Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:07 AM.Doctors are warning new oral antiviral drugs, which have been dubbed a "game changer" when treating covid in vulnerable patients, will not be available to all who want them. The Government has secured… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Changes to vaccination mandates and who is covered by them will kick in next week, but what impact might that have on private employers considering their own vaccination policies? And as the omicron… Read more Audio

11:36 AM.Farmer Christine Hilton is quick to turn her hand to anything. She's built a log cabin on her land in Twizel, and although new farming she's made sure her Geraldine farm stands out from others. She… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:30 AM.Transmission Gully has officially opened today, after missing five deadlines in the last two years. A ribbon-cutting ceremony has just been held for the 27-kilometre stretch of highway from Wellington… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Yadana Saw takes a listen to a new offering by Wellington band Rhombus, Texan trio Khruangbin announce tour dates to New Zealand and the mistress of the kooky, off-kilter pop Jane Weaver returns with… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Harry Broad reviews Letters to You by Jazz Thornton, published by Penguin Random House NZ. Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Over the centuries, the most common causes of death have changed dramatically. What are we most often dying from now and how could that change in the future? Biochemistry professor Andrew Doig put… Read more Audio

9:48 AM.Australia correspondent Bernard Keane looks at what was announced in yesterday's federal Budget, from a temporary cut in the amount of fuel excise collected to a number of cash payments. But Bernard… Read more Audio

9:32 AM.A shake-up is coming to the way Auckland collects and charges for its waste services. At the moment it's different in the Super City depending on where you live: residents in Manukau and Auckland City… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.The Prime Minister of Solomon Islands has confirmed his government has finalised a security treaty with China. The agreement lays down a framework which could permit Beijing to deploy forces to… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.NZME goes solo in negotiations with Google and Meta (Facebook) and Andrew says this will disappoint the broader media industry in NZ, who have applied to the Commerce Commission for approval to… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.When Chanelle Moriah was diagnosed with autism at age 21, life finally began to make sense. By then, there had been several misdiagnosis and six years in the mental health system. After the diagnosis… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Pattrick talks about suggestions that there almost needs to be a Ministry for Auckland, the supercity mayoral race and an imminent America's Cup decision. Also, there is increasingly pessimistic talk… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Elisabeth Easther reviews Breathless by Amy McCulloch, published by Penguin Random House NZ Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Our guest today is trying to work out why we think, and why we exist as cognitive beings. It turns out we're not very good at assessing ourselves and how we think. Which makes the whole thing… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Relations between the US and Russia are close to a full collapse after President Biden's declaration that Russian leader Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power" . The off-the-cuff remark has… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.In his new book Kainga Dr Paul Tapsell says too often Maori become alienated from their ancestral identity. He founded Maori.maps.com to help reconnection. The digital web service is particularly… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:05 AM.As more New Zealanders recover from Covid, we're exploring what is known about the health effects of Long Covid. As a nation our quick and stringent initial COVID-19 pandemic response has been… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Bill McKay discusses the merits and issues of construction in two popular materials and a better one: engineered timber. Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Yum Jar is a Porirua based, zero-waste company that serves their customers' dinners in jars. Even the delivery method is environmentally friendly - with the food boxes brought to customers' doors via… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Ben Thomas and Shane Te Pou discuss changes in the messaging coming from the big two political parties - is Labour trying to get away from being the Covid government and can either of them afford to… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Mary Fawcett of Schrödinger's Books in Petone reviews Sticky by Laurie Winkless, published by Bloomsbury Read more Audio

10:05 AM.They are enormous, highly intelligent and threatened. Vice president of Asia-Pacific Marine Programs at Conservation International Mark Erdmann leads a team of researchers trying to build on our scant… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:45 AM.Joe Biden calls Vladimir Putin a 'butcher' and says he 'cannot remain in power'. An off-the-cuff remark at the end of a speech in Poland has the world wondering if the US President had drastically… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.When Paralympic skiier Corey Peters sped to the medal podium, he did so in a ground-breaking sit-ski designed by engineers at the University of Canterbury. Corey took home two medals from the Beijing… Read more Audio