Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:35 AM.South Aucklanders are growing their own organic fruit and veg in a company carpark. As a way of easing staff shopping bills, Mangere-based drinks distributors Hancocks has lined its car park with… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:10 AM.Outgoing Principal Youth Court Judge, John Walker, tells Kathryn about how youth court has changed over the years. He says the young people who do come before the court have complex issues underlying… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Auckland Art Gallery's Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera Art and Life in Modern Mexico exhibition saw the highest visitation numbers on record for a ticketed exhibition's opening weekend since… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:30 AM.Andrew Hubbard, the acting chief executive of Citizens Advice Bureau joins Kathryn to look at private sales, like buying of Facebook Marketplace, and what your rights are if something goes wrong. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Cynthia Morahan reviews A Pocketful of Happiness by Richard E. Grant, published by Simon & Schuster.

[picture id="4LJMCYP_A_Pocketful_of_Happiness_jpg" crop="16x10" layout="full"] Audio

10:05 AM.Historian Dr Jock Phillips' latest work tells the story of New Zealand using 100 objects. Objects such as the sewing kete of an unknown 18th-century Maori woman; cannons from the Endeavour; the… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Australia correspondent Bernard Keane joins Kathryn to look at what was included in the latest Budget, the fourth in two years. The $7.5b plan is designed to help ease the cost of living ahead of new… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Outward Bound in New Zealand turns 60 this year - and in the time it's been running, some 70,000 Kiwis have gone through the programme. Kathryn is joined by Outward Bound's CEO Malindi Maclean and… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Minister for Agriculture Damien O'Connor talks with Kathryn Ryan about the tough choices farmers are facing, including looming emissions pricing, and the temptation to sell into carbon farm forestry. 

11:45 AM.Andrew says the pressure points for private media companies continue: Stuff is re-arranging its smallest newsrooms to create a regional breaking-news team, which may end up meaning job cuts. And the… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.The age of free trade agreements is over - could this be a blessing in disguise for NZ producers? And could Auckland Mayor, Wayne Brown inadvertently stiffen the government's spine on 3 waters. Audio

11:05 AM.Gareth, Brigitte and Kathryn talk about how the Hamilton byelection is an unwelcome litmus test for Labour, the Government's decision to dump its Covid powers and a possible Royal Commission into the… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Sonja de Friez reviews Nina Simone's Gum by Warren Ellis. Audio

10:05 AM.He's one of New Zealand's best-known chefs but a new book takes an intimate look at the life of Simon Gault beyond his culinary skills. He's been the driving force behind Bell House, Euro, Jervois… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.The Republicans are slowly chipping away at Democrats' formidable lead with Latino voters. Danielle explores some of the theories about why this is happening. She also looks at a national… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Zinc is widely used to galvanise steel and iron, putting a protective layer over it to make the metals non-corrosive. But the process creates a lot of waste, and recycling zinc is more… Read more Audio

9:15 AM.Submissions on a sweeping review of electoral rules close in three weeks. The Independent Electoral Review is considering almost everything to do with the running of elections, political donations… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The United Kingdom has its third leader in two months, after Rishi Sunak won the Conservative Party's latest leadership contest. The former chancellor will take over from Liz Truss, who resigned on… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Sam looks ahead to the FIFA World Cup draw for next year's women's world cup, with New Zealand and Australia co-hosting the event. Meanwhile the Women's Rugby World cup is nearing the business end… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.From Melancholy, dream-like ballads to post-punk surf instrumentals, Israeli singer/ guitarist Charlie Megira covered a lot of musical ground before his suicide in 2016. We hear two key tracks from… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Olly Clifton of Unity Books Auckland reviews Liberation Day by George Saunders, published by Bloomsbury Liberation Day is Saunder's fifth short story collection and first book-length piece of fiction… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.We see their work, but do we know their names? The Kiwi women architects who have contributed to our built environment since the mid 1800s. Wellington historian, Elizabeth Cox highlights the work of… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:50 AM.Koroi talks to Lynn about Vanuatu's snap elections results, coalitions are forming but some names are popping up on both sides!. In Samoa, the leader of the Oppostion has been suspended from… Read more Audio