Nine To Noon Podcast Options

10:05 AM.Jessica Helfand is a designer, artist, and author of "Face: A Visual Odyssey", an elaborately illustrated A to Z showing how our faces have been perceived, represented and judged over time from… Read more Video, Audio

9:50 AM.Fletcher Building says it will have to cut around 10 percent of its workforce, around 1000 jobs, as it struggles with the fallout from Covid-19. Chief executive Ross Taylor says the impact of the… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Australia correspondent Bernard Keane joins Kathryn to talk about the ongoing trade tussle between China and Australia, as the economic superpower confirms it'll press ahead with an 80 per cent tariff… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.A just revealed $1.5 billion dollar shortfall in waste infrastructure, cheap oil prices, and stresses caused by Covid-19 are being blamed for an increase in our waste going to the landfill. The black… Read more Audio

11:47 AM.The ongoing fall-out from the NZME and Stuff merger battle, plus no details in the budget of an additional bail out for commercial media. Read more Audio

11:33 AM.For some children, the nature of what mum and dad does can be very scary. Kris Kennett is a Dunedin-based firefighter, who had an idea to put together a book that aims to reassure children about what… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.The budget, a fraught takeover and shareholders enthusiastic response to $2 billion of rights issues on the NZX. Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Journalist and best selling author Bob Kolker is a skilled practitioner at unearthing murky real-life dramas and transforming them into compelling reading. His first book, "Lost Girls", the story of a… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.Susan Davis talks to Kathryn about what President Trump has described as this generation's Manhattan Project, the search for a Covid-19 vaccine. Susan Davis is a congressional correspondent for NPR… Read more Audio

9:42 AM.The Covid-19 pandemic has been an unprecedented and stressful time for many people around the world, but a new paper suggests Kiwis are pretty well-placed to get through it. The Social Welfare Agency… Read more Audio

9:29 AM.Politics commentators Matthew Hooton and Neale Jones talk to Kathryn about the results of the latest Newshub Reid-Research, which show that Labour leader Jacinda Ardern could comfortably lead alone… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Big questions remain over the future of New Zealand's biggest Public Private Partnership Project, Transmission Gully, as discussions take place between the major stakeholders. Slated to open in… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Shovel-ready and Shortcuts through the RMA. Bill takes a look at government proposals to shorten consent times for major projects and the impact on public input. Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Kiwi-born Caralee Fontanele quit processed foods after a trip to Thailand where she ate like a local, and for the first time in ages - felt fantastic. She switched to whole foods on her return home to… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Matthew Hooton and Neale Jones dissect the Budget with Kathryn, looking at the wider implications and the impact on an election year turned on its head by the pandemic. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Phil Vine reviews HRT: Husband Replacement Therapy by Kathy Lette, published by Penguin Random House. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Working for more than 30 years in magazines, Jenny Lynch spent 18 years at the NZ Woman's Weekly, including seven as the editor. She is the author of three non-fiction books and now her memoir Under… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.The EU grapples with how to reopen its internal borders. The European Commission has a plan, but there are fears people will simply stay at home, putting further pressure on the summer tourist season… Read more Audio

9:32 AM.As the drought in Hawke's Bay becomes particularly acute, farmers are being faced with crucial decisions about what to do with their stock. As Covid-19 was cutting a swathe across the world, large… Read more Audio

11:48 AM.Our comedians Te Radar and Elisabeth some humour to round off the week - the grazing goats causing havoc in a California neighbourhood and the robot 'dog' Singapore using to enforce social distancing.

11:30 AM.Sam looks at what's in the budget for sport. The big names coming back to Super Rugby Aotearoa after chasing large overseas paydays, and speculation mounts that Mike Tyson is about to return to the… Read more Audio