Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:09 AM.As the Pike River Coal Mine has announced it is now in receivership, the financial futures of mines staff and contractors remain unclear. Audio

11:54 AM.Kennedy Warne discusses his month-long expedition to Antarctica and several sub Antarctic islands - including the Auckland Islands, the largest of NZ's sub-Antarctic islands. Audio

11:37 AM.Ruth Pretty has recipes for Christmas cup cakes with cinnamon frosting, Chocolate Macadamia Delice and John gives us some great wine suggestions. Audio

11:07 AM.NZ wikileaks and the foreshore and seabed and are we really facing the prospect of some new political parties before the next election? Audio

10:40 AM.Phil Smith reviews The Hundred Foot Journey by Richard C Morais. Audio

10:08 AM.Founder of influential independent NZ music label Flying Nun. He started it in Christchurch in 1981 and it was home to legendary acts such as The 3Ds, The Clean, The Chills, and Straitjacket Fits. It… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.With the latest news from the Middle East we are joined by our correspondent Irris Makler. Audio

9:38 AM.Matthew Barnett - Senior Research Scientist at AgResearch, based at The Liggins Institute in The University of Auckland. Audio

9:08 AM.Dr Lester Levy, chair of the Waitemata District Health Board, which serves the largest DHB population of more than 540,000 in the country. He has just also taken over the role of chair of the Auckland… Read more Audio

11:48 AM.With Radar and Gemma Gracewood. Audio

11:34 AM.Barry Maister's farewell from the NZ Olympic Committee, The Ashes, and the forthcoming NZ Rugby Awards. Audio

11:06 AM.Track featured - 'Let It Go Now' by the artist Matt Langley off the album Featherbones, 'Limit To Your Love'by the artist James Blake off the album entitled 'Album' and 'Glass Owls - December' by… Read more Audio

10:36 AM.Books reviewed are 'Baa-Baa Smart Sheep' by Mark Sommeset illustrated by Rowan Sommerset and published by Dreamboat Books, 'Quaky Cat' by Diana Noonan illustrated by Gavin Bishop and published by… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Nick Danziger has travelled the world taking photographs and making documentary films, and has become one of the world's most renowned photojournalists. His latest project Mana: Inside the All Blacks… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.He discusses the financial crisis in Tonga and the Chinese role, what's going on in the Easter Islands and the Christchurch innovation to remake Samoan coffee. Audio

9:30 AM.The central bank kept interest rates unchanged at 3% yesterday and signalled there will be fewer interest rate hikes over the next two years. Audio

9:07 AM.A group says many quake-hit businesses will go to the wall unless they get immediate financial assistance from the Government and council. Audio

11:50 AM.Gordon Ramsay versus Heston Blumenthal, plus 'The United States of Tara'. Audio

11:29 AM.Advice for mothers on speaking to boys. Audio

11:11 AM.Predictions for 2015, how the computer whiz kids laughed at what's become one of the fastest growing companies in the world, and modern art and the man with a camera in his head. Audio

10:40 AM.Mary McCallum reviews 'The Night Bookmobile' by Audrey Niffenegger. Published by Jonathan Cape. Audio

10:06 AM.Miriam Frank is an author, Holocaust survivor and Otago University educated doctor. Audio

9:50 AM.The arrest of Julian Assange, 'Enemies' of Wikileaks cyber-attacked by 'Anonymous', and Liberal Democrats under attack for their part in escalation of tuition fees. Audio

9:33 AM.Farah Pandith is the US Secretary of State's Special Representative to Muslim Communities. The Indian-born Muslim was appointed to the role in June 2009 and reports directly to Secretary of State… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.A constitutional review to look at the length of parliamentary terms and the Treaty of Waitangi. Audio