Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:40 AM.US-based Deborah Todd designs and writes best-selling computer games for kids. Audio

9:07 AM.A rest home patient has decided she no longer wants to live and is refusing food. The care home that says it cannot force her to eat. We talk to family of the patient; Chief Executive of St John of… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Clash of the titans on Sunday daytime TV - TVNZ and TV3 go head-to-head with news and current affairs, curiously both funded by NZ On Air. Audio

11:25 AM.LA based New Zealand director, writer and actor Taika Waititi whose latest film "Boy" is about to hit the screens here - after scoring positive reviews at the Sundance film festival. Audio

11:09 AM.Rod and Kathryn discuss mining and how it creates economic value. Audio

10:35 AM.Written by Megan Hutching. Published by HarperCollins. Reviewed by Alison Laurie. Audio

10:09 AM.This British writer of Jamaican descent draws on her Afro-Caribbean heritage and experiences growing up black in a very white Anglo-Saxon England to influence and imbue her writing. Audio

9:50 AM.Health reform and the insurance industry plus the art of lobbying on Capitol Hill. Audio

9:08 AM.Kathryn speaks with: two prominent mayors, one pro and one anti mining; the Minerals Industry Association CEO and; a spokesperson for Coromandel Watchdog - to gain a comprehensive overview of the… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Outdoorsman and adventurer Kennedy Warne is in the Bay of Islands. Audio

11:30 AM.Guest chef Lauraine Jacobs discusses the Matakana Farmers Market and John Hawkesby matches wines to her Farmers Market Tart. Audio

11:12 AM.With Andrew Campbell and Matthew Hooten. Audio

10:40 AM.Don Rood reviews 'Nothing but the Truth' by Anna Politkovskaya. Published by Harvill Secker. Audio

10:11 AM.Charles Renfro is to be the international member of the judging panel for Home New Zealand magazine's Home of the Year award. His company in New York is Diller Scofidio Renfro. Audio

9:54 AM.Pope paper on pedophilia poorly received, and openness of Dutch Military attacked by US politician. Audio

9:37 AM.Sir Paul Grant transformed his tough east London school into an award winning, top performer. He is visiting NZ to share his experience with other school principals. Audio

9:08 AM.There are claims from orthopedic surgeons that ACC is turning down an increasing number of elderly patients who injure themselves in a bid to save money. Audio

11:49 AM.With Radar and Michele A'Court. Audio

11:39 AM.With our commentator Joseph Romanos. Audio

11:16 AM.He is featuring 'Some Kind of Nature' by the Gorillaz,'Winterkill' by The Eastern and 'Rocket' by Goldfrapp. Audio

11:06 AM.The book is 'Solar' by Ian McEwan, published by Jonathan Cape. Audio

10:18 AM.Dr Thanh Nguyen, a former Auckland PhD student, picked himself up out of poverty in 1960s Vietnam through education, and came to NZ to study engineering. On the fall of Saigon to Communists he went… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Phil O'Sullivan talks on Asia. Audio

9:52 AM.Laura Fogg, founder of the CeleBRation Choir - NZ's first choir offering music therapy for people with neurological conditions - set up by the Centre for Brain Research at Auckland University; and… Read more Audio

9:22 AM.Viv Maidaborn, CCS Disability Action chief executive; Barrie Wickens, principal of Kaka Street Special School, and a member on the Executive of the NZ Special Schools Association; and Heather Roy… Read more Audio