Nine To Noon Podcast Options

10:35 AM.Martene McCaffrey from Unity Books Auckland reviews How to Kill a Witch by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi, published by Monoray Read more Audio

10:30 AM. New Zealand champion Toa Henderson from Northland and Te Kuiti's Jack Fagan are competing in a three-test shearing series this weekend.  Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Before he was in the dugout watching Richie McCaw lift the 2011 Rugby World Cup, forwards coach Mike Cron had spent years working as a police detective.  Read more Audio

9:45 AM.RNZ Pacific Editor Koroi Hawkins joins Kathryn for an update on the latest Pacific news.  Read more Audio

9:30 AM.A patient's round trip of seven hours for a procedure sparked Dr Helen Paterson's drive to treat women closer to where they lived.  Read more Audio

9:20 AM.Chris Faiumu, the founder of the band Fat Freddy's Drop, has died.  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The next decade will see the largest inter-generational transfer of wealth as more than 17,000 farm and orchard owners reach pension age.  Read more Audio

11:25 AM.At 37, many people are still getting to grips with being a parent. Matty Acton was learning how to be a grandparent.  Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Technology correspondent Alex Sims joins Kathryn to talk about how different countries are going down legal routes to combat the rise in deepfakes - AI-generated images, videos and voices.  Read more Audio

10:45 AM.The French men's national rugby team has snubbed staying in Hamilton. The public pressure put on Waikato Hospital to cut its cardiac surgery waitlist and Te Huia train is to start a Sunday service. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Jenna Todd from Time Out Books reviews Endling by Maria Reva published by Virago. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Neuroscientist Dr. Benjamin Baird studies how we can control our dreams and how lucid dreaming can affect us when we're awake. Read more Audio

9:45 AM.The extraordinary data leak about 19,000 Afghans trying to flee to the UK, which led to a £850 million secret relocation scheme, which in turn, led to a super-injunction to cover it all up until this… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Sonia Khush from Save the Children in Ukraine says there must be an investment in the education and skills for the younger generation of Ukrainians after the war. Read more Audio

9:30 AM.The New Zealand Bankers' Association says retrospective legislation on consumer finance tidies up the existing law to ensure all bank disclosure breaches are treated the same as those currently. Read more Audio

9:20 AM.With 11 mining projects on the Govt's fast-track list, Massey University's geography professor Glenn Banks says the economic returns from mining are rarely scrutinised; and they are inseparable from… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The Commerce Commission has confirmed it will reduce how much banks can charge to process credit card payments, which it says will save Kiwi businesses $90 million a year. Read more Audio

11:20 AM.Kiwi Shayni Couch lost her husband in a Base jump gone wrong while she was pregnant.

A new documentary follows her journey to return to the site of the tragedy

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10:45 AM.Kelly discusses how Rotorua's homeless are being taken at night to sleep in small pods at a remote area, street racer problems near Mamaku and the planned return of the paddleboat, the Lakeland Queen… Read more Audio