Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:45 AM.Political editor Brent Edwards reports on the governments planned press conference tomorrow in Christchurch. Audio

11:32 AM.The subject is 'loan sharks' and laws surrounding them. Audio

11:06 AM.Marty Duda's Artist Of The Week is Kris Kristofferson. Audio

10:39 AM.The Garden in the Clouds: From Derelict Smallholding to Mountain Paradise by Antony Woodward, published by Fourth Estate. Audio

10:06 AM.Newly-knighted founder and chair of meat company Anzco Foods, which has annual sales of more than $1.2 billion, making it one of New Zealand's largest exporters. He is also a director of dairy… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.The carbon tax debate in Australia. Audio

9:35 AM.A major UK report into the Commercialisation and Sexualisation of Childhood is calling for more protection for children from what it calls the sexualised wallpaper that surrounds them. Audio

9:08 AM.South Island Tourism taking a big hit due to lack of snow, the continuing aftershocks, the ash cloud and the high New Zealand dollar. Audio

11:42 AM.Okareka Dance Company has a new show, Nga Hau e Wha, which plays in Wellington at Te Whaea Theatre: Te Whaea National Dance and Drama Centre. Taiaroa Royal is a pioneer in NZ modern dance, and a… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Phil Goff hits out at Darren Hughes media coverage; Te Tai Tokerau by-election; and John Key's visit to Canberra. Audio

11:10 AM.The SFO lays criminal charges against Timaru businessman Allan Hubbard and SkyCity's convention centre proposal. Audio

10:42 AM.The Lanarchs by Owen Marshall, published by Vintage. Reviewed by Julia Millen. Audio

9:56 AM.Weinergate, Republican instructs other Democrats that they can't not ask questions and lack of interest in Japan's nuclear spill. Audio

9:31 AM.A global finance company, offering high interest micro-loans via text message, has begun operating in New Zealand. These loans have been met with despair by family budgeting services. Kathryn talked… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Kiwifruit growers and other industry sources say the future of the industry is bleak unless a cure or adequate control method is found for Psa-V. Extra help for affected growers in the Te Puke area is… Read more Audio

11:48 AM.Live from London on his adventures in Spain. Audio

11:35 AM.Recipes: Pappardelle with Rabbit and Mushroom Ragou, Mulled Wine Dessert. Audio

11:11 AM.From the left and the right. Audio

10:40 AM.The book is 'Lost in Shangri-la' by Mitchell Zuckoff, published by Fourth Estate. Audio

10:12 AM.Massey University Nutritional ecologist David Raubenheimer talks about his adventure-filled field trips to study the eating habits of animals, and what this can tell us about the human obesity… Read more Audio

9:49 AM.Our European Correspondent Carsten von Nahmen discusses the 2012 Russian presidential election, and bail-out fatigue in Europe. Audio

9:29 AM.Professor Paul Roth at Otago University who teaches privacy, information and data protection law and co-wrote reports into the incident for the Privacy Commissioner. The personal data NZ Post… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.Professor David Wells is an Associate Professor at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne. He has researched the incidence of "drug facilitated sexual assault" or… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.With Dai Henwood and Gemma Gracewood. Audio