Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:05 AM.Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson talks to Kathryn about Starbucks and unionisation and whether the coffee chain is a a time capsule of what's going on in America. And consumer groups in 18… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Kiran Dass reviews The Premonitions Bureau by Sam Knight, published by Allen and Unwin Pub by: Allen and Unwin RRP: $37.00 Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Today exercise is a multi billion-dollar fitness industry, and women account for more than half of all gym memberships, and dominate yoga, pilates and barre studios. But it hasn't always been this… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Ron Elving in the United States, where the January 6 hearings will continue this morning, 10 Republican senators look like they're - tentatively on board for modest gun control measures and the price… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.Elison Mae spent 17 years in and out of foster care suffering emotional, physical, sexual and psychological abuse which she says social workers knew about and turned a blind eye. The Royal Commission… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.There are warnings of a "Great Resignation" with staff turnover in many sectors reaching up to 50 per cent. That's according to the annual Salary and Employment Report by Human resources platform… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.A Kiwi food company is winning over vegans, vegetarians and flexitarians with a range of alternative meat products sold under the brand name Plan*t. Sustainable Foods currently supplies plant-based… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.The Prime Minister has met her new counterpart in Australia, Anthony Albanese, but will anything change over 501 deportees? A new poll shows the pain points for the government - economic pressures and… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Ralph McAllister reviews Bad Actors by Mick Herron, published by Hachette NZ Audio

10:05 AM.Coming Home is a new documentary set in a town in South Africa following the lives of a group of men whose lives revolve around racing pigeons. It homes in on one of the pigeon farmers, Emile, who… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.The French government has welcomed news of a compensation agreement in the row with Australia over the scrapping of a French submarine deal. Australia's new Labour government says it's reached a… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Auckland's billion-dollar budget passed last week, which means the city's households will soon be paying into a dedicated fund to help tackle climate change.  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.There's has been an almost 50 percent increase in the number of students who have stopped going to their regular school, and enrolled at the Correspondence School in the last year. Te Kura, which… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Sam Ackerman reflects on the bizarre week of sport that's seen the Warriors go from free fall to doing coaching backflips, the most controversial competition in global sport becoming a reality. Saudi… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Long time coming, brand new releases from Liverpool legend Mick Head, Canadian indie rockers Stars, and a birthday celebration for the Breeders' Deal twins. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Rebecca Jones of Scorpio Books in Christchurch reviews Matariki by Rangi Matamua and Miriama Kamo, published by Scholastic Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Paul Pritchard was a cutting edge British rock climber and mountaineer, whose love of the sport had taken him all over the world. Paul is also a writer, and when he won an award with his first book… Read more Video, Audio

9:45 AM.Two senior officials of India's ruling party have made controversial comments about the Prophet Muhammad, trigging condemnation of Islamic countries, and domestic unease from the country's minority… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Pie aficionados should put a visit to Cromwell Cromwell on their winter wishlist now that Sanga's Pies is open for business. Local tradies were getting underserved in the pie department, says Sang's… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:15 AM.More research is underway into bias within the police ranks. Last week - police released a progress report on their work to date, led by an independent panel. That panel, chaired by long-term justice… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The United Nations' Secretary General is warning the Ukraine war is threatening to unleash an unprecedented food crisis, which could months if not years. Kathryn speaks to finance correspondent at the… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Film and TV correspondent Chris Schulz joins Kathryn to talk about season four of Stranger Things (Netflix), a new documentary series on Apple TV called Prehistoric Planet presented by David… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.Many listeners may already have had time at home with Covid and other winter ills. So what's the best way to get through the time together? Ellie Gwilliam is with the Parenting Place, and has just… Read more Audio