Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:25 AM.The massive toll Cyclone Gabrielle has taken on Northland residents, roading, rail, businesses and infrastructure is now unfolding as most communication and power has been restored. Te Tai Tokerau… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Ruapehu skiers will be able take to the slopes this winter - but many questions remain about how Whakapapa and Turoa ski fields will operate. Ruapehu Alpine Lifts remains in voluntary administration… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Science commentator Allan Blackman joins Kathryn on International Women's Day to look at scientists who didn't receive recognition for their work because they were women - highlighting the case of… Read more Audio

11:20 AM.Welsh born, Matt Morgan is an intensive care doctor, researcher and author, currently working in Western Australia. Dr Morgan says we can look to nature to provide valuable lessons and solutions to… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Kirsten joins Kathryn to look at the songs that have been turned into a rallying cry for people, or are more well-known than the official national anthems of a particular country. She shares some… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Hundreds of people have had their say in a survey on Marlborough's roading big fix, after extensive flood damage in weather events over the last two years. Stargazers are looking forward to the Omaka… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Louise O'Brien reviews Old Babes in the Wood by Margaret Atwood, published by Penguin Random House. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Group singing is not only good for our health – it's also a powerful and peaceful way to raise a collective voice, says English singing therapist Julia Hollander. "The singing voice can reach out… Read more Video, Audio

9:45 AM.Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to look at calls for a royal commission into how the only producer of gold in Australia sold diluted gold to China and allowed a prominent gang… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.A new online menstrual health resource is being launched today to address the gap in adolescents' knowledge about menstruation and common conditions like endometriosis. More than 27 percent of young… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.Hybrid and plug-in hybrid electric cars are not nearly as fuel efficient as their manufacturers claims, according to a new trial by Consumer NZ. The trial found, when measured at the pump, PHEVs used… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Yesterday was the official Census day - but how many of us will actually have been counted? Just two million census forms had been received by Stats NZ by 9.30 last night. The 2018 Census had the… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Joe talks sport with Kathryn including, Super Rugby - weekend that was, how Super Rugby Aupiki is shaping up, the NRL is underway and the Warriors win their first game, the Black Caps remarkable… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Do you feel stressed by the number of emails in your inbox? If your phone pings, do you feel the need to check it straight away? Do you tweet in the toilet? For many of us, the feeling of being… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Gyles discusses calls for a banking inquiry here, plus the recent earnings season. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.As Tairawhiti deals with the many aspects of cyclone recovery it's emerged that a Gisborne District Council owned forest at Waingake was a factor in cutting off the region's water supply. Forestry… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Emma Hislop reviews Golden Days by Caroline Barron, published by Affirm Press Read more Audio

10:05 AM.When Amber Clyde started skateboarding as a 10 year old in Birkenhead, she was the only girl at the skate park. She struggled with confidence, was shy and scared to get involved, and with no classes… Read more Video, Audio

9:45 AM.Ron says the presidential cycle is beginning in both Democrat and Republican stables, he looks at who is in the running so far. Also uncertainty abounds about the direction of the US economy, the war… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Coeliac disease is an auto-immune disorder triggered by gluten which can cause diarrhoea, vomiting, weight loss, fatigue and anaemia. It affects one per cent of the world's population. Otago… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.Frustrated Wellington commuters are facing lengthy waits for full buses, as "mad March" hits amid a driver shortage. A hundred services have been suspended as Metlink grapples with a shortage of 120… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The country's largest insurer, IAG, has been inundated with flood and cyclone claims, more in the last two months than in all of last year. IAG's brands include AMI, State Insurance and NZI. Since… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Outdoorsman Kennedy Warne looks at Seaweek, a country-wide programme held annually in New Zealand which involves beach clean-ups, community snorkelling days, film screenings, lecturers and - in… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.When a swarm of bees kept relocating to the walls of Jay Bennett's bush house every summer, the Taupō man started thinking about how to put his regular visitors to use.

After picking up a "bee suit"… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Gareth and Brigitte join Kathryn to look at National leader Christopher Luxon's state of the nation speech yesterday with its focus on lowering childcare costs, the Prime Minister's apology for his… Read more Audio