Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:20 AM.Coming out to family can be really difficult, but what happens when it results in someone being disowned? Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Music correspondent Kirsten Zemke is along to look at why whistling is such a popular inclusion in songs. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Figures released to RNZ show Health NZ MidCentral spent over $100,000 each on two coronial cases over deaths at Palmerston North Hospital.  Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Community sport is under pressure with fewer volunteers putting their hand up to help run local clubs.  Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Michael Mansvelt has spent 30 years creating beautiful spaces. Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Australia correspondent Karen Middleton discusses the reaction after King Charles and Queen Camilla were shouted at by an Indigenous senator, danced at by a bunch of students outside the Sydney Opera… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Ans Westra documented New Zealand life through her photography for more than six decades, taking an estimated 320,000 images; 160,000 of them feature people.  Read more Audio

9:20 AM.A new organisation has just launched to advocate for serving military personnel it says are underpaid and living in mouldy unsafe housing. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The head doctor of a medicinal cannabis clinic responds to concerns his sector has begun to look more like a recreational market.  Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Sport in Aotearoa is on an absolute high - after an astonishing few days on results for New Zealanders.  Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Dr Kat Littlewood, a veterinary specialist and Massey University lecturer in animal welfare talks with Kathryn about 'animal senses', and how dogs and cats 'see' with their noses.  Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Dileepa and Kathryn mark the passing of former Fonterra Chief Executive Theo Spierings who has died after a short illness. Read more Audio

10:47 AM.Georgina discusses the Wellington City Council's fiasco last week, with the Government threatening to intervene over the decision not to sell airport shares.  Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Lynn Freeman reviews My Animals, and Other Animals by Bill Bailey published by Hachette Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Honey Hireme-Smiler's sporting prowess is undeniable. She joins Kathryn to talk about a tumultuous start in life and why the time was right to detail what she's gone through. Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Ron discusses Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's choice to lean into vulgar language and sex jokes. Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Nature Baby is now a fully grown 'nature adult' - as the infant clothes maker celebrates 25 years in the business.  Read more Audio

9:35 AM.It's been three years since a fire destroyed part of the Christchurch Wastewater Treatment plant, and while a significant milestone was reached last week, residents are looking down the line of three… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.It's two weeks until phase one of a planned police withdrawal from most mental health-related calls takes effect. Read more Audio

11:45 AM.There has been a lot of discussion and protest about the environmental impact of the Fast-track Approvals Bill.  Read more Audio

11:35 AM.We're heading north in the food slot today, where locally farmed paua is on the menu at the Savour Northland festival.  Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Gareth, Ben and Kathryn reflect on the coalition government's first year, their policies, promises and what's been delivered on.  Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Dargaville Hospital staff are under pressure. For many months they're struggled to find doctors to work there, especially overnight. Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Louise Ward of Wardini Books reviews The Mess of Our Lives by Mary-anne Scott published by One Tree House Read more Audio