Nine To Noon Podcast Options

10:39 AM.Written by Ben Elton, published by Bantam Press. Reviewed by Anne Else. Audio

10:07 AM.What are the issues around global water shortages and health that will affect everyone in the coming decades? Professor Stephen Luby, a water and public health expert, is visiting Otago University as… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Talks over EU budget collapse in disarray, the French government unveils gay marriage law, and Denmark scraps a controversial "fat tax". Audio

9:36 AM.The Law Commission has raised concerns over the increasing use of financial penalties for crimes such as fraud and money laundering. We hear from law commissioner Geoff McLay, and Dr John Pratt… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.NZ banks are making record profits but are they being protected from losses if they fail? Kathryn talks to financial commentator Bernard Hickey, and Auckland University professor of macroeconomics… Read more Audio

11:48 AM.With Radar and Irene Pink Audio

11:31 AM.NZ's boxing's new hope, Joseph Parker; NZ Twenty20 cricket; and the unprecedented success of Richie McCaw's autobiography. Audio

11:06 AM.Tift Merritt, Lee Hazlewood, and Heart Attack Alley. Audio

10:40 AM.'A Week in Winter' by Maeve Binchy, published by Orion. Audio

10:06 AM.A revised edition of Bob Harvey's book 'Untamed Coast', about the West Coast of Auckland and the Waitakere Ranges, provides a detailed guide on the newly opened Hillary Trail. It also tells the… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.News from Fiji about the upcoming election. Audio

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