Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:45 AM.Danielle says candidates are shunning debates this year: It was once a given that candidates, especially those seeking statewide office in a midterm election year - would face off with their main… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.University of Canterbury epidemiolgist Associate Professor Arindam Basu says it's crucial to combine disease surveillance and climate modelling to pre-empt future pandemics. In the last three years… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The political temperature in Russia is rising after President Putin's mobilisation decree. Last week, he announced that 300,000 reservists would be called up to boost Russia's war in Ukraine. Media… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Our comedians Michele A'Court and Pinky Agnew bring some levity the end of the week Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Sam covers off the unique Eden Park triple header with the All Blacks, Black Ferns and All Whites all playing at the venue inside 2 days, plus the mayhem that has been the Silver Ferns/Jamaica series.

11:05 AM.One of the most influential garage bands to come out of America's Pacific Northwest in the late '80s and '90s, Dead Moon turned down shows playing with Nirvana to honour a prior commitment to tour New… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Cynthia Morahan reviews The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté, published by Penguin Random House Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Research shows exercise has a positive impact on mood and mental health. Professor of Kinesiology (the study of movement) at Indiana University, Jack Raglin recommends making exercise part of our… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Of the leaders from 12 Pacific Island countries in the line up to speak at the UN General Assembly in New York, the Marshall Islands' President David Kabua has not pulled any punches., Sāmoa is… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.A medical bassinet designed for modern postpartum care, a personal skin cancer detection system and pet friendly anaethetic masks are three award winning product designs by my next guests who are… Read more Video, Audio

9:05 AM.The Covid pandemic caused huge disruptions in the global supply chain - with businesses struggling to import goods and get products offshore. Now that our borders have reopened and Covid restrictions… Read more Video, Audio

11:45 AM.Film and TV reviewer James Croot looks at the incredible true story behind Gaslit (Amazon Prime), which stars Julia Roberts as Margaret Mitchell, the wife of Nixon's Attorney-General John Mitchell -… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Kathryn discusses developmental language disorder with speech and language therapist Christian Wright. He says in every primary school classroom there will be around two children affected by the… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.Thousands of cows are to be culled on a huge feedlot near Ashburton, which is infected with M bovis. The Ministry for Primary Industries has also announced that stock will need to be tested or reduced… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Ride hailing company Uber is investigating a breach of its computer network, allegedly by a lone teenager hacker. Tony also talks about hacks on other organisations particularly of Telcos. Tony Grasso… Read more Audio

10:43 AM.The Ministry of Primary Industries has announced it will begin culling cows on a huge feedlot near Ashburton which is infected with Mycoplasma bovis. A control area notice to reduce stock on 14 nearby… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Nicky Walker reviews Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Extra Good Things by Noor Murad and Yotam Ottolenghi, published by Penguin Random House NZ Audio

10:05 AM.Dr Lachlan McIver is an Australian doctor who's worked in some of the world's wildest and most remote places. He specialised as a rural generalist and his work in humanitarian medicine has taken him… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.The UK PM has described 2022 as the year of "freedom fighting back". She says Russia needs to leave Ukraine and she is calling for the Kremlin to pay reparations. Liz Truss has also left no doubt… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.It's hoped an initiative to pair start-ups and NGOs with government agencies will encourage much needed creativity and innovation in the public sector to tackle some of the country's biggest social… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the partial mobilisation of reservists in Russia.This means 300-thousand military reservists, mostly young men, will be called up to bolster Russia's… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Science correspondent Allan Blackman joins Kathryn to talk about the extraordinary ability of a British woman to smell Parkinson's and how she's contributing to further research on the disease, the… Read more Audio

11:20 AM.Author Helen Beaglehole first visited the Marlborough Sounds in a small yacht after a very stormy Cook Strait crossing. She returned numerous times over the next 40 years, exploring and sailing the… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Charlotte talks to Kathryn about who is in the lineup for the Laneway Festival and plays some tracks. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Martene McCaffrey of Unity Books Auckland reviews The Trees by Percival Everett, published by Graywolf Press Read more Audio