Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:39 AM.Taz Mukorombindo is the CEO of the Canterbury Business Association, which is proposing an international precinct for ethnic businesses and migrant service providers in the new CBD. The not-for-profit… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Buller District Council chief executive Paul Wylie, spoke to a parliamentary select committee on behalf of West Coast local authorities who want a share of coal and gold mining profits. They say this… Read more Audio

11:47 AM.Gavin Ellis analyses US presidential election coverage and reporting of sudden death. Audio

11:32 AM.The Waihi Strike centenary; how science is being used to solve conservation issues/challenges; the Oamaru and Victorian Heritage festival - keeping heritage alive, and making it relevant to society… Read more Audio

11:09 AM.The effects of Local Loop Unbundling; copper versus fibre; Kim Dotcom's plan to resurrect Pacific Fibre; and the 'Sentenced on Facebook' app. Audio

10:36 AM.Written by Maxine Alterio, pubished by Penguin, reviewed by Carole Beu. Audio

10:08 AM.The use of white bread as a lens for looking at the history of food in America. His book, "White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf", investigates how white bread changed from a preserve… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Conservative MP Nadine Dorries is suspended by her party for being a contestant on I'm A Celebrity and the reports and inquiries announced in the wake of revelations about Jimmy Savile's paedophile… Read more Audio

9:36 AM.Housing NZ responds to accusations by some state house tenants that the state housing provider is causing wide spread over-crowding in their areas, through recent changes to eligibility criteria and… Read more Audio

9:17 AM.The soul searching has already begun in the Republican Party which last won the presidency in 2004. Audio

9:08 AM.He may have won the US presidential election but Barack Obama faces many challenges in his second term. Audio

11:48 AM.Hidden Treasure, a major Allan Wilson Centre project analysing the life at various altitudes on Little Barrier Island to inform conservation efforts; and the translocation of tuatara around New… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Data Mining and what employers can and can't ask you. Audio

11:08 AM.British rocker Ian Hunter led Mott The Hoople from 1969-1974. When the band split, due to Hunter's breakdown, he teamed up with guitarist Mick Ronson, the former Bowie sideman who had been a member of… Read more Audio

10:42 AM.High Country Legacy: Four Generations of Aspinalls at Mt Aspiring Station. Written by Alex Hedley, reviewed by Harry Broad and published by HarperCollins. Audio

10:09 AM.British novelist and broadcaster Sebastian Faulks is probably best known for his historican novels set in France, but he also writes novels with a contemporary setting, including a James Bond sequel… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.Chief political correspondent for SBS Television discusses the Melbourne Cup and the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to leave interest rates unchanged. Audio

9:29 AM.With Shantalle Brown - The spokesperson for a group of concerned Maraenui residents, Tu Tangata Maraenui - part of a hikoi on housing to parliament today. Yvonne Dainty is a resident of the Auckland… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.With Bob Weiner Democrat strategist who directed the press briefing room at the Democratic National Convention. Ron Bonjean - former top spokesman to the Speaker of the House and the Senate Majority… Read more Audio

11:49 AM.How To Meet Girls From A Distance, Arbitrage, and Tatarakihi: Children of Parihaka. Audio

11:30 AM.Guy Ryan is the founder of "Festival for the Future", inspiring young people to come up with world-changing ideas to advance New Zealand. Kate Stone is a Hamilton-based lawyer and a member of Just… Read more Audio

11:09 AM.The first speech by the new Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler; a seminal speech by Gabriel Makhlouf, secretary of the Treasury last week; and the Royal Commission report on the Pike River mining… Read more Audio

10:42 AM.Gail Pittaway reviews Citadel by Kate Mosse. Published by Orion. $36.99. Audio

10:06 AM.Peter Boshier is retiring after 8 years as the principal Family Court judge. He talks about his attempts to make the Family Court more accountable and better for children. Audio

9:48 AM.US presidential election polling and early voting restrictions in Florida. Audio