Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:35 AM.Singing researchers have been investigating cross-cultural patterns in music and language. Read more Video, Audio

9:20 AM.Matai Medical Research Institute - a not-for-profit research and innovation centre - first opened its doors in Gisborne-Tairawhiti in 2019. Five years later, it has a brand new purpose-built campus… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Conservation and health authorities are urged to remain on high alert as two instances of bird flu hit Australia. Distinguished Professor of infectious disease epidemiology and public health, Nigel… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Film and TV correspondent James Croot joins Kathryn to talk about Copa 71 on the pioneering women that attended the 1971 Women's Football World Cup that was witnessed by record crowds - who then got… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Gratitude journals have been embraced by some adults in recent years - but what about children? An electrician turned writer, and an Auckland teacher have now created a wellbeing journal for tamariki… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Technology commentator Peter Griffin looks at the rise of the AI PC, including the debut this week of Microsoft's Copilot+ PCs and the Recall feature that keeps track of everything you see and do on… Read more Audio

10:50 AM.RNZ Taranaki reporter Robin Martin brings news from the region. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Harry Ricketts reviews Meantime by Majella Cullinane published by Otago University Press Read more Audio

10:05 AM.As part of a disturbing global trend, New Zealanders are being coerced by criminals into sharing explicit photos online which are then used for blackmail. In the past two years, young people have… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Columbia University Professor Cat Bohannon asks how it was that the male body became the scientific default in her new book Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution. Read more Audio

9:50 AM.UK correspondent Dan Bloom joins Kathryn to look at reaction to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's rain-drenched announcement that the country would go to the polls on July 4. Read more Audio

9:35 AM.A new study has found machine learning can significantly improve patient outcomes in the ICU. Wellington intensive care specialist, Professor Paul Young, also Deputy Director of the Medical Research… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Plunket responds to research which finds new mums are being let down by post natal services when it comes to mental health. Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Money expert Liz Koh looks at open banking, and the changes it could foist on us all very quickly. What are the pros and cons? Read more Audio

11:20 AM.Kathryn speaks with Christchurch podiatrist Simon Wheeler about how to look after our feet. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Music commentator Dave Wilson joins Kathryn from New York to talk about the Long Play Festival, held over three days in Brooklyn.  Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Tess covers some high profile inquests: The deaths of Rory Nairn after a Covid-19 vaccine, Gore 3yo Lachlan Jones, and Dunedin student Sophia Crestani. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Paul Diamond reviews Treaty Law: Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi in Law and Practice by Kevin Hille, Carwyn Jones and Damen Ward, published by Thomson Reuters. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Our Game Makers profiles 52 women who have made groundbreaking contributions to rugby. Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Correspondent Karen Middleton looks at migration and the housing crisis, Julian Assange's UK court reprieve, and allegations of a football betting scandal. Read more Audio

9:25 AM.Newly graduated University of Auckland student Bethany Forsythe has gone straight from campus to a job overseas identifying war casualties. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Newly published research finds new mums are being let down by postnatal services when it comes to mental health. Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Heartbreak for the Wellington Phoenix at the weekend semifinal - but despite the loss, the A-League is being considered a success. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.A new report from an Australian Senate committee on supermarket pricing has made some pretty bold recommendations - should New Zealand be looking closely at what they are? Read more Audio

11:25 AM.There is now a severe thunderstorm watch in Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Rotorua, Taupō and Gisborne until about midday tomorrow.  Read more Audio