Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:30 AM.The natural world has always held a fascination for people, and James Ryan is no different - but he HAS taken it one step further than his peers. The 12-year-old Cantabrian has written a book about… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:10 AM.Ethnomusicologist Kirsten Zemke plays some tracks featuring lap steel guitar from across the decades, including Buddy Merrill, Elmore James and the late Bill Sevesi. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Paul Diamond reviews three of his favourite books from last year: The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey by Julia Laite published by Allen and Unwin; The Forgotten Coast by Richard Shaw published by Massey… Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Night time for Waitakere-based author Annette Lees, is magical and beguiling. It transforms the senses and the landscape. But most of us miss out on it most the time. It's when the nocturnal world… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Across the Tasman, on Australia Day there is much finger-pointing over who is responsible for the inability to buy rapid antigen tests, or RATs, as parents prepare to send their kids back to school… Read more Audio

9:32 AM.Warnings we can't afford to retire unless Kiwis save up to $800,000 to top up the pension are coming from a research centre interested in improving the financial wellbeing of New Zealanders. The… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.The Children's Commissioner and one of her predecessors are speaking out against plans to scrap the Commissioner role and overhaul the monitoring of Oranga Tamariki. The bill would replace the… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Financial Planner Liz Koh with new research revealing the skills - and challenges - for women handling finance. Audio

11:30 AM.An exploration of lifestyles around New Zealand's coastlines and waterways through Derek Morrison's book, Living the Dream. Derek was NZ Geographic's 2018 Photographer of the Year. His book has… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Lisa Finucane reviews three of her favourite books from last year: Castle Shade by Laurie R. King published by Allen and Unwin; Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro published by Penguin Random House… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Roland Ennos says humanity owes a huge debt to the most humble of materials; wood. His book The Wood Age: How One Material Shaped the Whole of Human History takes us on a sweeping ten-million-year… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.All eyes are on Russia and Ukraine and whether the US should impose sanctions on Russia for raising tensions and threatening, or wait for them to invade. Ron says it comes down to how much economic… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Monica Araya is at the forefront of a global campaign to get rid of fossil fuel vehicles in favour of emissions free transport, and says the next five years are utterly critical. She is a member of… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The Office for the Privacy Commission is cracking down on property managers and landlords who risk breaching the Privacy Act in how they handle tenants' personal information. Renters groups call the… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Kennedy talks to Kathryn about his summer of islands and the places he's visited during voyages from the Hauraki Gulf to Whangaroa Harbour, and also the tsunami damage to Tutukaka marina. Audio

11:30 AM.Stephanie Alexander is one of Australia's most prominent food educators. Her 50 year career includes being the owner-chef of several restaurants, the author of books and countless of articles about… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:05 AM.Neale, Ben and Kathryn discuss the Government's planning and Covid communications now that Omicron is in the community. Also food price inflation and the bank credit crunch situation. Read more Audio

10:30 AM.David Hill reviews three of his favourite books from last year: The Front Line by Glyn Harper published by Massey Press, The Piano Girls by Elizabeth Smither published by Quentin Wilson Publishing and… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.The US prison system amounts to a modern-day form of slavery based on lies about the underclass it is exploiting, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist says. Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Europe remains on edge about the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, after a round of talks between US and Russian officials failed to find a breakthrough to reduce tensions. Meanwhile, the head… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.How can kicking off your shoes and going barefoot improve your health? Advocate for the barefoot lifestyle, founder of The Barefoot Movement and qualified podiatrist Paul Thompson says it's possible… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Hospital doctors could continue working even after testing positive for Covid-19 in the worst case scenarios of an Omicron outbreak here. Emergency departments are preparing for chronic worker… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Nota Bene sing 'The Blessed Son of God' and 'Ding Dong Merrily on High' - Te Radar, Irene Pink, Kennedy Warne, Beau and Sam Ackerman bid farewell to 2021. Audio

11:40 AM.It's something that will appeal to most of us as we wind down after a long year - taking the time to just zone out. Koreans have made it an art form. In Korea, it's called "hitting mung", which refers… Read more Audio