Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:09 AM.The country's biggest power user Tiwai Point aluminium smelter has agreed to cut its electricity usage as the industry faces a developing power crisis. Below average rainfall is putting pressure on… Read more Audio

11:31 AM.Sam talks to Kathryn about the Super Rugby final, the Chiefs versus the Crusaders. And former NRL superstar Jarryd Hayne is jailed for sex offences. Read more Audio

11:06 AM.A self-confessed "Beatles-obsessed weirdo from Philadelphia", Todd Rundgren's greatest work was a 1972 double LP called Something/ Anything. Shameless fan-boy Grant Smithies plays a couple of key… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Adrian Hardingham from Unity Books reviews Slough House by Mick Herron, published by John Murray. Read more Audio

10:11 AM.The role play has in early childhood development and in particular, the prevention of behavioural and emotional difficulties is the focus of professor of play, Paul Ramchandan. He heads the Play in… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.Moera talks to Kathryn about the increasingly worrying Covid situation in Fiji with the death of one of the latest cases. And Cook Island businesses are preparing for the NZ travel bubble with flights… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.Stress, exhaustion and burn out is affecting one in two senior doctors according to a new survey from the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, and there has bee no improvement in the past five… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.Auckland's dams are about to dip under half-way again, with dry skies forecast through to next week. They're a long way from the historical average for this time of year of 76 per cent and inching… Read more Audio

11:46 AM.Film and TV reviewer Chris Schulz joins Kathryn to talk about Life in Colour with David Attenborough (Netflix), James & Isey, a documentary by Florian Habicht (in cinemas) and new kids' movie The… Read more Audio

11:23 AM.Parenting coach and educator Joseph Driessen with guidance on how to build a secure attachment relationship with your child. He says a well functioning trusting bond between a primary caregiver and… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Technology correspondent Mark Pesce joins Kathryn to talk about how a software company offered employees a choice: stop complaining about the company's issues with diversity and inclusion - or take a… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Mary Fawcett from Schrödinger's Books reviews The Quiet People by Paul Cleave published by Upstart Press. Audio

10:07 AM.Logan Williams is a scientist, a serial inventor, the Director of Technology and Innovation at the New Zealand Merino Company, and could be the saviour to the wool industry... and he's only 25 years… Read more Audio

9:54 AM.UK correspondent Harriet Line joins Kathryn for a look at the last-minute campaigning underway ahead of Thursday's local elections. India's foreign minister was forced to pull out of attending a G7… Read more Audio

9:39 AM.Chief Executives and senior managers have a legal duty to protect the mental wellbeing of workers and eliminate toxic work environments, according to Dr Hillary Bennett, a registered psychologist… Read more Audio

9:27 AM.The dairy giant Fonterra has laid out a range of options to strengthen its financial structure, but remains committed to co-operative ownership. The country's biggest company says the aim is to… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Since the borders closed in March last year lines have had to be drawn over who should be granted an exemption to travel here; the green light was given to health and other critical workers, some… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.As the world's population grows, how will we feed everyone? It's what drove Sandhya Sriram to set up the world's first cell-based crustacean meat company, which uses technology to grow real meat from… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Two exhibitions celebrating the visual experience of music are winding their way around the motu for NZ Music Month. Yadana Saw finds some tunes to accompany The Art of the Record and From The Pit. Read more Audio

10:39 AM.Joanna Ludbrook from the children's bookstore Chicken and Frog Books in Featherston reviews The Calling by Fleur Beale published by Penguin Random House, $20. Read more Audio

10:11 AM.Award winning Brazilian Jazz Artist Nanny Assis and Kiwi vocalist and ex-Dominion Post photojournalist Maggie Gould are based in New York for part of each year, where they perform at the famous Blue… Read more Audio

9:53 AM.Australia correspondent Bernard Keane joins Kathryn to look at the allegations against Tasmanian Liberal candidate Adam Brooks, who two women said used a fake Victoria drivers licence to pretend he… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.How can end of life and bereavement care for Māori be improved? Wellington's Mary Potter Hospice has just held a symposium - Whetū i te Rangi - on the subject, the first of its kind. Vanessa Eldridge… Read more Audio