Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:30 AM.Pōrangahau farmer Gretchen King talks to Kathryn about the development of a software programme that makes it easy for farmers to record information. The Cloud Farmer App clears the way to discarding… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:15 AM.People living with dementia are waiting too long for assessments, and can languish for years before getting respite or residential care according to Alzheimers New Zealand. The aged care sector is 20… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The inquiry into the high performance programme delivered by Cycling New Zealand and primarily funded by High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) is about to be released. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.The tenth album from space rock behemoths Spiritualized, plus some anthemic indie rock from Sharon Van Etten and Otautahi's Pretty Stooked. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Paul Diamond reviews How to Loiter In a Turf War by Jessica Hansell a.k.a. Coco Solid, published by Penguin Random House NZ Audio

10:05 AM.It's called the beautiful game and Kathryn hears the story of a young Kiwi helping revive a fallen giant. Iconic North East of England side Sunderland is fighting for its life, again, on Saturday at… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Protesters hold banners and placards during a demonstration against the surge in prices and shortage of fuel and other essential commodities in Colombo on April 1, 2022. Photo: AFP or licensors Civil… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Val Butcher talks to Kathryn about why she loves her job. The 81 year old has worked at the post office in the tiny historic settlement of Ophir for 20 years. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Women in the United States are being warned against using menstrual tracking apps or even Googling "abortion" in the wake of a leaked opinion which suggests a landmark legal protection could be… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Film and TV reviewer Chris Schulz looks at whether the final seven episodes of Ozark lived up to the show's hype, new drama series starring Toni Collete and Colin Firth that's based around a… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.New research from the New Zealand Council for Educational Research looks at what gives Māori and Pasifika students the best chance of success at school. Through four studies, the Conceptualising… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.New research from the New Zealand Council for Educational Research looks at what gives Maori and Pasifika students the best chance of success at school. Through four studies, the Conceptualising Maori… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Technology correspondent Dr Mahsa Mohaghegh joins Kathryn to look at the role artificial intelligence plays in digital addiction, by doing things like creating immersive and personalised spaces that… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Harry Ricketts reviews Another Beautiful Day Indoors by Erik Kennedy, published by Te Herenga Waka University Press. Read more Audio

10:15 AM.If you're a fit 84 year old and you have a heart attack - should you be sent to the cardiologist or a geriatrician? Kathryn's guest Dick Sainsbury argues it should be the former - even though he's… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Hugo Gye is Deputy Political Editor of The i Paper, based in the House of Commons press gallery. Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Demand for a local seaweed-based biostimulants jumped 200 percent this autumn compared to the same time last year, partly driven by price hikes for synthetic fertilisers, as the war in Ukraine affects… Read more Audio

9:15 AM.Kathryn speaks with Leeann Watson, Chief Executive of the Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce about the reopening of the border and the immigration changes announced yesterday. She says it's a… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Nurses are astounded and angry that the profession has been left off a new list for a fast-tracked path to residency, that allows overseas doctors, scientists and engineers to apply from September. A… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Arts commentator Julia Waite talks about two exhibitions of textile art, The Search Party on now at McCahon House in Titirangi, and There Is No Other Home But This at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:35 AM.Most of us have something precious tucked away, an heirloom inherited from a family member; your grandmother's wedding dress, an old family photograph or a special piece of jewellery passed down the… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.The Government is expected to announced soon that our border will reopen in July - as opposed to October.The Prime Minister and the Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi will address a Business NZ lunch in… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Music reviewer Kirsten Johnstone joins Kathryn to play three tracks from artists Oumou Sangare, Toro Y Moi and Chelsea Jade. Read more Audio