Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:05 AM.Political commentators Sue Moroney and Brigitte Morten join Kathryn with to discuss the major political events of the last week. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.John has been looking through the recent Census Data which shows the Coromandel Peninsula has the oldest population in the country, with 34 percent of residents being aged over 65. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Ash Davida Jane reviews Rapture by Emily Maguire, published by Allen and Unwin. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Mike Nock is one of New Zealand's greatest jazz musicians.  Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney talks to Kathryn about the European Union's response to Israel's incursion into Lebanon. And the use of high-tech drones in the Ukraine war. Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Three of New Zealand's Pacific neighbours have asked the International Criminal Court to consider 'ecocide' an international crime.  Read more Audio

9:20 AM.Eighteen new police in Northland won't provide any immediate relief to a crime wave in the town of Dargaville, locals say.  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Education Minister Erica Stanford has taken responsibility for school property away from the Ministry of Education after an inquiry found it cumbersome, slow to respond to roll growth and lacking in… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Comedians Te Radar and Michele A'Court with a few laughs, including the story of Joshua the goat who joined a Newfoundland marathon. Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Resignations and revelations in the sporting world this week. Sam talks through what Tim Southee's future holds after stepping down as Black Caps test captain, a Kiwi claim's Australian league's top… Read more Audio

11:27 AM.A red heavy rain alert for North Otago, Dunedin and coastal Clutha remains in force until 11pm. A local state of emergency was declared overnight.  Read more Audio

11:06 AM.The Hard Quartet is something of an indie supergroup, comprising members of Pavement, Dirty Three, The Cairo Gang and Superwolf.  Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Some schools across New Zealand have had their names changed on Google Maps - in what appears to be a prank by internet users occurring around the world. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Lisa Adler of Unity Books Wellington reviews What Feelings Like Best by Tina Oziewicz published by Puskin Children's Read more Audio

10:06 AM.We've all heard of IVF - invitro fertilisation - but what about IVG ? In vitro gametogenesis involves making human eggs and sperm in the laboratory from any cell in a person's body. This means IVG… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.The establishment of a Pacific Response Group (PRG) is one of the main outcomes of the ninth South Pacific Defence Ministers Meeting (SPDMM) which has wrapped up in Auckland.  Read more Audio

9:45 AM.NZ's Anna Sergant reports from an official briefing in Dunedin where a red heavy rain warning extended for parts of Otago until 11 o'clock tonight. Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Kiwi scientists say they've found a molecule in blackcurrants that inhibits an enzyme that breaks down chemicals like dopamine in the brain. Read more Audio

9:25 AM.One of the country's experts on data centres says the use of artificial intelligence will explode energy demand. Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Rain continues to pour down in Dunedin where a state of emergency has been in place since last last night. Read more Audio

11:25 AM.That may sound like living in Utopia - tidying their rooms, eating vegetables, the list goes on.  Read more Audio