Nine To Noon Podcast Options

10:35 AM.Anne Else reviews Middle Distance: Long Stories of Aotearoa New Zealand edited by Craig Gamble, published by VUP Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Few conversations in Aotearoa pass without some reference to the weather. Is the rain coming in? Is the wind direction changing? Can the barbeque go ahead? Meteorologist and Head of Weather… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Australia correspondent Bernard Keane joins Kathryn to talk about a report released yesterday which found one third of Parliamentary employees had been sexually harassed. The Parliamentary schedule… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Managed retreat is on the table for Dunedin's iconic southern coastline, which is being eroded by climate-related sea level rise. Dunedin City Council's recently released Whakahekerau-Rakiatea Rautaki… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:05 AM.409 days from entering politics, Christopher Luxon is the new leader of the National party, promising a "reset" and to lead a party for all New Zealanders. The former Chief Executive of Air New… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Andrew discusses the move by news publishers to collectively bargain with Google and Facebook for content usage. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Photographer Juliet Nicholas and writer Sue Allison have produced a collection of New Zealand's most magnificent gardens, and met the inspired gardeners behind them. In the Company of Gardener has… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:05 AM.Pattrick says the Trade Window listing last week must be the most successful on the NZX for a very long time. Not only did it actually get to listing in the face of so many falling over this year, but… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Paul Diamond reviews Too Much Money: How Wealth Disparities Are Unbalancing Aotearoa New Zealand by Max Rashbrooke, published by Bridget Williams Books. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Without water, we'd be nothing. It's something environmental writer David Young, is on a mission to remind us, through his new book Wai Pasifika.  Read more Audio, Gallery

9:45 AM.America is gripped by Omicron panic, the latest Covid 19 variant. And Ron says inflation is also causing concern as dissent and disunity roils both major political parties. Eyes are also on the… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.World-leading New Zealand research hopes to provide a cheaper solution for earthquake strengthening in higher-risk buildings. Kathryn speaks with Dr Enrique del Rey Castillo, University of Auckland… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.While the National Party was in the throes of its leadership crisis last Wednesday night, Parliament's Speaker had hours earlier taken the highly unusual step of lambasting the Labour government over… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.As planning rules are relaxed, the floodgates will open - but will we build what people need? Bill McKay looks at the nature and needs of the contemporary NZ household, and what our diverse population… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Vegetables are too often "the boring side thing" in a meal, says Rosa Flanagan of cooking duo Two Raw Sisters. She and her sister Margo hope the 70+ recipes in their new book Salads will inspire… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Neale Jones and Brigitte Morten talk to Kathryn about the National leadership in disarray and the new front runners to lead the Party. Also Speaker, Trevor Mallard's criticism of the Government over… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Louise Ward of Wardini Books in Havelock North reviews Dragon Skin by Karen Foxlee, and Poison for Breakfast by Lemony Snicket. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.RNZ's Business Editor Gyles Beckford explains how the markets have reacted the new variant. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Yorta Yorta woman Dianne O'Brien was raised in the era of the White Australia policy, a child of the stolen generation. Her memoir Daughter of the River Country - is a story of survival and triumph… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Europe is taking no chances with the new Covid 19 Omicron variant. EU states have moved quickly to restrict the arrival of passengers from numerous countries in southern Africa. Tensions between… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.From combating Covid, to climate change action, plans for water reform, child poverty and the housing crisis - public policy attempts to solve a myriad problems. So why do some policies succeed and… Read more Audio

9:15 AM.There are concerns more post-grad students at our tertiary institutions will abandon their research because they simply can't afford to continue. A new paper out today analyses how the stipend portion… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Travel restrictions are being reintroduced around the world after a new Covid-19 "variant of concern" was detected. The World Health Organisation says Omicron has a large number of mutations, and… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.The pressure is on NZ Rugby bosses to act after the All Blacks and Black Ferns returned home this week following disappointing Northern Tours. And what the case of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai… Read more Audio