Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:45 AM.Brigitte Morten, Gareth Hughes, Rebecca Stevenson and Alan Blackman look back on a tumultuous year. Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Walking across a tightrope suspended hundreds of metres above a lake sounds like a terrifying nightmare for most people. But for Gavin Alexander Lewis it is a way to focus and relax. Alexander Lewis… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.18 year old Leo Guo is relaxing at a Coromandel beach after stunning achievement in his final year of High School. He was the runner up to dux at Lindisfarne College in Hastings last year, this year… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Brigitte Morten, Gareth Hughes, Rebecca Stevenson and Alan Blackman look back on a tumultuous year. Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Chris Schulz wraps up his top five shows that were worth viewing in 2023. Read more Audio

11:25 AM.If you're the eldest child, the stereotype would have us believe you're responsible, conscientious and a bit bossy. Second born - more chilled out and creative and the youngest? Spoilt! But does birth… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Tech commentator Juha Saarinen joins Kathryn to talk about what's happened in the tech sector this year, including a lot of large staff layoffs - with the exception of Apple. He says that's in… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Lynn Freeman reviews Day by Michael Cunningham published by 4th Estate. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.One of the country's most recognisable officers, Detective Inspector Scott Beard has been a police officer for 43 years and the chief investigator on many high profile cases in the last few decades of… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.There's fresh debate on whether the UK should change the law to allow assisted dying, sparked this week by well known British broadcaster Dame Esther Rantzen, who has stage four lung cancer. She has… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Pathfinder Asset Management's co-founder John Berry has been helping people concerned about the environment, human rights and animals to put their money where their mouth is. The fund manager and… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.The Franklin Rd light display is one of Auckland's Christmas community delights drawing an estimated 150,000 visitors each year. But residents are upset by vendors moving in on the event which they… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The government's books were opened up yesterday and it's not a pretty picture. Treasury is forecasting an economy facing two years of sluggish growth, rising unemployment and a prolonged contraction… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Most Kiwis think they won't have sufficient retirement funds and for many, they are right. So says the Financial Services Council in a recently released report from its Money and You research series… Read more Audio

11:20 AM.Christmas day is nearly here - and with it likely a turkey or ham to be carved, or if you're lucky, a fresh fish to fillet and put on the BBQ. Gareth Hughes knows a thing or two about knives. He's the… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Underinvestment in rural Tairawhiti towns is the spotlight with the council deciding how to redistribute $1.4 million of unused funding. A lot of cyclone hammered towns are in need of township… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Harry Broad reviews Life Done Differently by Lisa Jansen published by High Tide Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Robin Scholes is a pioneer of the independent film and TV production sector in New Zealand, whose body of work over decades has now been recognised by the screen producers guild. SPADA last month… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Cyclone Jasper has caused the worst flooding in and around Cairns in far north Queensland. Karen Middleton says the Bureau of Meteorology is facing strong criticism for failing to forecast the massive… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Since making her debut for the Black Ferns over a decade ago - Chelsea Semple has racked up 29 tests. But her experience off the field while pregnant with her first child has perhaps been one of the… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.There's a party in Tairua today as the town celebrates the reopening of State Highway 25A - the key road connecting it to the rest of the country. State Highway 25A between Kopu and Hikuai was closed… Read more Audio

9:15 AM.Farmers in Northern Hawkes Bay and Tairawhiti are concerned that some long awaited, permanent road repairs are failing within weeks of bitumen being applied. Hundreds of roads in the region were… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Visitors are slowly filling up the country's tourism centres for the busy season, but profitability across the hotel sector is a mixed bag. Hotel data for New Zealand says revenue per available room… Read more Audio