Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:30 AM.With Trevor Garrett - Charities Commission chief executive. Audio

9:08 AM.The PPTA planned to strike yesterday as part of its on-going campaign - the strike was called off late on Wednesday, after students had gone home for the day. As a result, thousands of Year 10… Read more Audio

11:48 AM.NZ's Next Top Model and Outrageous Fortune. Audio

11:28 AM.When and how to talk about sex with your kids. Audio

11:10 AM.Nigel discusses how an apple pie recipe raises the issue of what is actually copyright on the web, NZ's copyright law on downloading gets firmed up and can you draw what the internet looks like? Audio

10:34 AM.Tina Shaw reviews 'Their Faces Were Shining' by Tim Wilson. Published by Victoria Unversity Press. Audio

10:08 AM.Barbara Harris, US founder of Project Prevention - a charity that pays drug addicts to be sterilised. Audio

9:49 AM.Mattew Parris discusses student protests, retired Navy commanders' fears over the scrapping of the Harrier Force and HMS Ark Royal and "poppy facism". Audio

9:37 AM.John Fawcett works with international aid agencies providing assistance for relief workers who are exposed to human disaster on a daily basis. Audio

9:08 AM.The Law Society speaks out over its concerns about legislation covering the Rugby World Cup. It is the third time in this government's tenure that the Law Society has taken the formerly rare step of… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Courtney discusses John Parker, the ceramist who has recently joined the ranks of New Zealand's Art Laureates. Audio

11:35 AM.Two barristers are taking legal action to halt the Legal Services Agency's implementation of a new policy which prevents defendants in lower-level criminal cases from choosing their lawyers. Audio

11:33 AM.Southern DHB board member Richard Thompson discusses the new structure of South Island Neurosurgery Services. Audio

11:30 AM.Richard Thompson - Southern DHB board member. The acting Direcetor-General of Health Andrew Bridgman will release his decision on the structure of the South Island Neurosurgery Services at 11:30am. Audio

11:07 AM.Marty's artist of the week is Paul McCartney and Wings. Audio

10:40 AM.Written by Patrick Evans, published by Victoria University Press. Reviewed by Laura Kroetsch. Audio

10:07 AM.Gardening guru Kristin Lammerting has a famous garden in Cologne, and has just released her new book 'Inspirational Gardens of New Zealand'. She talked to Kathryn Ryan in Auckland. Audio

9:45 AM.Latest news and issues from Australia. Audio

9:35 AM.Police have removed protesters who have been occupying a Far North council reserve at Taipa Point. Ngati Kahu claims the land has ended in council and private ownership through unlawful acts by the… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.Dr Mayer Hillman, a Senior Fellow Emeritus at the Policy Studies Institute in the UK, has had a new study published in the British Medical Journal which argues that keeping clocks an hour forward all… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.New figures show a big jump in the number of illegally modified vehicles infringement notices issued by police, up by more than a third in the last three years. An illegally modified car was linked to… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Gender roles in the media. Who's doing better? Audio

11:20 AM.Country music legend of Warratahs fame. Has new solo album out called Far As The Eye Can See, and there's an associated exhibition opening in Wellington this week and in Auckland next week. Fourteen… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Business and Economic commentator discusses the World Dairy Summit. Audio

10:41 AM.Edited by Athol McCredie, published by Te Papa Press and reviewed by Paul Diamond. Audio