Nine To Noon Podcast Options

10:45 AM.Around the motu: Susan Botting in Northland Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Have you got a pair of boots at the back of your wardrobe that you never wear because they hurt your feet? Or perhaps some scuzzy old Birkenstock sandals that have seen better days? Tauranga cobbler… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Australia correspondent Chris Niesche joins Kathryn with an update on Qantas, which has been facing criticism of its sky-high profits and half billion kept in flight credits. Now its CEO Alan Joyce… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.A company owned by a New Zealand fin-tech entrepreneur is using AI to detect signs of accounting manipulation, and identify when a business is at risk of financial collapse. Transparently.ai works as… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The medicinal cannabis sector is welcoming the relaxation of rules surrounding the manufacture and exporting of their products. MedSafe, which regulates medicines and medical devices, says the new… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Hype is building ahead of the All Blacks' Rugby World Cup opener against France on Saturday morning. And Kane Williamson has been selected for the one-day Cricket World Cup, despite being injured. Joe… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.As the cost of living continues to rise - some are finding health insurance cover is being priced out of reach. Kathryn is joined by Consumer NZ's Investigative Team Leader Rebecca Styles to talk… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Rebecca discusses how the surge in popularity of Ozempic, a drug heralded for its weight loss properties, has made Novo Nordisk one of Europe's most valuable companies. In 2022, US sales of Ozempic… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Matthew is in Gisborne where a controversial East Coast barge has been cut from the Government funding list. Te Rimu Trust was spearheading a marine facility at Te Araroa which would have allowed… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Sally Wenley reviews Holly by Stephen King published by Hachette Read more Audio

10:05 AM.The hardships of hiking for months on end aren't for everyone, says Dutch creative Tim Voors, but the exhilaration is like nothing else. Voors is a 'thru-walker' who completed Aotearoa's infamous Te… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Tourism operators in Milford Sound face radical changes to the way they operate under a new proposal. Government-funded initiative The Milford Opportunities Project, which is overseen by the Ministers… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Some transgender patients are turning to the internet to buy gender-affirming hormones, saying they are not getting the support they believe they need from the health system. They say taking… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Kennedy joins Kathryn from Iceland, where the government has lifted a summer suspension on whaling. Just one company still hunts fin and minke whales, and the season is due to end in a few weeks… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Northland's Veggie Tree Cook School creator Anna Valentine with tips on what substitutes to use when you run out of certain ingredients. Anna Valentine is the author and photographer of three plant… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Craig and Tim break down the campaign launches of the big parties over the weekend, with National opting not to include any new policies while Labour unveiled its plan to provide free dental care for… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Hawkes Bay Today editor Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Jenna Todd reviews Cousins by Aurora Venturini published by Faber and Faber Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Kathryn to talk about the Rugby World Cup fever hitting the continent a week out from the opening match between France and New Zealand. Meanwhile… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.A local queen of hip-hop, soul and R&B, Ladi6 (MNZM) has released several critically acclaimed albums spanning multiple genres. Now she has received this year's Arts Foundation Laureates 'Theresa… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.A Christchurch-based group is poising itself to bring a new, sustainable method of cremations to New Zealand. Alkaline Hydrolysis - or 'water cremation' - is where a body is put into a tube containing… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The Electricity Authority says power retailers are not properly applying voluntary guidelines to improve protections for consumers, and it wants to make some of the rules mandatory. In particular, it… Read more Audio