Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:30 AM.Five years ago, Stephen Thomson saw his rural community struggling with stress, pressure, the daily grind and never ending to-do lists. He's a keen surfer, so founded the non-profit Surfing for… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.The Commerce Commission has just announced draft guidelines around the marketing of bundled plans. This is where one retailer provides multiple services to a household, such as internet, gas, your… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Queenstown locals are reeling over the possibility of a prolonged boil water notice. The notice was put in placeafter people started getting sick with cryptosporidium infections and the national water… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Waka Kotahi warns it could be "economic catastrophe" if congestion charges aren't introduced for the country's fifth largest city, Tauranga.  Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Stella Chrysostomou reviews The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff published by Penguin Random House Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Scientists are experimenting with sound to try and bring birds back to depleted environments. Breeding calls are being played out on Palmyra Atoll near Hawaii....and it appears to be working. The… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.It's been a shaky morning in Canterbury with a quake rattling the region just after 9am this morning. Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst joins Kathryn to talk about Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's swipe at short-term rental operators like Airbnb. Read more Audio

9:30 AM.A newly-established Sporting Memories Foundation is hoping to harness the power of reminiscence to create a sense of belonging and improve mental and physical wellbeing as we age. Read more Audio

9:20 AM.Officials in Queenstown are working to find the source of a cryptosporidium outbreak in the resort town, with 15 known cases in the town as of Tuesday evening.  Read more Audio

9:20 AM.There's been a strong earthquake in Canterbury just after 9am. We speak to Scott Shannon, deputy mayor of Timaru and a John, a Pleasant Point resident. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.A recent study has shown that approximately 190,000 young adults are at severe risk of unmanageable debt due to frequent use of Buy Now, Pay Later services. Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Sports chat with Joe Porter Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Historian Dr Jock Phillips has spent a career uncovering and documenting Aotearoa New Zealand's past, and is the author of 15 books. On this day in 1893 New Zealand women won the right to vote in… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Business with Rebecca Stevenson Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Southland Times editor Che Baker joins Kathryn to talk about the latest in the Gore District Council saga, which has seen the resignation of long-serving CEO Stephen Parry. Parry says he leaves with… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Kiran Dass reviews The Dry Heart by Natalia Ginzburg published by Daunt Books Read more Audio

10:05 AM.A fossil found in North Canterbury's Waipara is changing what scientists know about the evolution of birds. Leigh Love and his son found almost the entire 62-million-year-old Zealandian Tropicbird… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.US correspondent Ron Elving joins Kathryn to break down some of the issues in Washington right now, as the House Speaker Kevin McCarthy fights to keep his job and quell a rebellion in his party ranks… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.A report out today from the senior doctors' union says New Zealanders' dependence on private healthcare is rapidly increasing. The union is in an industrial dispute with Te Whatu Ora over doctors' pay… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Stewart Island tourism operators are reeling from a stoush over access to nearby Ulva Island bird sanctuary. Nearly 40,000 visitors went to Rakiura / Stewart Island last season, with most travelling… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.With today's commencement of efforts to remove invasive seaweed from Aotea Great Barrier Island, Kennedy dives into the question of marine invaders and what we can do to control them. Read more Audio