Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:10 AM.Key elements of Thursday's Budget and the political strategy around it. Audio

10:37 AM.Written by Sarah Quigley, published by Vintage. Reviewed by Graham Beattie. Audio

10:10 AM.Tony Mott is a British-born rock n' roll photographer who's snapped pretty well all of them - ACDC, Rolling Stones, Queen, amongst much else. He's spent an awful lot of time backstage, up close and… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.The Republican presidential race and debate over the role of harsh interrogation techniques in gaining the intelligence that led to Osama bin Laden. Audio

9:33 AM.Is there a crisis looming in the industry? Consent numbers show construction has slowed, and the construction workforce has shrunk as tradespeople leave the industry. Mark Graham, a publisher of… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Filipino caregivers, after working long hours in the wake of the Christchurch earthquake, are now being denied work permits. Audio

11:50 AM.The $300 house competition and other frugal innovations. Audio

11:30 AM.Dishes inspired by travels through Turkey and Egypt. Audio

11:08 AM.The coming budget and the flagged KiwiSaver changes, Don Brash's Dear John letter and Labour's response. Audio

10:40 AM.Written by David Lodge, reviewed by Jane Westaway, published by Harvill/Secker. Audio

10:06 AM.Elisabeth Tova Bailey is an American essayist and author of 'The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating' - a meditative and inspiring memoir about how one woman's daily struggle with a serious neurological… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.The Ugandan President has been inaugurated despite ongoing protests and unrest, and Rwanda finds an ingenious solution to its power shortage. Audio

9:45 AM.Marile Borden is the creator of the Moms Who Need Wine website. It has nearly 400,000 fans on Facebook and has now joined with a wine club. Audio

9:38 AM.Fiji has accused Tonga of breaching its sovereignty after using a naval vessel to ferry Lieutenant Colonel Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba Mara out of the country. Audio

9:10 AM.There are claims that the future of many charities is at risk as the Charities Commission takes hard-line approach to its definition of what makes a charity. Audio

11:48 AM.With Jeremy Elwood and Pinky Agnew. Audio

11:39 AM.More FIFA corruption allegations, sectarian violence in Scottish football and claims referees might be unwittingly biased towards the All Black's at the Rugby World Cup. Audio

11:07 AM.The songs are 'Hoki Mai' by the artist; The Yoots off the album Sing Along With The Yoots, 'Possessions' by the artist Artist: Parallel Dance Ensemble off the album: Possessions and Obsessions… Read more Audio

10:39 AM.'Making Sheep Country: Mt Peel Station and the Transformation of the Tussock Lands' by Robert Peden, published by Auckland University Press. Audio

10:09 AM.Wil Anderson has won several awards for his comedy including the People's Choice award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival - for the second year in a row. His award winning show The Gruen… Read more Audio

9:49 AM.The new brinkmanship going on with Fiji Rugby, Samoa's plans to move the dateline and HMNZS Canterbury and the Americans tour Tonga and Vanuatu. Audio

9:38 AM.A controversial viral campaign sparked by a Canadian police officer's comments about women's dress has shifted onto the streets of North America, with other marches being planned around the world. Audio

9:08 AM.Roger Sutton, the chief executive of networks company Orion has taken up a five-year contract as the CEO of the Christchurch Earthquake Reconstruction Authority, the top bureaucrat in the post-quake… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Graeme Tuckett reviews Tracker, Hook Line and Sinker, and Source Code. Audio

11:30 AM.US author - cartoonist Alan Silberberg talks about his childhood grief and how it surfaced more than forty years later. Audio