Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:25 AM.As the warm rays of your summer holiday start to fade and the neon light of your working reality flickers before you, it's possible you might find yourself wondering if you're in the right job. My… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.A new track from Bic Runga, written to mark the 10th anniversary of the Christchurch earthquake; French duo Daft Punk who have announced they are retiring after making music for 28 years and… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Wellington PhD student Ruby Solly is a poet, musician and music therapist. Her first book of poetry, Tōku Pāpā speaks to Māori growing up outside of their papakāika. Ruby's poems embrace knowledge… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.Political Editor of The Age newspaper Annika Smethurst joins Kathryn with the details of a turbulent week in Australian political news. She also has her eye on the beginning of the vaccination process… Read more Audio

9:27 AM.An Australian radicalisation expert working with the families of women with links to ISIS says there are two, possibly three more women with dual Australian/New Zealand citizenship trying to return… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.A new report condemns the system for failing to protect our landscapes and calls for more direction from central government. The Environmental Defence Society's just released Synthesis Report argues… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Google - the flurry of deals signed in the past 10 days with Australian media companies, taking the sting out of the new legislation which forces such a negotiation. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Two NgÄi Tahu cousins from Otago are behind the Reo Pēpi bilingual board books - writing and illustrating them. Kitty Brown talks to Kathryn about how she and her whanaunga Kirsten Parkinson came up… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Rod talks to Kathryn about the corporate half-year results season, Allbirds working on an US share offer and BluesScope Steels CEO gets a global job. Read more Audio

10:40 AM.David Hill reviews A Sky Full Of Stars by Dani Atkins, published by Head of Zeus. Read more Audio

10:07 AM.For our species' time on the planet getting older has just been a fact of life. But biologist and author Dr Andrew Steele thinks that is all about to change. In his new book Ageless: the new science… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.New Zealand deep sea explorer Rob McCallum is about to undertake a journey to the deepest point of the world's ocean. He and Australian colleague Tim Macdonald will be descending in a submersible the… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:35 AM.Susan has an update on the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill is coming together, on track to pass by mid-March. Also, the US Supreme Court has just paved the way for the New York district attorney to… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.A former senior international rugby administrator says World Rugby must change when it comes to player welfare. David Moffett was the head of New Zealand Rugby in the late 90s, Australia's National… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.What's the problem with the Resource Management Act in practice?. Bill McKay says there's so much to talk about this year: the tenancy reforms, the RMA reforms, housing. He'll focus on the big one… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Ian Kerr grows a variety of lettuces and other greens on his Karapiro hydroponics operation, selling his produce at the Cambridge and Hamilton Farmers' Markets. He runs an accommodation business on… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.The politics of lockdown, and the trans Tasman tensions over the citizenship row of a woman accused of terrorism. Also a look at the Priveleges Committee and the National facebook video case. Audio

10:35 AM.Laura Caygill reviews Women of a Certain Rage edited by Liz Byrski, published by Fremantle Press. Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Kamala Harris's path to being America's first black woman elected Vice President is examined in a new biography Kamala's Way. Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Debora talks to Kathryn about the new mutant strain of coronavirus that's more contagious first identified in SA becoming the dominant strain in entire Southern African region, the vaccine inequality… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Taranaki's Ken Murphy has gone from working on oil rigs to crafting game fishing lures in Bell Block. Read more Audio, Gallery

9:09 AM.How the physical, mental, emotional and financial aftershocks of Christchurch's deadly earthquake which claimed 185 lives, are still being felt 10 years on. Read more Audio

11:51 AM.Comedians Te Radar and Michele A'Court are along with a few laughs. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.The Prada Cup racing is set to start up again tomorrow because of Luna Rossa refusing to wait for a return to Level 1, Sam also looks at womens cricket and tennis with the Australian Open. Read more Audio