Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:25 AM.George Wood, chairman of the Auckland Council Community Safety Forum. Audio

9:09 AM.One of NZ's largest employers, the Auckland District Health Board, is looking at refusing to hire smokers. Taima Campbell is the executive director of nursing at the Auckland DHB and Kerri Nuku is the… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Designing an advertising campaign for non-human primates, and why human females do better than males in tests on recognising emotions or relationships among people. Audio

11:37 AM.Discussing Green MP Sue Kedgley's Lobbying Disclosure Bill. Audio

11:13 AM.This week's artist - Roger McGuinn. Audio

10:37 AM.Written by Rick Stein, published by BBC Ebury. Reviewed by Rae McGregor. Audio

10:06 AM.Allan Scott is a Marlborough wine pioneer and founder of Allan Scott Family Winery. He planted some of the region's most famous vineyards, including the very first in 1973, and has worked every… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.Chief political correspondent for SBS Television discusses Julia Gillard's controversial carbon pricing plan, and bad opinion polls for the Government. Audio

9:34 AM.Last week, it was discovered that two Auckland bus drivers banned burqa-clad women from boarding their buses. Does Maskophobia really exist, or do too many New Zealanders lack knowledge of different… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.A Supreme Court ruling has rejected the way ACC assesses long term clients as ready to return to work. Audio

11:48 AM.More on the News of the World's demise after the phone hacking scandal in the UK. Audio

11:30 AM.Each time you log onto a page on the internet, data is being gathered about you - allowing websites to start targetting their advertising and content directly to individuals. Eli Pariser is the author… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Labour's capital gains tax plan and the Government's announcement of big reductions in ACC levies. Audio

10:40 AM.Written by Ali Smith, published by Hamish Hamilton, reviewed by Carole Beu. Audio

10:10 AM.South African-born executive director of Greenpeace International. Mr Naidoo is the first African Greenpeace boss and first to be appointed from outside the organisation. He is visiting NZ to lend… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.Another dramatic standoff between the Republican Congress and President Obama. Audio

9:30 AM.The EEO Commission has drafted a new Pay Equality Bill because it says the gender pay gap has been an 'enduring inequality for women and is a fundamental breach of human rights'. Audio

9:09 AM.The turnaround in ACC's finances may mean that levies can be reduced for workers and businesses. Audio

11:51 AM.Why urban brains behave differently from rural ones. Audio

11:32 AM.Paul Liebrandt melds the tradition of classical cuisine with a contemporary, personal approach to ingredients and technique and a uniquely graphic visual style. John Hawkesby provides the wine… Read more Audio

11:08 AM.The ACT Party's recent newspaper advertisement and Labour's capital gains policy. Audio

10:38 AM.Written by Ben Mezrich, published by Heinemann, reviewed by Lance Wiggs. Audio

10:07 AM.Sean Simpson is the co-founder, and head of the science team at Lanzatech - a privately owned, NZ-based company which has developed and patented a microbe that eats polluting gases and excretes… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.Europe's words with credit ratings agencies, French investigators open Dominique Strauss-Kahn probe and and an EU clampdown on cross-border driving offences. Audio

9:28 AM.Dr Caroline Orchiston has a background in earth sciences and tourism studies at Otago University and has studied the impact of a serious quake on the Alpine Fault on the tourism industry. Audio