Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:25 AM.Nelson based food writer Nicola Galloway has taught cooking for 20 years. She says she often gets asked the same questions which she's tried to answer in her new book "The Homemade Table". She shares… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Brigitte and Gareth look at how the local body elections shook down - particularly in our biggest cities. The Government's books are better than expected - will that heat up the tax cut debate? And… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Laura Caygill reviews Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout, published by Penguin Random House Audio

10:05 AM.Many people know that ancient Māori studied the lunar cycle and used it to guide their daily gardening and fishing practices. Less well-known is what the moon's phases taught them about emotional… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Katy joins us from Brazil, where Jair Bolsanaro has confounded expectations by forcing a run-off vote against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the country's Presidential election. He got 43 percent of the… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.An aviation veteran says the proposed new international airport in Central Otago is unnecessary and will negatively impact the local area. Christchurch International Airport, owned by the council and… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Of all the newly-elected mayors around the country, none woke up this morning with a bigger to-do list than Wayne Brown. He secured the top job in Auckland with a decisive win over his nearest rival… Read more Audio

11:49 AM.Comedians Michele A'Court and Irene Pink are excited about the world's biggest bouncy castle coming to Auckland. Read more Video, Audio

11:32 AM.Sam looks ahead to a big weekend of sport with the official start of the Women's Rugby World Cup. Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books Wellington reviews The Story of Russia by Orlando Figes, published by Bloomsbury. Read more Audio

10:30 AM.A fault on one of the two power cables linking the north and south islands this morning lead to a warning of possible powercuts by the grid operator Transpower. Kathryn speaks with Chief Executive… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Doctors are always in a race against time and the fear of harming a patient never really goes away, says Izzy Lomax-Sawyers. In the new book Vital Signs, she chronicles her first year as a junior… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.RNZ Pacific journalist Koroi Hawkins discusses the first in-person meeting for the Pacific Islands News Association since the start of the pandemic held last week; the US-Pacific partnership agreement… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Should a two-billion dollar plan to transform Tauranga's central city be signed off by the city's four commissioners project be rather than elected representatives? Kathryn speaks with Council's… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The copper network is being retired, so what now for vulnerable customers who rely on the land line? Kathryn is joined by Chorus spokesperson Steve Pettigrew and SPARK Product Director Tessa Tierney… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Film and TV correspondent Chris Schulz joins Kathryn to talk about the launch of AMC+ in New Zealand and one of the big shows it'll be screening - an adaptation of Anne Rice's Interview with a… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Teacher, author, public speaker and CEO of Spectrum Education Karen Boyes says study skills can also teach life skills. She shares tips for students and parents. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Mark Pesce discusses plans by the San Francisco City Council to make it legal for police to watch citizens' private feeds from their surveillance cameras. Google is going to start watching to see if… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Gina Rogers reviews Do Let's Have Another Drink: The Singular Wit and Double Measures of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother by Gareth Russell, published by Harper Collins. Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Francoise Malby-Anthony has spent the last 35 years in South Africa - 25 of them running an elephant reserve called Thula Thula. Francoise's first book was called An Elephant in My Kitchen -- that… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:45 AM.UK correspondent Matt Dathan joins Kathryn to talk about Liz Truss's promise to get the country through "stormy days", while admitting her policies would cause "disruption". Read more Audio

9:30 AM.China loomed large over a US-Pacific Island Summit in Washington last week. Kathryn discusses the latest with Anna Powles, senior lecturer at Massey University's Centre for Defence and Security… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Power and gas distributor Vector is warning against what it calls "disorderly decarbonisation", without also investing in digital technology to manage peak time demand. It says the sector needs a… Read more Audio