Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:45 AM.Money expert Liz Koh joins Kathryn to talk about how banks have always been a safe haven for investors during times of economic downturn, but recent failures around the world have shaken investor… Read more Audio

11:20 AM.Andrew Hubbard from Citizens Advice Bureau joins Kathryn to share a new report which calls for the government to wipe the debts that clients owe to the Ministry of Social Development. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.This week, for New Zealand Music Month, Ian Chapman celebrates one of New Zealand's most loved but shortest-lived bands from the mid-1970s: Alastair Riddell's Space Waltz. From a #1 smash hit, 'Out On… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Kelly has a heartwarming story from an anonymous local businessman who has paid for a new play ground for the Rotorua Seventh-day Adventist School on Fenton St. The street is at the core of emergency… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Lynn Freeman reviews Fungi of Aotearoa by Liv Sisson, published by Penguin Random House NZ Read more Audio

10:05 AM.'Elevated' comfort food with a dash of story-telling will be on the menu at Wellington restaurant Floriditas this week, when renowned Korean-American chef Kristen Kish joins the team for a two-night… Read more Video, Audio

9:45 AM.Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about yesterday's federal Budget, the second delivered by Treasurer Jim Chalmers which forecast a surplus of A$4.2 billion - the first… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Legal experts fear the information relied on by judges to make decisions may be out of date, and are questioning why these so-called "bench books" are not publicly available. Bench books typically… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.GPs say it is virtually impossible to get patients referred for a publicly funded ADHD assessment - and a new survey backs that up. Anyone with suspected ADHD must get an inital assessment by a… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Riley Chance's new book, The Democracy Game, explores what could happen if US-style populism suddenly took root successfully in New Zealand.  Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Victoria takes a look at the latest figures on high net worth investors and discusses whether the ultra-wealthy losing interest in NZ? Three of of the big four banks have reported in the past week… Read more Audio

10:50 AM.Westport's new $21 million health centre began providing services this week. The centre combines all Buller Health services, including Buller Hospital and Buller Medical Centre, under one roof. The… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Joe Biden holds debt ceiling meetings with congressional leaders. Title 42, the pandemic era rule that allowed the government to turn migrants away, is set to expire later this week and Bipartisan… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.David Hill reviews The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks, published by Penguin Random House Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Gabrielle Zevin is the best selling author of ten novels - the latest of which is about video games, art, friendship, love, identity and overcoming. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow tells the story… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.A school software company says banks make it too difficult for teenagers to set up their own bank accounts. A survey by MyMahi, which has almost 50,000 secondary school student users, found about a… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The country's biggest council says it's not going to compensate home owners whose homes were devastated in the Auckland floods and Cyclone Gabrielle. Affected homeowners are now setting their sights… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Urban issues correspondent Bill McKay looks at the two-decade old concept of the Smart City - where data and digital systems help things run more efficiently, like traffic, for example. Could AI make… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Herbs have so many varied uses, eaten raw or cooked into dishes as well as being used in remedies and cleaning products. Jane Wrigglesworth writes for numerous publications including NZ Gardener and… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Bernie and Liam join Kathryn to talk about the shock defection of Meka Waitiri to Te Pati Maori - where does this leave Labour and the waka-jumping legislation? How does that improve the Maori Party's… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.The saga of the Founders Theatre continues, with an absolute last chance to convince Hamilton city council to not demolish the theatre coming up next week. This has dragged on for years now with a… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Robert Kelly reviews Unscripted by James B. Stewart and Rachel Abrams, published by Penguin Random House Read more Audio

10:05 AM.The story of lost gold and a ghost town kept alive by one man's photography is told in a new doco Jos - The Forgotten Photographer Who Saved A Town. Waiutua is a dot of a place on the West Coast south… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:45 AM.Our Africa Correspondent Debora Patta joins us now from Johannesburg And we start with what's happening in Sudan and the recent daring rescue mission by US special forces to evacuate American… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Seventy-five percent of annual global greenhouse emissions come from the built environment - that's buildings, construction and infrastructure. On their own, buildings contribute 37 percent… Read more Audio