Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:20 AM.The results of a recent survey paints a surprising picture for Asian New Zealanders - a community often referred to as a 'model minority'. The nationwide survey - commissioned by Asian Family Services… Read more Audio

9:15 AM.New Zealand needs more seasonal workers from the Pacific, but regional leaders are sounding the alarm about the impact on their economies.

The number of Pacific Island seasonal workers coming to… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.A large cruise ship has turned around from Wellington this morning because of the wind. The Ovation of the Seas arrived from Australia but turned around a short time ago.

Kathryn speaks with… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Kennedy Warne speaks with Kathryn Ryan from a National Geographic ship offshore of Marahau, the gateway to Abel Tasman National Park. He is on a coastal voyage which began at Milford Sound and will… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Tracey Moffitt had a rough ride with gut issues in her 20s, but without that experience - she may not have found her passion: to blend. Tracey is the founder of Naked Nectar, a company that makes… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.New cabinet ministers are being sworn in by the Governor General at Government house. National leader Christopher Luxon was first and is now officially New Zealand's 42nd Prime Minister. RNZ's Deputy… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Political commentators Tim Hurdle and Neale Jones discuss the recently formed government. Neale Jones was Chief of Staff to Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern, and prior to that was Chief of Staff to Andrew… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Newsroom South Island reporter David Williams unpacks the situation at Christchurch City Council, amid high-profile resignations and successive staff surveys revealing gripes about pay and toxic… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Bel Moneypenny from Scorpio Books in Christchurch reviews The Conversion by Amanda Lohrey published by Text Publishing Read more Audio

10:25 AM.Auckland will have an A-League mens football team in next season's iteration of the premier Australian football competition. The long awaited entry of an Auckland A-Legaue team was officially… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.When Tim Li was growing up in Taupo, his parents owned a fish and chip shop and he spent many, many hours looking at the Seafood New Zealand poster, and drawing the different fish. He and the family… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Seamus looks at a shock election result in the Netherlands, with the right-wing PVV Freedom Party scoring about 25 percent of the vote. Anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders would still need to build a… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.Access to the digital world is now a necessity - however one hundred and twenty thousand Kiwi kids can't access a learning device at home. The 'Quadrent Green Lease' scheme is helping to close the… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The ability to identify rare diseases in critically ill babies is being rolled out at Auckland Hospital, allowing for quicker diagnosis and treatment. There are around five deaths for every 1000 live… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Comedians Te Radar and Pinky Agnew discuss the UK's ban on Toyota SUV adverts, the mannequin hair which prompted calls to the police, and a death-defying fish. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.The coalition government is confirmed. Kathryn gets the immediate analysis on the policies and ministerial positions from RNZ political editor Jane Patterson and political commentator Tim Hurdle. Tim… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Lisa Adler from Unity Books Wellington reviews Rambling Man My Life on the Road by Billy Connolly published by Hachette Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Ray Salisbury is an author and photographer with a lifelong love for the New Zealand backcountry. In the 1990's he completed a solo 80-day traverse of the North Island mountain ranges, and wrote a… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Tokyo based journalist Elizabeth Beattie gives us the latest on deteriorating relationships at the North and South Korean border, Taiwan's presidential election campaign heats up, and the Philippines… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.It is the multibillion-dollar fund set up to help pay for the extra costs of the retirement of the large baby boomer generation, that peaks mid-century. Now the New Zealand Superannuation Fund has… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.A warning is out that an opioid even more potent than fentanyl is circulating the country. The Drug Foundation says Nitazenes, a family of synthetic opioids, were first reported in Aotearoa in October… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Film and TV reviewer Chris Schulz joins Kathryn to talk about new Kiwi series After the Party starring Robyn Malcolm, which looks at what happens when a woman accuses her husband of assaulting her… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.Getting "jollied along" by a parent won't help an upset teenager learn how to deal with their own difficult feelings, says clinical psychologist Zara Mansoor. "One thing that's really challenging for… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Technology correspondent Peter Griffin looks at the debacle over the firing of Sam Altman as OpenAI's CEO. The non-profit is behind the hugely successful AI ChatGPT, but Altman was sacked by the board… Read more Audio