Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:45 AM.Comedians Te Radar and Donna Brookbanks with a few funny stories, including the online purchase of a croissant shaped lamp, that turned out to be resin covered pastry! Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Cuddling King Charles might be grabbing the headlines, but the Black Ferns have an almighty encounter this weekend. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Nathan Haines' eleventh album Notes was many years in the making, its progress derailed by a cancer diagnosis, throat surgery and the death of key collaborator, Phil Asher. Now the record's here, and… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.The decision remains in the balance on whether to toll motorists from Wairarapa to Palmerston North almost $9 per day to use the new highway. Editor of the Wairarapa Times-Age, Piers Fuller Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Airini Beautrais reviews Patea Boys by Airana Ngarewa published by Moa Press Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Grey Lynn historian Tania Mace has taken a deep dive into a well known older part of Auckland she calls home. Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Typhoon Yagi, which battered southern China, the Philippines and Vietnam may have eased, but residents in Vietnam are grappling with mass flooding, which has swept away buses seen a bridge collapse… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Whangarei GP Dr Andrew Miller was diagnosed with HPV related head and neck cancer ten years ago.  Read more Audio

9:25 AM.Some Rangiora High School students have been part of an interactive digital pilot programme this year, which aims to educate about vaping in a non punitive way. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The Minister for Seniors, and Associate Health Minister, Casey Costello discusses the future for aged care. Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Film and TV reviewer Tamar Munch joins Kathryn to talk about Jeff Goldblum as Zeus dealing with his wayward children and fearing for his demise in a very modern-day setting in Kaos (Netflix). Takeout… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.When Jennifer Anderson became a mother, she - like many new parents - realised the uphill battle that can be mealtimes.  Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Technology commentator Peter Griffin looks at the government's plans to develop a pilot AI assistant to navigate...government. Has any other country done this, what can citizens expect and what are… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Lee has the latest on the barge, Manahau which ran aground at Westport's Carters Beach. West Coasters will not be consulted before their weekend GP clinics are replaced with telehealth from 1 October… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.David Hill reviews Edith Collier: Early New Zealand modernist Edited by Jill Trevelyan, Jennifer Taylor and Greg Donson Published by Massey University Press Read more Audio

10:05 AM.As Jason Gurney was growing up in South Auckland, there was a permanent long shadow cast over his whanau.  Read more Audio

9:50 AM.UK correspondent Matt Dathan looks at the new government's moves to restrict eligibility for the winter fuel payment, which passed in Parliament despite an attempt to block it.  Read more Audio

9:40 AM.In the tackle to cut down on single use plastic, plant pots may not be the first thing that comes to mind. But in New Zealand alone, we use a whopping 350 million of them a year.  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Police will soon stop responding to most mental health calls after years of warning the workload was becoming unsustainable.  Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Science commentator Laurie Winkless joins Kathryn with three fascinating recent studies into methane emissions, kākāpō feathers and how gold nuggets are made. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Bees are hardly the biggest creatures in the world - but New Zealand's native bees are even smaller. How tiny? Almost so small you can hardly see them.  Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Dave joins Kathryn to share some tracks with a springtime feel across a variety of genres - from the Carter Family to Nirvana. Read more Audio

10:50 AM.With the Far North paying the highest power prices in New Zealand, despite having one of the lowest median incomes, Peter has been talking to families having to choose between buying groceries and… Read more Audio

10:47 AM.Carole Beu of the Women's Bookshop in Auckland reviews Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout published by Penguin Random House Read more Audio

10:35 AM.A review into the flood that devastated Wairoa in June has found Hawke's Bay Regional Council lacked a proper plan for managing the river mouth, and did not listen to locals. Read more Audio