Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:08 AM.What does it mean for leaky home owners and for ratepayers? Audio

11:50 AM.Radar and Michele A'Court wade through the week's news. Audio

11:38 AM.Rugby World Cup ticket sales, Kieran Reid voted NZ Rugby Player of Year, the Ashes in Perth, and more Pakistani cricketers implicated in gambling scandals. Audio

11:10 AM.Sean suggests music suitable for Christmas gifts, and Studio Operator Dan Beban plays his banjo ahead of supporting Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings. Audio

10:40 AM.Emma Hart reviews 'The English Ghost: Spectres Through Time' by Peter Ackroyd. Published by Chatto and amp; Windus. Audio

10:06 AM.Tony Kokshoorn is the Grey District Mayor. It's one month since the first explosion ripped through the Pike River mine - New Zealand's largest underground coal mine - trapping 29 workers. Hopes that… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.The controversial ceremony awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo and where some of the world's smartest 15-year-olds live. Audio

9:33 AM.Hekia Parata, the newly-appointed Minister of Women's Affairs addresses the issues raised in this country's seventh report to the UN on its elimination of discrimation against women. The report has… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.The Australian competition watchdog has done a U-turn on a trans-Tasman tie-up between Air New Zealand and Virgin Blue, clearing the proposed alliance on the condition that the airlines commit to… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Graeme Tuckett reviews 'Tron: Legacy', 'Megamind' and 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'. Audio

11:20 AM.Michelle Holman writes romantic comedies with a distinctly New Zealand flavour. Her latest book 'Barefoot' touches on domestic violence - something Michelle has seen first hand evidence of when she… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.What the world searched for on Google and Yahoo search engines this year, and how social media has replaced old-style political organisations as shown in the recent London student protests. Audio

10:40 AM.Anne Buchanan reviews 'Aphrodite's Hat' by Sally Vickers. Published by Fourth Estate. Audio

10:08 AM.The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra under NZSO Chief Executive Peter Walls has just completed the most successful international tour in its history - receiving rapturous applause and repeat encores at… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Swedish people in British news, and some over forties have a fling. Audio

9:28 AM.Hanover Finance investor Tom Brosnahan, and independent stockbroker Chris Lee talk about the state of Hanover now that a former Director of the company has had his assets frozen. Audio

9:08 AM.John Fisk is a PricewaterhouseCoopers partner, who has been appointed to handle the receivership of Pike River Coal. Audio

11:49 AM.Discussing the laws of thermodynamics....energy, pressure and volume. Audio

11:33 AM.Former Wall Street lawyer, Stacy Shortall with insights on that world, - the culture of a wall street law firm, plush offices, limos and private planes. Audio

11:10 AM.Artist of the week: Sharon Jones. Audio

10:42 AM.Gina Faafoi reviews Christmas Eve at Friday Harbour by Lisa Kleypas. Published by Paitkus. Audio

10:10 AM.Young NZ author who has spent the year as an adjunct professor at the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop, while continuing to pick up literary awards for her debut novel,"The Rehearsal". She has also… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Chief political correspondent for SBS Television. Audio

9:26 AM.Barry Matthews, outgoing chief executive of the Corrections Department, talks about some of the major controversies during his tenure. Audio

9:08 AM.Business Commentator Rod Oran discusses the Pike River Mine receivership and asks: why are major shareholders such as NZ Oil and Gas not picking up some of the tab? Audio