Nine To Noon Podcast Options

10:10 AM.Earlier this year America - and the world - lost an intellectual powerhouse. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a Supreme Court justice from 1993 until her death in September, at the age of 87. Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Outgoing US President Donald Trump is begging legislators and other elected officials to simply overturn the election result and Rudy Giuliani tests positive for Covid-19. Audio

9:40 AM.The construction of a new charity hospital in Invercargill took a massive step forward yesterday, with the first sledgehammer blows to the suburban pub it will replace. Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Are the costs of tourism too high? The nine essays in 100% Pure Future, New Zealand Tourism Renewed explore how a more sustainable form of tourism could be achieved in New Zealand.

9:10 AM.The Waikato Chamber of Commerce has hit out at concerns being raised by the regional council over a proposed $1 billion commercial and residential development for Sleepyhead in the town of Ohinewai. Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Kennedy reflects on his recent three-day walk in Whirinaki Forest, on the edge of Te Urewera, including its history, natural history and in general the solace of forests. Audio

11:35 AM.It is shaping up to be a busy summer for Caity and Gerald Endt run the Okiwi Passion gardening operation.They grow a huge range of fruit and vegetables enjoyed by locals all year round and snapped up… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:07 AM.Neale and Trish look at the Government's expression of concern about China's promotion of a doctored image of an Australian soldier holding a knife to an Afghan child's throat. The statement has… Read more Audio

10:55 AM.Phil Vine reviews Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi, published by Penguin Random House. Audio

10:06 AM.Scuba-diving philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith talks about his latest book, Metazoa: Animal life and the birth of the mind. He travels deep below the ocean's surface to explore the fundamental links… Read more Audio

9:53 AM.There's only a few days left to strike the Brexit deal, rioting in Paris grows over a controversial new security law, and the ultra-right Hungarian government is hit by a sex scandal. Audio

9:36 AM.A leading public health academic says successive governments have failed to prioritise physical activity, and New Zealanders' health and wellbeing continues to decline. The World Health Organisation… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Recent research from Victoria University of Wellington has revealed thousands of coastal homes could face huge hikes in insurance premiums, or an inability to get insurance at all, within fifteen… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Recorded in the shadow of the Southern Alps in rural Canterbury, The Bats’ 10th album Foothills has just come out. We’ll hear two tracks from that today, alongside gems from St Louis funk crew… Read more Audio

10:36 AM.Niki Ward of Unity Books reviews What We'll Build by Oliver Jeffers, published by HarperCollins. Plus, The Night After Christmas by Kes Gray and Claire Powell, published by Hachette. Audio

10:07 AM.With hits from 1981 to the present day, Bananarama still holds the record for the most worldwide chart entries for a female group ever, with hits like, Cruel Summer, I Heard a Rumour and Venus. Their… Read more Audio

9:47 AM.The Covid 19 death toll in French Polynesia continues to climb, 77 people have died. Koro also talks to Philippa about the tens of thousands of HIV cases in the Pacific, predominantly in Papua New… Read more Audio

9:39 AM.Wellington based illustrator, Melissa Boardman is passionate about native birds. Her illustrated book Birds of New Zealand catalogues the collective noun names for our native birds. Some are quite… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:26 AM.Mel and Paul Roberts are part of a collective of community choirs who're holding a fundraiser concert for the Auckland City Mission on Saturday. 250 singers from seven choirs are part of the Everybody… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.A volunteer group that tests drugs at festivals says the new pill testing law passed this week is too late to make any difference to young people this summer. The interim law ensures that volunteer… Read more Audio

11:23 AM.Hannah Davison  is the co-founder and author of the My Big Moments series of personalised books for children aged two and up.

She talks to Phillipa Tolley about Baby on the Way, a picture book for… Read more Audio