Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:05 AM.Cabinet meets today to look at how much longer Auckland and Northland will remain at level four, and also to consider tougher restrictions for businesses under alert levels four and three. The daily… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.A few laughs with comedians Te Radar and Donna Brookbanks. Audio

11:35 AM.The Paralympics are underway, Sam looks at the results so far from New Zealand's team of 29 athletes. Swimmer Sophie Pascoe has already added a silver medal to her previous career haul of 16… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Comprising two couples, the Fergussons and the Welchmans, Brisbane's The Double Happiness call their sound "Surfgaze"- a mix of reverb-soaked surf-rock guitar twang and the gauzy textures of the indie… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Tilly Lloyd from Unity books Wellington reviews The Wood Age: How one Material Shaped the Whole of Human History by Roland Ennos, published by HarperCollins Read more Audio

10:20 AM.Sally Langley has blazed a trail into her new role - she's the second New Zealand woman to head up the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. In her 'day job' Christchurch-based Dr Sally Langley is a… Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Susana talks to Kathryn about the Delta outbreak affecting Auckland's Pasifika community with the the Assemblies of God Church of Samoa in Mangere the largest sub-cluster. And she has an update about… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.The US President Joe Biden has just spoken about the deadly explosions which have rocked Kabul . He has said the American evacuation would continue and retribution would follow at a time of America's… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack outside Kabul airport, which has killed 60 people, including 12 US service members. More than 140 people have been injured. The Defence Minister… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Some of our top farm dogs are taking on their Aussie counterparts in a competition to see who works hardest. The annual Cobber Working Dog Challenge has thrown down the gauntlet to include Kiwi… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.The big five power companies have posted positive results for the year, while smaller outfits are turning customers away and struggling to survive. Earlier this week a 15-strong group of New Zealand's… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Thousands of elective surgeries are being delayed every week that the nationwide level four lockdown continues. Urgent surgery is still being carried out under alert level four but close to 90 per… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.Parenting tweens and teens can be difficult territory to navigate, even more so in a pandemic when a life lived online is accentuated. Clinical psychologist Jo Lamble and Family GP Ginni Mansberg are… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Technology commentator Sarah Putt joins Kathryn to talk about how the idea of a Metaverse is now being championed by the CEOs at Facebook and Microsoft - among others - so is it the next phase of the… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Harry Broad reviews Steve Hansen: The Legacy by Gregor Paul, published by HarperCollins NZ. Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Alex Sutherland turned his camera on another member of his family, to document an extraordinary fight for racial justice in New Zealand. He's directed a short film called When Nobody Was Looking -… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.UK correspondent Philip Webster looks at how Covid cases among 15 - 24 year-olds are soaring in the southwest, dual citizens are reportedly struggling to get out of Afghanistan and the government has… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Two financial institutions have been served with formal warnings from authorities this month for failing to comply with anti-money laundering rules - but what does that mean in effect? On Monday… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.A new report highlights major challenges for the construction sector - including inflation, a lack of skilled staff and material shortages -and that's before lockdown level 4 shut it down. Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Around 150 thousand NCEA and scholarship students will sit their external exams two weeks later due to the Covid lockdown. The Qualifications Authority notified schools yesterday of the changes. The… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Nobel Peace Prize winner Ernest Rutherford is known for splitting the atom, however, AUT professor of chemistry Allan Blackman says Rutherford should have won three Nobel prizes for his experiments. 

11:34 AM.Every three years, local councils and territorial authorities produce long term plans, setting out priorities in the medium and long term for their area. The plans include information on what… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Kirsten Zemke joins Kathryn to talk about and play some of the most important and influential American popular songs from the early 20th century. Kirsten Zemke is an ethnomusicologist at the… Read more Video, Audio