Nine To Noon Podcast Options

10:40 AM.David Hill reviews What Stars are Made Of by Sarah Allen, published by Penguin Random House. Audio

10:07 AM.Graphic novelist, poet and academic Michael Frizell is researching and writing the new comic book version of Netflix's super popular true crime series 'Tiger King'. Set in the world of private zoos… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:52 AM.Thousands of migrant workers in Queenstown have lost their jobs and are now stranded with no income, high rent bills and no way to return home. The Queenstown District Lakes Council, local chamber of… Read more Audio

9:37 AM.Under alert level three, online shopping will be open for all - not just essential - businesses. Click and collect will be permitted as long as it's done safely. But bricks and mortar shops will have… Read more Audio

9:29 AM.Hospitality New Zealand Chief executive Julie White says a move next week to level 3 may not be enough to save thousands of businesses facing closure. Under level 3, cafes, bars and restaurants will… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.The decision has been made to extend the national lockdown at alert level 4 until midnight next Monday. In the meantime work continues at pace to prepare for what comes next. That means maintaining… Read more Audio

11:36 AM.Low on money and energy but still have to keep the family fed?  Hamilton food blogger Kathrine Lynch has drawn up a 14-day meal plan to feed a family for only $3.25 per serving. She shares recipes… Read more Audio

11:09 AM.Our political commentators Neale Jones and Trish Sherson talk to Kathryn about a big day for Cabinet weighing up whether to move from Level 4 lockdown to level 3. Neale Jones was Chief of Staff to… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Holly Walker reviews What Sort of Man by Breton Dukes, published by Victoria University Press. Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Kathryn meets two people who've been doing everything they can to help young people in the Hawke's Bay get up on their feet. Jody Hamilton set up the social enterprise Lift, which connects rangatahi… Read more Audio

9:54 AM.Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney looks at cautious moves by some EU nations to ease lockdown restrictions, while others say it's too early. Russia's President Vladimir Putin says the government has… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Airlines the world have been rapidly brought to their knees by the Covid 19 pandemic. Last month, air traffic globally fell by 75 per cent in March and the International Air Transport Association… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Contact tracing expert Professor Philip Hill is warning the government must be very careful before it decides to drop the strict Covid-19 alert level down to level 3. Yesterday the Ministry of Health… Read more Audio

11:51 AM.Our comedians Te Radar and Elisabeth Easther with the story of a pensioner who lived to tell the tale after he was thrown from fighter jet after accidentally grabbing ejector seat handle. Audio

11:36 AM.Sam talks to Kathryn about NZ rugby freezing up to 50% of players pay, the NRL competition,and how Kiwi Supercars driver Scott McLaughlin is finding a silver lining in the COVID-19 crisis. Audio

11:23 AM.From deep inside lockdown, fresh sounds emerge from The Strokes, Gorillaz, Ed O’Brien of Radiohead, and Phoebe Bridgers shares a song from her forthcoming sophomore release.From deep inside… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.New Zealanders are leading three international research projects aimed at finding drugs that could effectively treat people infected with Covid-19. Researchers from the Medical Research Institute of… Read more Audio

10:44 AM.Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books reviews A Thousand Moons by Sebastian Barry, published by Faber. Follow-up to the multi-award-winning Days Without End, this novel is on a par with that. Narrated by… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Jacinta Ruru is New Zealand's first Māori Professor of Law and has taught at the University of Otago since 1999. She's also the co-director of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, a centre for research focused… Read more Audio

9:53 AM.An update on South Korea's election, the death toll from Covid-19 in Indonesia where 24 doctors have fatally contracted the virus, and the social media war which has broken out between pro-Beijing… Read more Audio

9:42 AM.Schools around the country are trying to figure out how a partial reopening under alert level three might work. John Morris is the former Principal of Auckland Grammar School, now Executive Principal… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The Prime Minister has set out what life under Level 3 might look like if the cabinet decides on Monday to lower the alert level. Kathryn talks with former Assistant Reserve Bank Governor and… Read more Audio

11:47 AM.Film and TV reviewer Tamar Munch looks at the new local content that's been made while everyone's in isolation, including Rhys Darby's 'The Alone Rangers', Leigh Hart's 'Big Isolation Lockdown'… Read more Audio