Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:30 AM.Dana talks to Lynn about Super Rugby and crowd sizes, with Dr Ashley Bloomfield assuring the Super Rugby franchises that officials are looking into the rules around crowd restrictions at rugby games… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.A feast of jangly guitars and indie-rock sensibilities, featuring The Lemonheads, Christchurch's Mousey, and Johnny Marr's first double album. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Jenna Todd of Time Out Bookstore reviews The Love Songs of W.E. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, published by HarperCollins Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Our next guest is on a mission to encourage and develop indigenous small business through a Te Ao Maori lens. Pat MacFie is the co-founder of tech companies and creative agencies Indigo, Manaaki &amp… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.The latest on China's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including calls for Xi Jinping to use his leverage over Vladimir Putin to convince the Russian leader to back down. Ed says despite all… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Carolyn Cooper is the country's first ever Aged Care Commissioner, who began this month. She's a former nurse, who became the head of BUPA, a huge rest home and retirement village business with $1.6… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The price of oil has settled in recent days after a surge in the past couple of weeks to levels not seen since 2008. Many experts predict the price of oil could reach $240 a barrel this winter if… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Chris Schulz joins Lynn to look at WeCrashed (Apple+), another truth-inspired downfall drama starring Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway that details how WeWork, which was one of the world's most valuable… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.Speech and Language Therapist Christian Wright talks with Lynn Freeman about the language skills new entrants need to have a successful start to school. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Technology commentator Peter Griffin joins Lynn to talk about moves by Chorus to start switching off the last copper line connections, with most households now on fibre where it's available. What does… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Cynthia Morahan reviews Strangers I Know by Claudia Durastanti (translated from the original Italian by Elizabeth Harris) published by Text Publishing Read more Audio

10:06 AM.If you try and compare your life to that of Louis XVI you might think that there's no comparison. The notorious French king had riches, servants and palaces, including that epic one at Versailles. Yet… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.UK correspondent Matthew Parris joins Lynn to talk about the overwhelming response to the new homes-for Ukrainian-refugees scheme, the squatters who moved into a Russian oligarch's mansion, Boris… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.January's volcanic eruption in Tonga and subsequent tsunami garnered international intrigue, but a New Zealand volcanologist is the first overseas scientist allowed into the kingdom to piece together… Read more Audio

9:15 AM.Animal welfare campaigner Angus Robson is frustrated at what he says is a lack of progress made by the Ministry of Primary Industries to push requirements for shade and shelter into law, to prevent… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.An estimated three million refugees have fled the war in Ukraine into neighbouring countries, including over 1.8 million into Poland. The international disaster relief charity Shelterbox has been on… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Many festivals have had to cancel live performances during this omicron outbreak, but arts commentator Lyne Pringle believe dance companies are doing a great job at finding ways to connect. Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Lynn Freeman speaks with Trust spokesperson Tony Stoddard and Chief Executive of the Wellington Cable Car company, Cesar Piotto. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Kirsten joins Lynn to play some tracks she thinks would've made great additions to the festival, including from Silvana Estrada, John Francis Flynn and Kalush, which is Ukraine's Eurovision entry. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Stella Chrysostomou of Volume Books in Nelson reviews The Hotel by Sophie Calle, published by Siglio Press. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Lisa is a chartered accountant, and runs her own accountancy and business advisory firm, Social Currency. The company donates 10 per cent of its revenue to various charities that support at-risk kids.

9:45 AM.Chris joins Lynn to look at the criticism being leveled at the federal government, after it was revealed it initially refused three requests from the New South Wales government for help during the… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Auckland-based architect Rob Guild is sounding the alarm about the way New Zealand is approaching housing intensification; which risks poor design and a lack of amenity. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The plan is open for one year and will allow Ukrainian-born New Zealand citizens and residents to sponsor a relative and their immediate family to come to this country. But Olha Viazenko,  who has… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Andrew talks to Kathryn the plans for a new public media entity formed from TVNZ and RNZ and the many unanswered questions about the detail. Two critical moments will occur in the next three months… Read more Audio