Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:44 AM.Radio NZ's new Chief; the restructuring of MediaWorks; TVNZ's new social media policy for staff, and; the Truth is no longer out there, the demise of New Zealand's first tabloid. Audio

11:27 AM.New Zealand nurse Janet Askew has worked with the Red Cross in the Sudanese Darfur, Cambodia, Indonesia and Iraq. Next week she takes a new posting in the Lebanon dealing with the trauma facing Syrian… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.BusinessDesk journalist Patrick Smellie discusses: Auckland's Tamaki Transformation Project; MediaWorks and the dangers of too much debt; and last week's Tiwai Pt smelter asset value write-down. Audio

10:40 AM.Tina Shaw reviews Eleanor Morse's 2012 work of fiction White Dog Fell from the Sky. It's published by Fig Tree. Audio

10:10 AM.Internationally renowned conductor Marin Alsop will be the first woman to conduct the Last Night of the Proms in July. Audio

9:50 AM.The PRISM debate continues, what does privacy actually mean? How successful is the targeted mega-data meta-data data-mining? And what of the prospect that Edward Snowden could end up in China? Audio

9:30 AM.Bridget Burdett is an engineer who, along with disability advocate Gerri Pomeroy, has been working on an accessible test to gauge the disability friendliness of any given place - it's called the… Read more Audio

9:23 AM.Jane Edgar is the Christchurch Red Cross Recovery Manager and she talks about plans to help vulnerable Christchurch residents deal with impending freezing temperatures that are about to assault the… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Nigel Haworth is the author of the Labour, Green, NZ First and Mana parties' manufacturing enquiry report which aims at providing a blueprint for better jobs and higher wages in the sector. Mr Haworth… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.A magnetic attraction to poles; Stratispheric dreams - extreme internet from the 'cloud', and; Extreme lifecycle-cicada-mania in the US northeast. Audio

11:30 AM.By the Tauherenikau racecourse in the Wairarapa is The Tin Hut tavern. The Hut's new proprietors Lisa Ewart and Matt Pearce are duck shooting enthusiasts who have jsut hosted the local duck calling… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Recommendations in the manufacturing and export sectors, and the political ramifications, lead discussions this morning. Audio

10:40 AM.Fund manager and business commentator Bryan Gaynor looks at the receivership announcement. Audio

10:06 AM.Dr. Mark Myers is an internationally-recognised leader in energy and science policy, he joins us to speak about the challenges of exploring for oil and gas in environmentally-sensitive areas. Audio

9:50 AM.In the southern part of the continent, all eyes are on the health of the father of modern South Africa, Nelson Mandela, while further north there's a looming election for Zimbabwe. Audio

9:30 AM.Workers in the visual effects industry speak out about the long hours and lack of employee rights - and why they think the big studios are making the situation worse. World industry veteran Scott… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Phil Harding is the Principals Federation president; he joins the programme to talk about the proposed boycott by schools of the use of the National Standards Progress and Consistency Tool. Audio

11:07 PM.The loss of Peter Dunne, a relatively competent Revenue Minister; and the end of quantitative easing - what does the decline in the NZ dollar cross rate against the US mean for NZ? Audio

11:50 AM.Radar and Michele A'Court dissect the week that was. Audio

11:30 AM.The second All Blacks vs France test; the NZ vs England cricket, and; the Warriors look set to continue their 3-match winning streak in the League. Audio

11:05 AM.New and re-released music from: Mark Kozelek and Jimmy Lavelle; Public Image Ltd, and; George Benson. Audio

10:40 AM.John McIntyre reviews: Bad Dog Flash by Ruth Paul; Henry's Map by David Elliot, and; The Song of The Ship Rat by Ben Brown, illustrated by Helen Taylor. Audio

10:08 AM.The Australian former high school teacher is credited with helping turn around the previously underfunded and underperforming Wellington Zoo during her 6 plus years at the helm. Karen Fifield is also… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Beijing Bureau Chief of the Financial Times, Jamil Anderlini, with news from Asia. Audio

9:25 AM.The Dean of the Faculty of Law at Otago University, Professor Mark Henaghan, is an expert in this field and on the Hague Convention's Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. Audio