Nine To Noon Podcast Options

10:05 AM.Decades of working as a GP has provided Greg Judkins with a wealth of health and wellbeing issues to draw on to create characters for his novel, Biopsies - stories of struggle and hope in South… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.ESR started examining sewage for traces of SARS-CoV-2 back in April, and is now routinely sampling wastewater at one quarantine isolation hotel in Auckland. It's hoped sewage monitoring could… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Under a new law passed by parliament last night, vaping will be banned in workplaces, and advertising and sponsorships related to vaping products will be prohibited, along with the sale of vaping… Read more Audio

11:20 AM.Orange Sky is a charity that offers free showers, laundry, and conversation to people who are homeless. The service is offered through vans - one in Auckland and one in Wellington, that are in… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan shares new music from Tami Neilson, who's hitting the road next month on a tour with her band after the release her seventh album Chickaboom! She'll also share music from… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Carole Beu, The Women's Bookshop, reviews Dominicana by Angie Cruz, published by Flatiron Books. Short-listed for this year's prestigious Women's Prize for Fiction. Ana is 15, obliged to marry a man… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Dr Helen Blackie is leading efforts to supercharge Predator Free 2050 with solutions spanning engineering, creative design, animal behaviour, toxicology and ecology. But it's not easy with an… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:45 AM.Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Lynn to look at Melbourne's move to tighten its lockdown and what impact that will have on the federal economy. A special payment is being made from the… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Loneliness is a big concern among the elderly, but a new study is showing it is even more significant for young people. Findings from Southern Cross' inaugural Healthy Futures Report, found half of… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.Ecologists in Melbourne fear they are missing the chance to rescue animal species unable to recover from the destructive bush fires earlier this year. The state's north east was hardest hit, along… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Hospitals are overwhelmed with people injured in two massive blasts that hit the Lebanese capital in the early hours. Scores of people have been killed with thousands more injured, after two… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.The next-generation of wireless communication networks is expected to unleash a massive internet of things ecosystem, serving the needs of billions of connected devices, and Spark wants ingenious New… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Kiran Dass of Time Out Bookstore reviews Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh, published by Penguin Random House. Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Wanaka and Colorado-based fly fisherman, guide, explorer, filmmaker and writer Derek Grzelewski tells Lynn Freeman about his latest book Fly-fishing in New Zealand, What you Need to know - a guide to… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:45 AM.The US enters a new phase of Covid-19 infection in both urban and rural areas as the pandemic relief package for Americans lapses. Ron Elving is Senior Editor and Correspondent on the Washington Desk… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Environmental advocates are calling for more research and training to prevent wallabies spreading throughout the south and north islands. Two species, 'Bennetts' in the South Island and 'Dama' in the… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.While some island nations, which have been spared the pandemic are keen for travel to open up from New Zealand, researchers at the Australian National University have created an interactive map… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The Salvation Army is warning of a sudden plunge into poverty for nearly half a million people who are currently receiving the Covid wage subsidy. 437,000 people are receiving the extended wage… Read more Audio

11:47 AM.Kennedy unpacks a landmark US Supreme Court decision on the rights of Native Americans, and reflects on swifts -the world's fastest flying bird Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Nothing eases the winter chill like a hot bowl of porridge in the morning. Posh Porridge is a Christchurch-based business that sells oats at the local market with a 'posh' twist - in the form of… Read more Audio, Gallery