Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:05 AM.Te Whatu Ora is aiming to drastically reduce surgery waitlists for orthopaedic patients, by offering them physiotherapy instead. A trial across Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Waikato, Capital and Coast and… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.The new Government is canning Labour's RMA reforms, but has vowed to cut red tape. So change is coming - but what form could it take? Bill will talk about the options. Read more Audio

10:46 AM.David reviews what the international catamaran race series SailGP meant for Christchurch this year against a backdrop of the The city's economic development agency paying millions of dollars for the… Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Dean Bedford reviews Why Memory Matters: 'Remembered Histories' and the Politics of the Past by Rowan Light published by Bridget Williams Books. Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Since the release of her first cookbook in 2021 Kelsi Boocock has travelled to more than 20 countries, set up a food app and completed a diploma in plant-based cuisine at Le Cordon Bleu in London… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Debora wraps up the big stories of 2023 across South Africa and also Ukraine, where she has spent much time. It's been an unstable year for Africa with several coups, and in Ukraine, a… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Amid the increasing cost of living spiraled higher through the pandemic and inflation that followed, Aucklander Roc Wong got to thinking. Maybe there was a way to compare the costs of various products… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.A new report paints a grim picture of almost every aspect of the lives of intellectually disabled people, finding they die up to 20 years earlier than the rest of the population, and experience more… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Gail Pittaway reviews Question 7 by Richard Flanagan published by Penguin Random House NZ Read more Audio

10:05 AM.For most, the festive season is a time of joy. But for those who have lost friends or family during the year - it can be a particularly tough time. Nic Russell knows this well. She lost her daughter… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.RNZ Pacific Editor Koroi Hawkins is at Whenuapai airbase, about to fly to Fiji with Winston Peters. It's the Foreign Minister's first overseas trip since taking office. Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Concern for her five children prompted an Auckland mother to study for a PhD focusing on how vapes are marketed. Lucy Hardie has been in full-time study at the University of Auckland since 2014, when… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.European leaders have not only decided to begin talks with Ukraine, the door is also open for Moldova and for Georgia to be granted candidate status. The sudden move has come at a summit in Brussels… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.KiwiRail's Chief Executive Peter Reidy is in Picton this morning, talking with staff after the abandonment of the interisland mega ferry project. The government has refused a request by KiwiRail for… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Film and TV reviewer Tamar Munch joins Kathryn to talk about Leave the World Behind (Netflix), an end-of-the-world drama that's causing some controversy. She'll also review Scrublands, streaming on… Read more Audio

11:27 AM.If you've ever asked a young child how their day was, you might have got a couple of responses - either a blank stare, or a list of every single thing that had happened to them that day. Judith Hudson… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Technology correspondent Tony Grasso joins Kathryn to talk about who was likely behind the hacking of Sellafield, Europe's largest nuclear site. New Minister for the GCSB Judith Collins has spoken out… Read more Audio

10:55 AM.The economy shrank in the third quarter as households spent less, exports fell, and manufacturing activity decreased. Stats NZ data showed seasonally-adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) fell 0.3… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Kelly talks to Kathryn about some of the court cases she's been covering recently, and also the WorkSafe charge the Rotorua Lakes Council is facing. Plus Makuini Warbrick's inspirational story about… Read more Audio