Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:50 AM.Australia correspondent Karen Middleton looks at the rough couple of weeks for Australian music, with the loss of indigenous folk musician Archie Roche, then The Seekers' Judith Durham and Olivia… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Highly respected British actor, screenwriter and environmental activist, Dame Emma Thompson, says her latest film challenges the 'cougar' label put on women who're in relationships with younger men… Read more Video, Audio

9:15 AM.A new report launched today calls for a radical overhaul of ACC - and a new integrated system to cover all impairments...whether from illness or accident. The ACC scheme was established in 1974 as a… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.National MP Sam Uffindell's past is being put under the microscope following allegations made by a former flatmate when he was at Otago University. The woman told RNZ he was an aggressive bully who… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Risso's dolphins are extremely rare in New Zealand, yet Pelorus Jack stuck to his routine of greeting ships in the Sound for nearly 25 years. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Rebecca asks whether McDonald's is McDone with Beyond Burger's plant-meat?. She addresses how the fake-meat firm's failed pepperoni plan shows the mountain Beyond Burger has to climb to make its… Read more Audio

10:55 AM.The National party leader Christopher Luxon has just fronted media over the revelations about the Tauranga MP Sam Uffindell. Sam Uffindell was kicked out of Auckland's King's College when he was 16… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Michelle Rahurahu reviews Kohine by Colleen Maria Lenihan, published by Huia Publishers Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Barry Crump was the ultimate kiwi icon - a rugged outdoorsman, and quintessential kiwi bloke. His books sold millions of copies and his Toyota TV ads with the hapless Scotty entertained us all. But… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:45 AM.Ron talks to Susie about job growth in the US in a shrinking economy, a victory in Congress for President Joe Biden with the Senate passing major spending bill, the Inflation Reduction Act. Also… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.New research out this morning has looked at the way Maori and Pasifika postgraduates in STEM are treated within the university space - and it paints a concerning picture. The paper includes the… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Luggage mountains and flight delays are plaguing the travel industry.  Canadian travel writer Tim Johnson joins Susie with his tips for an easy journey. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.A leading Australian sexual offences prosecutor says unless sexuality and relationship education is vastly improved, the tide of sexual assault and rape will never be stemmed. Katrina Marson has spent… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Kennedy is back in New Zealand but talks to Susie about his recent expeditionary cruise around the southern coastline of Greenland. Read more Audio, Gallery

11:30 AM.Beekeeper and founder of Manunui Honey Blake Cole is also an ardent conservationist who monitors kiwi, and traps and eradicates pests. Blake tells Susie Ferguson profits from Manunui Honey are… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:05 AM.Political commentators Brigitte and Lamia give their verdict on National's two-day conference in Christchurch where it elected a new party president, Sylvia Wood.  Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Sally Wenley reviews Picture You Dead by Peter James, published by Macmillan Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Tim Saunders writes about his life and work on the land, the lessons handed down from his ancestors and the challenges of present day farming. The family sheep and beef farm at Glen Oroua, near… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Susie to look the latest news out of Europe. Read more Audio

9:30 AM.New research is giving scientists an exciting insight into what is happening within the magma chamber of the Taupō super-volcano. Susie speaks to Dr Finn Illsley-Kemp from Victoria University about… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.New Zealand has bagged a record gold medal haul at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Susie speaks to team chef de mission Nigel Avery about how these Games are making history. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Can Ian Foster save his All Black coaching career this weekend?. Sam Ackerman looks ahead to a crucial test versus South Africa, breaks down what the medal success at the Comm Games really means, the… Read more Audio