Street Strategies, a public affairs firm. 

Bernie O'Donnell is the chairman of Manukau Urban Māori Authority and a Labour Party Member.

09:30 Rugby World Cup update with Joe Porter

The All Blacks have conquered Ireland to make the semi-finals of the Rugby World Cup, while England needed a late drop goal and penalty to get past Fiji in the quarter-final earlier this morning. 

The final quarter-final is to be decided between hosts France and South Africa. France led 22-19 at half time. RNZ's Joe Porter is in France.  

09:45 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney

Seamus Kearney looks at at the PR disaster in Brussels over the response to the Israel-Hamas conflict, after the EU Commissioner responsible for enlargement announced all money to Palestinians would be suspended which he was forced to retract after a massive backlash. The European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has been criticised for not explicitly calling for Israel to show restraint. And France has been put on its highest terror alert after a teacher was killed in an Islamist attack. The French President has ordered up to 7,000 soldiers to be deployed across the country for increased patrols, as the country hosts the rugby world cup.

10:05 The quest to find the right breast cancer treatments

Dr Emma Nolan was part of a team in Victoria, Australia, that looked into the positive effect an osteoporosis drug could have on breast cancer in women with the harmful BRCA gene. Since returning to New Zealand she's set up a team at Auckland University which is collecting tissue samples with the aim of setting up lab models that mimic the breast environment. The tumour samples are grown on gelatine-coated sponges, with various drugs tested to see what it does to the cancer cells - which in time, could be used to assess how a patient might respond to a particular treatment. She talks to Kathryn about the implications of the research.

10:35 Book review: The Goodbye Cat by Hiro Arikawa

Louise O'Brien reviews The Goodbye Cat by Hiro Arikawa published by Penguin Random House

10:45 Around the motu: Diane McCarthy in Whakatane

11:05 Craig McCulloch reports from Parliament following the election 

11:30 Sam Low's new cookbook Modern Chinese

Masterchef winner Sam Low believes many people probably have the ingredients for a good Chinese dish in the pantry already. His new cookbook, Modern Chinese, is a collection of simple recipes with accessible ingredients - most of which can be bought at the supermarket. Sam was born in Fiji and grew up in his parent's noodle factory, before moving to West Auckland at age 8. His parents bought a dairy which supplied food to a largely Pasifika community, later taking over a takeaway outlet where he started out at the wok station at 15. The book is a nod to both Sam's Cantonese heritage, and his upbringing in a Western society.

11:45 Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne

Kennedy Warne looks at the pleasures and perils of the life aquatic. He details the situation of trans-Pacific rower Tom Robinson who had to be rescued by a cruise ship after his boat was capsized by a freak wave. And he'll also talk about the estuaries of the Hauraki Gulf.

Music played in this show

Nico - These Days 

The Human League - Love Action (I Believe in Love)