Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:08 AM.A capital gains tax of about 15 per cent on the sale of investment properties will form a key part of Labour's tax policy at the November election. Audio

11:49 AM.Paul Henry's return to broadcasting and the Waikato Times' switch from being an evening paper to a morning one. Audio

11:26 AM.Amanda Calder is a former lawyer and chair of Refugee Family Reunification Trust - she received the QSM in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours. Ranka Margetic-Sosa, orginally from Bosnia, is a… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.News from the agricultural sector, including new leadership at Federated Farmers, and whether we should be banking on a dairy bonanza in India. Audio

10:38 AM.Ian Chapman reviews 'Ray Columbus - The Mod Father: Life and Times of a Rock 'n Roll Pioneer' by Ray Columbus with Margie Thompson, published by Penguin. Audio

10:10 AM.Every four seconds a Mills and Boon novel is sold. We meet one of its romance writers, Gill Sanderson, who in reality is a balding Yorkshireman called Roger. He is reportedly the only male Mills and… Read more Audio

9:48 AM.Another standoff is occurring between the Republicans and the Democrats over the national debt. Audio

9:39 AM.Professor Bonnie Barber, chair of Psychology at Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia. Audio

9:08 AM.Allan Griffin, former director of finance for the Tauranga City Council, who was involved in funding the original Tauranga Harbour Bridge, then New Zealand's only toll road; Stephen Selwood, chief… Read more Audio

11:47 AM.Kennedy Warne discusses the Wai 262 claim report. Audio

11:30 AM.Guest chef Lauraine Jacobs gives us a couple of Sri Lankan recipes, John Hawkeby matches the wine. Audio

11:06 AM.Matthew Hooton and Sue Bradford discuss penguins, the whereabouts of Phil Goff, the response so far to the Wai 262 claim report and the campaign against MMP. Audio

10:15 AM.Sir Noel Robinson is the owner of Paraparaumu airport, now renamed Kapiti Coast airport. His uncle, Sir Wolf Fisher, co-founded Fisher and Paykel, and Sir Noel is also involved in a number of… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Irris Makler discusses the Gaza flotilla. Audio

9:38 AM.Discussing the implications of the Waitangi Tribunal report into the Wai 262 claim are Moana Jackson, Maori lawyer who drafted the original Wai 262 claim, Rob McGowan, ethno-botanist specialising in… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Larry N. Mitchell is an independent finance and policy consultant and Lawrence Yule is President of Local Government New Zealand and Hastings Mayor. Audio

11:51 AM.With Jeremy Elwood and Michele A'Court. Audio

11:35 AM.Richard talks about Ivan Cleary leaving the Warriors. Audio

11:06 AM.Chris discusses three young English singers with fresh takes on folk, country and blues: Eliza Carthy, Eilen Jewell and Thea Gilmore. Audio

10:37 AM.The books are;'Unfortunately' by Alan Durant and Simon Rickerty published by Orchard distributed by Harper Collins, 'Warriors Into the Wild' by Erin Hunter published by Harper Collins and 'A Golden… Read more Audio

10:08 AM.The Scottish author of No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Alexander McCall Smith. The award-winning writer's latest book is The Importance of Being Seven, which is from the series of the Scotland… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.Thailand's general election and the Chinese Communist Party celebrates its 90th birthday. Audio

9:41 AM.His exhibition is Wayne Seyb: new paintings Heritage Christchurch's treasured history, painted in the moment is open from Monday 4 July at 6pm to to 31 July, open daily, at Grove Mill Winery, 13… Read more Audio

9:24 AM.Daniel Hopson from Manchester founded the Children of the Forest Foundation near the Thai-Burmese border - they provide a protection and education centre for stateless children affected by child… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.There is mounting concern about synthetic cannabis after Kronic Pineapple Express ordered off the shelves. Leo Schep, Toxicologist at the National Poisons Centre; and Peter Dunne, Associate Health… Read more Audio