Nine To Noon Podcast Options

10:35 AM.Kiran Dass reviews Hagstone by Sinéad Gleeson published by Fourth Estate. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Ballerina-turned-author and comedian Sacha Jones on her book The Fatter Sex - looking at women's battles with diet, weight and body confidence. Read more Audio

9:54 AM.Ron looks at the latest on the war in Gaza, and the wave of university campus protests across the US.

He is a Senior Editor and Correspondent, Washington Desk for NPR news. Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Claiming on insurance can be complicated and legalistic - insurance ombudsman Karen Stevens answers your questions Read more Audio

9:25 AM.Coastal shipping was seen as a saviour after Cyclone Gabrielle, but Government backing for the sector has cooled. Read more Audio

9:06 AM.Westpac says many households and businesses are struggling with high interest rates and costs and the coming months will be challenging. Chief Executive Catherine McGrath talks about the sluggish… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.What would you do if your local council or the Government asked to buy your house?

It happened to Bill McKay recently, under the Public Works Act. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.The price of cocoa - the raw ingredient in chocolate - has trebled in the last twelve months. Foundry Chocolate owner David Herrick discusses the implications. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.The search for a bone marrow donor for a gravely ill Rotorua boy and how the Maori and Pasifika population may be able to help. Popular restaurant Urbano Bistro has reopened after a car ploughed… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Louise Ward of Wardini Books reviews Ash by Louise Wallace published by Te Herenga Waka University Press Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Comedian, musician, poet, and video creator Elle Cordova on her clever, nerdy, hilarious skits, delighting her one million Instagram followers.

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9:45 AM.European students are joining a wave of mostly peaceful university protests against Israel's war in Gaza. Read more Audio

9:35 AM.AgriZero NZ is a public-private partnership between the New Zealand government and some of the country's largest agri-businesses aiming to reduceagricultural methane emissions 30% by 2030. Head of… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.The latest unemployment figures show once again youth are hardest hit during economic headwinds.  AUT Professor of Economics and NZ Policy Research Institute director Gail Pacheco speaks to Kathryn. Read more Audio

9:04 AM.More than 80 percent of councils around the country are planning a double-digit rates rise this next year. Local Government New Zealand president and Selwyn District mayor Sam Broughton says the… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Comedic duo Michele A'Court and Irene Pink bring this week's lighter moments, including the cat who climbed into a postage box and travelled more than 1000 kilometres across America. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Qatar has made a surprise bid to host the finals of the new Rugby Nations Championship from 2026.  And in Mini-Golf news, Kiwi Matt Ansley finished second in a major world tour. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.British label Ace Records has just released a new series of genre compilations, and Grant Smithies says the funk collection in particular is a doozy. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Work on the almost-completed Palmerston North cycleway has paused as arguments rage. Also, why ratepayers are facing an eye-watering bill for a new sewage treatment plant.  Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Lisa Adler from Unity Books Wellington reviews You Are Here by David Nicholls published Hachette Read more Audio

10:05 AM.After training in London and New York, New Zealand tenor Manase Latu takes his first leading role in NZ Opera's latest comedy Le comte Ory. Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Jeremiah Manele has been elected as the Solomon Islands' new Prime Minister. Meanwhile police in Honiara are on high alert with the capital having a well-documented history of public unrest around… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.The government has introduced new measures to increase school attendance, but some schools have devised their own initiatives to boost attendance and tackle the "truancy crisis". Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Pensioners who bought their homes under an Auckland Council affordable housing scheme are worried for its future, as units stay empty amid a housing shortage in the city.  Read more Audio