Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:30 AM.How can parents find the delicate balance between helping a child with their homework, and overhelping - or even doing it for them? Education lecturer Melissa Barnes has analysed more than 400… Read more Audio

11:09 AM.Technology correspondent Paul Matthews joins Kathryn to talk about how a massive transformation of the vocational education system might not prepare us for the changing future of work. He'll also look… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Louise O'Brien reviews Nothing to See by Pip Adam, published by Victoria University Press. Audio

10:15 AM.Can you really separate animals from meat-making? Eric Schulze from the food technology company Memphis Meats thinks so. Read more Video, Audio

10:08 AM.UK correspondent Matthew Parris looks at Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford's campaign to extend the children's food voucher scheme into the summer holidays, which forced a change in policy… Read more Audio

9:53 AM.New research into public perceptions of surrogacy and the laws surrounding it have uncovered some surprising changes. Debra Wilson, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Canterbury, has led… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.A visiting Australian woman, Mel Langsford talks to Kathryn about her frustration with bumbling health officials and the risk to her family during their 14 days isolating at an Auckland hotel, after… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.As the heat comes on the government over quarantine and managed isolation facilities, questions are being raised over the rules applied to international airline crew and the risk of bringing Covid-19… Read more Audio

11:34 AM.If you like a good mystery, you're in luck. In his new book New Zealand Mysteries, writer Scott Bainbridge turns his attention to some of Aotearoa's well-known legends and some lesser-known, but… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:10 AM.Yadana shares new songs from near and far. Including a little lo-fi number from Manawatu, a ditty from Indigenous Australia and a new rework of a Billie Holiday standard in light of the Black Lives… Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Cycling adventurer Jo Haines is traveling the world, 3 months at a time, on a bike. Each autumn she sets off from Albert Town, to explore another unique corner of the earth. She talks to Kathryn Ryan… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:45 AM.Australia correspondent Bernard Keane joins Kathryn to look at the career-ending allegations against Victoria's Labor Minister Adem Somyurek, including that he recruited people into the party to boost… Read more Audio

9:27 AM.The Chief Justice says major change within the court system must happen, and the Covid 19 pandemic has highlighted the issues. Jury trials were suspended in March because of the virus, and will only… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.The Health and Disability Review has recommended the biggest change to the health system in a generation, including cutting the number of DHBs, scrapped elected representative and setting up two new… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Andrew takes a look at NZME's subscription upswing, TVNZ job cuts and the NBR having to pay Steven Joyce's legal costs. Andrew Holden is a journalist for more than 30 years including five as Editor of… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.During her decade as a district nurse in King Country, Sara McIntyre got to know the people, their history and the rural settlements very well. A lifetime interest in photography led to her capturing… Read more Audio, Gallery

10:34 AM.Kathryn talks to Health Correspondent, Rowan Quinn about the wide ranging review of the Health and Disability sector led by Heather Simpson. An interim report, published in September, found the health… Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Kathryn Ryan meets two young mums whose stories are part of a new TV series High School Mums which begins screening on TVNZ tonight. The series follows the students and children at the teen parenting… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:53 AM.A look at what the US Congress is doing for police reform in the wake of recent fatal police shootings and the growing Black Lives Matter protests. Read more Audio

9:33 AM.Training organisations dealing with an influx of people seeking government funded trades apprenticeships are calling for more clarity on the free stimulus initiative.The $320 million Targetted… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.As the government details 11 job-rich infrastructure projects it hopes will repair the economy, there are warnings of a looming crash in the building industry. A new survey from the Property Council… Read more Audio