Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:05 AM.Many builders are underprepared to manage the challenges of running a business and need to be taught more skills, according to some in the sector. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Sam Ackerman looks at the weekend of sport as several competitions start to get serious. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.A record that changed the sound of soul music, Virginia singer/ songwriter D'Angelo's debut Brown Sugar turns 30 this week. We'll hear two key tracks from that album today, followed by some ambitious… Read more Audio

10:50 AM.Alexa discusses the situation in Wairoa for residents, one year on from its floods, the uproar over water rates in Central Hawke's Bay and the success of an apple bred to cope with warming climate… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Carole Beu of the Women's Bookshop in Auckland reviews Island calling by Francesca Segal published by Chatto & Windus Read more Audio

10:30 AM.It almost blew up Spotify - now we know the "band"  Velvet Sundown is created using artificial intelligence.

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10:10 AM.It was banned in the Philippines, now a Kiwi film festival has resisted pressure from China to remove a documentary about a disputed area of sea.  Read more Audio

9:35 AM.A new in home care business that brings together seniors, and young parents.  Read more Audio

9:20 AM.Fletcher Building is using hard-to-recycle plastics as fuel for its Golden Bay cement factory, in Whangarei.  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Young New Zealanders are leaving in record numbers  - particularly for Australia - and job insecurity is the obvious driver. 

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11:45 AM.Film and television reviewer Tamar Munch looks at zombie film 28 Years Later, new TV series Smoke (AppleTV+) starring Taron Edgerton as a fire investigator hunting a serial arsonist. And Kiwi classic… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.Sara Segar discusses how parents help turn experiences into learning or their children. She runs the Experiential Experiential Learning Depot in Minnesota. She developed a range of resources for… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Peter Griffin is a Wellington-based science and technology journalist. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Alisha discusses a notorious crash site, a pensioner's move from caravan into new housing and Tauranga Council hiking cremation and burial fees. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Jane Westaway reviews Parallel Lines by Edward St Aubyn  Read more Audio

10:30 AM.After a pause for five years the Big Sleepout - an event aimed at raising awareness and funds to tackle homelessness - is back.  Read more Audio

10:05 AM.New Zealander Rob McCallum, who raised concerns about the submersible, Titan,  which was en route to the wreck of the Titanic in 2023 when it imploded. Read more Audio

9:45 AM.UK correspondent Hugo Gye talks about the French President Emmanuel Macron's state visit, anew report by the Office for Budget Responsibility finds the outlook dire for British finances and  Wimbledon… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.The annual Ice Swimming Championships are underway at St Bathans in Central Otago. Read more Audio

9:20 AM.A team of researchers from the Te Whai Ao Dodd-Walls Centre have developed a potential gamechanger in the detection and diagnosis of prostate cancer.  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The government is proposing changes that would allow homes to be built on land categorised as suitable for farming and horticulture.

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11:45 AM.Law commentator Charles McGuinness, of McGuinness Employment Law. Read more Audio

11:20 AM.Dr Susan Parry on her proudest achievements and the importance of work-life balance. Read more Audio