Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:30 AM.It's easy to burn out amidst the collective stress of a pandemic, says Rebekah Ballagh. The Nelson-based counsellor and writer posts daily mental health tips on her hugely popular Instagram account… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Pattrick talks to Kathryn about the IRD figures that show that a lot of business owners declared dividends last year, and paid tax in advance on those dividends, in order to avoid having to pay the… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Kiran Dass reviews three favourite novels from 2021: Some Answers Without Questions by Lavinia Greenlaw, published by Faber; Intimacies by Katie Kitamura published by Jonathan Cape and My Phantoms by… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.A performance of air, featuring aerialists, live music and dance artists, Belle is featuring in the upcoming Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts. The performance is above and all around you… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:45 AM.When US President Joe Biden took office a year ago promising to focus on the domestic crisis of that moment - the COVID-19 pandemic that was killing tens of thousands of Americans each week, confining… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.The OECD says rising debt due to government Covid stimulus and the soaring housing market are risks for the economy. The Paris based intergovernmental economic organisation has issued its three yearly… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The Russia - Ukraine crisis deepens by the day. 100,000 Russian troops, tanks and artillery have massed on Ukraine's borders in recent weeks, prompting fears of an invasion - despite repeated Russian… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Auckland Light Rail from the City Centre to the the airport has been announced, Bill examines the route and whether it is a good option or not. Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Stephen, Kathryn and Ben discuss what the latest 1News Kantar Public poll is showing, the frustrations over Rapid Antigen Testing and the inflation rate. Stephen Mills is an executive director at… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Hannah August reviews her favourite books from last year: No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood published by Penguin Random House, Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout published by Penguin and… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Pavel Kolesnikov is the Siberian born London-based modern classical pianist who likes to construct 'a palace of sound built by your own imagination'. Described by critics as "spellbinding", Pavel… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Thomas surveys the rising Ukraine/Russia tensions, is Europe close to war?. The EU and NATO are struggling to find a common position to deal with the crisis. And while other European countries might… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Significant changes will be made to the holidays act this year - affecting both employers and employees. Despite having been amended more than 20 times, the 2003 Act has been a nightmare over the… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.It's back to class for hundreds of thousand of students today and principals worry Omicron will force some schools to close, meanwhile paediatricians want children to remain in class as long as… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Tilly Lloyd of Unity Books tells us about her favourites from last year - "three marvels of non-fiction". Read more Audio

10:06 AM.British ultra-athlete Rob Pope left his job to recreate Forrest Gump's fictional run, traversing America five times.The English veterinarian is the first person to complete the epic run covering… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:50 AM.Susana has the latest on the massive Tongan aid effort in the wake of volcanic eruption and tsunami devastation. Also a look at Covid in the Pacific region - Solomons has community transmission… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.As housing intensification increases in many New Zealand towns and cities, University of Auckland ecologist Dr Margaret Stanley says retaining mature trees is key to having liveable cities, and… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.The government has chosen a light rail option linking downtown Auckland to the Airport. The plan will see a partially above and below ground rail link from the Wynyard Quarter to the airport, with 18… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.First this morning as omicron takes hold with tens of thousands of cases projected per day - how will our diagnostic laboratoies cope? New analysis from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Laumata has been watching Encanto on Disney+, Euphoria express on Neon, Afterlife season 3 on Netflix and Liana on Youtube. Read more Audio