Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:45 AM.Danielle Kurtzleben is in Washington, where Democrats are split about the United States policy over Israel. And the party is also raising alarms over political group No Labels. It's been around for… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.South Island company Spout is helping to reduce the number of plastic milk bottles by offering a milk-in-keg service to big milk consumers. Read more Audio

9:25 AM.We had a huge response to our story on retirees who rent and are pleased to pick it up again today with John Collyns, the Executive Director of the Retirement Villages Association. Read more Audio

9:15 AM.A Napier school is introducing a hard ban on cellphones, including at lunchtimes, in the hopes students will begin to appreciate time away from their devices. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The largest ever study of the impact of collisions on the heads of players sheds new light on who is getting injured and how.  Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.In our food slot today we examine how you can turn your excess garden produce into pickles, preserves and more. Niva and Yotam Kay run Pakaraka Farm on the Coromandel Peninsula, located in the… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Gareth Hughes and Liam Hehir look at the final shakedown of Parliament following the special vote count, where did the close results land and which MPs are out as a result? And the slow process of… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.David looks at how the election result affects Christchurch seats and he also talks about the Coroner's inquiry into the mosques terror attack. Also the situation where a consultancy was paid tens of… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Harry Broad reviews Meet You at the Main Divide by Geoff & Justine Ross published by HarperCollins Read more Audio

10:05 AM.If you're planning on getting in the water this summer, you might want to take extra care in and around Tauranga Harbour. Marine biologist Dr Riley Elliott has been tagging and tracking great whites… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.An 18-hour hostage situation at Hamburg airport has just been resolved with a suspect detained and a child uninjured. It began when an armed man drove through a security barrier and on to the tarmac… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Some owners of heritage buildings in regional centres are preparing to hand over the keys and abandon their properties because they can't afford the cost of earthquake strengthening. Under current… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.According to a report by the Retirement Commission, in 25 years 40% of over 65-year-olds will be paying rent. Against this backdrop, the retirement sector is increasingly getting out of providing… Read more Audio

7:08 PM.Testimonies from 300 students show victims of sexual assaults are not being protected adequately by their schools. Respondents to a call for sharing their experiences around sexual assault at school… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.After the All Blacks heartbreak, a couple of other teams have the chance to give New Zealand something to cheer about in their biggest matches of the year - while the injuries and losses begin to… Read more Audio

11:08 AM.The only solo album by former Clean/ Chills/ Snapper/ Puddle/ Great Unwashed member Peter Gutteridge has just been reissued, and it's an eccentric thriller from the first track to the last. Grant… Read more Audio

10:50 AM.The proposed expansion of the Methven Resort near Mt Hutt skifield is meeting with some local opposition. It was built in 1982. Ashburton's new library and civic centre building is set to finally open… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Gina Rogers reviews Lady Tan's Circle of Women, by Lisa See published by Simon and Schuster. Read more Audio

10:08 AM.Dr John Gillies has had a life long love of Skippers Canyon, and his new book showcases his paintings of the iconic gorge in Otago. He was born in 1945, and discovered his love of art at St Andrew's… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Pacific reporter Lydia Lewis, in the Cook Islands, where last night she interviewed the country's Prime Minister. Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Judges Tina Makereti and Harry Ricketts reveal their top five short stories from the hundreds entered in this year's competition. Read more Audio

9:25 AM.Chief Executive of North Shore Hospital charity the Well Foundation joins Kathryn Ryan to discuss their "Give A Bit Of Green" campaign. The campaign, launched this week, aims to raise $1million to… Read more Audio