Nine To Noon Podcast Options

10:40 AM.Harry Ricketts from quarterly review periodical New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa reviews R. A. K. Mason: Uncollected Poems, edited by Roger Hickin. Published by Cold Hub Press. Audio

10:15 AM.Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jake Bernstein takes us inside the world revealed by the Panama Papers; one of secretive offshore tax havens, corruption, and fraud on a massive scale. Jake… Read more Video, Audio

10:07 AM.Police Commissioner Mike Bush says the just announced review into claims of bullying is a priority - with the terms of reference to be completed this week. The announcement comes after RNZ talked to… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.US correspondent Susan Milligan joins Kathryn to discuss a rare backpedaling by Donald Trump on plans to host the G7 at his resort in Florida and attempts by acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney to… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.A new VUW School of Nursing report into aged residential care facilities has found them ill equipped to accommodate the increasing number of New Zealanders who need bariatric specific care, due to… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.The board of Auckland Transport has a big decision to make today: whether to slow traffic on key roads across the city in a bid to reduce deaths and injuries. In 2017, 64 people died on the regions… Read more Audio

11:49 AM.Outdoorsman Kennedy Warne discusses the Supreme Court's recent decision on the legality of shark cage diving at Rakiura/Stewart Island, learns a surprising use for gourds and has advice on how to tell… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Otaki-based organic gardener, Kath Irvine has been growing all the vegetables to feed her family of 6 for a couple of decades now. She joins Kathryn Ryan for advice to prepare for when the season… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:07 AM.Brigitte and Mike join Kathryn to discuss the New Zealand First conference over the weekend, how the coalition dynamics are working, the most recent political polls and whether there's further… Read more Audio

10:38 AM.Jenna Todd of Time Out Bookstore reviews The Last of Her Kind by Sigrid Nunez, published by Little, Brown Book Group. Audio

10:09 AM.Craig deMartino was a professional rock climber who nearly lost his life in an accident 17 years ago, when he was dropped 30 metres from a rock ledge - breaking almost every bone in his body. 18… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

9:53 AM.Middle East correspondent, Sebastian Usher joins Kathryn to look at the situation in northern Syria, where US troops are being pulled out and redeployed to Iraq. Is it a sign of the loss of US… Read more Audio

9:44 AM.Cyber safety experts are warning the world's most popular iPhone app TikTok compromises children's safety and privacy, raising concerns about predatory behaviour, bullying and exposure to… Read more Video, Audio

9:09 AM.Should our 16-year-old laws governing biotechnology be overhauled to loosen regulations around gene editing and genetic modification? The Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act, which tightly… Read more Audio

11:49 AM.Te Radar and James Elliott take a wry look at the week, including the Vatican's new "click to pray" E-Rosary. Audio

11:31 AM.Brendan reports on the Rugby World Cup, the netball series between New Zealand and Australia, and asks whether the world's first sub two hour marathon was just a multi million dollar PR stunt, or a… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Jeremy Taylor from Slow Boat Records has an eclectic selection of obscure faves from Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker's radio show, another album from the prolific Mark Kozelek and a quietly triumphant… Read more Audio

10:39 AM.Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa. This book is published by Harvill Secker. Audio

10:10 AM.Rob Lucas has traveled to some of the country's most remote and inaccessible areas, photographing the country's native flora. More than 3200 of his images feature in New Zealand's Native Trees… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:52 AM.Ed White, correspondent for the Financial Times, has the latest news from Hong Kong. He is based in Seoul. Audio

9:44 AM.MediaWorks has announced it intends to sell its TV operation, including TV3. Earlier this week, it announced it was cancelling or heavily scaling back some of Three's biggest shows. MediaWorks… Read more Audio

9:27 AM.Gary Hirshberg's business Stonyfield Farm began in the United States in 1983 with seven cows in a field. It's now the world's largest organic dairy company, with more than $600 million in annual sales… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.The US Vice President says he has a deal with Turkey's President for a temporary ceasefire in Northern Syria. Turkish troops entered Syria last week in an offensive against the Kurdish-led "Syrian… Read more Audio

11:49 AM.Film and TV reviewer Sarah McMullan looks at Joaquin Phoenix's Joker, Zombieland: Double Tap, starring Woody Harrelson, and some shows to put you in the Halloween mood - including some for the kids. Read more Audio