Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:30 AM.Wellington City Mission is celebrating one year in its purpose-built $50 million innovative hub in Newtown where it has supported thousands of people and families in need. Read more Audio

9:20 AM.A recent government science funding announcement hasn't impressed one of the country's top scientists, who says the country's best researchers are being driven overseas.  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Lower Hutt firefighters say they can't get to fires fast enough because a key station has been closed for nearly four years, while the union says there are stations in Auckland and Tauranga with… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Stats NZ senior manager for prices and construction Nicola Growden talks with Kathryn about the cost of living, and how it is measured.  Read more Audio

11:15 AM.RNZ acting political Craig McCulloch joins us to dissect Labour's tax policy. Then Neale and Brigitte discuss that and other recent events in politics. Read more Audio

10:48 AM.Tom Hunt is a senior journalist with Wellington paper The Post Read more Audio

10:44 AM.Elisabeth Easther reviews Wreck by Catherine Newman, published by Penguin Random House. Read more Audio

10:10 AM.New Zealand has had its fair share of iconic outdoorsmen - some real, some created, some a bit of both - but all genuine characters. Read more Audio

9:50 AM.US President Trump is at the Asean Summit in Malaysia and appears to have struck a deal with Chinese President XI Jinping for a US investment for TikTok.  Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Nearly 8,000 properties in Southland and Otago remain without power this weekend - and the local lines company is warning residents it could last several days.  Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Panel beaters say more people are opting to drive with damage from fender benders, because insurance claims are so expensive. Read more Audio

9:08 AM.ACC is telling long-term injured clients around the country that they are "work ready" and giving them four weeks notice that their payments will stop. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Jeremy Taylor of Slow Boat Records plays new music from indie band The Lemonheads, a new album from UK singer songwriter Olivia Dean and Australian punk band The Saints. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Tauranga City council has a plan to help a waterfront neighbourhood plagued by drug use, burnouts and speeding.  Read more Audio

10:35 AM.David Hill reviews He Puawai A Natural History of New Zealand Flowers by Philip Garnock-Jones, published by Auckland University Press. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.In the 1970s, as the deer recovery era took off , the Hollows brothers - Gary, Mark and Kim were drawn from the north, one by one, to Fiordland. Read more Audio

9:45 AM.RNZ Pacific Editor Koroi Hawkins gives an update about what's happening around the Pacific Read more Audio

9:30 AM.A $60 million biofactory opening in Rotorua next year will give small businesses the opportunity to create and test new bioproducts using forestry slash.  Read more Audio

9:20 AM.Calls for nurse practitioners to be trained to do some colonoscopies, as the number of bowel cancer cases in under 50 year olds rises.  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Police and ambulance officers are facing widespread threats of violence and suffering burnout according to research released by Worksafe.  Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Film and TV reviewer Tom Augustine joins Kathryn to talk about what he's been watching. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.New research has shown children are far more likely to participate in play and sport when a parent is doing it themselves. Read more Audio