Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:40 AM.How is New Zealand placed to deal with the food production challenges posed by climate change and a growing population?  Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Christian Hawkesby the Assistant Governor of the Reserve Bank talks to Kathryn Ryan about the rise of new currencies and The Reserve Bank's warnings about what a wallet-less economy could mean for… Read more Audio

11:51 AM.Science correspondent Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to explain why researchers believe the bioluminescence of plankton is a defence mechanism, how your gut bacteria could determine whether Parkinson's… Read more Audio

11:34 AM.Kirsten Johnstone & Elliot Childs  share some of the interesting stories RNZ's music team has been working on, including the Universal Music archive fire in 2008, the WOMAD 2019 concerts that are… Read more Audio

11:12 AM.Sydney-based criminal lawyer turned novelist Sarah Hopkins has spent years defending young people in the children's court. She speaks to Kathryn Ryan about putting her inside information to work, in a… Read more Audio

10:43 AM.Louise O'Brien, from quarterly review periodical New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa, reviews West Island: Five Twentieth-Century New Zealanders in Australia by Stephanie Johnson. This book… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Our feature guest this morning is neuroscientist Dr Guy Leschziner who's written a fascinating book about what we do while we're sleeping - it's called the Nocturnal Brain, and covers everything from… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.Australia correspondent Chris Niesche looks at how union leader John Setka is proving to be a real headache for newly-elected Labor leader Anthony Albanese. He'll also report on the latest in the… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.US Scientists have developed a new type of reversible superglue inspired by snail slime. The team at the University of Pennsylvania developed the material from hydrogel, a polymer chain that can… Read more Audio

9:32 AM.Hundreds of thousands of people continue to occupy streets in Hong Kong in protest over the controversial extradition bill. It follows the estimated two million who took to the streets at the weekend… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Facebook says it'll roll out a digital currency called Libra next year that would allow its billions of users around the world to make financial transactions online. It's partnered with 28 companies… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Media commentator Gavin Ellis looks at the differing approaches by New Zealand media to the third appearance of the Christchurch mosque attack accused, how a major international study has found only a… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.In 1975, at the height of the Vietnam War, a very unusual mercy mission was launched. Dubbed 'Operation Babylift', it was designed to take hundreds of Vietnamese babies and children away from the… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:05 AM.Business commentator Rod Oram looks at ANZ CEO David Hisco's departure and the questions it has raised, as well as the latest data showing the economy is likely slowing and the NZX's first new listing… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Elisabeth Easther reviews From Sunset to Sunrise, by Tim Nicol Audio

10:05 AM.Professor of Experimental Medicine Terrence Forrester speaks with Kathryn Ryan about imposing a sugar tax in his home country of Jamaica, and how early malnutrition affects health later in life.  Read more Audio

9:45 AM.US correspondent Susan Milligan reports on the upcoming debates for the Democratic Party - who's in and who's out? And there's more drama in the West Wing with the departure of Sarah Sanders and the… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.Wellington Waste Water is warning people not to put cooking fat down their kitchen sinks, or treat the loo like a waste bin, after a blockage contaminated the harbour with fat and sewage. What happens… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.There are renewed calls for a Royal Commission into banking after the surprise departure yesterday of ANZ's chief executive, David Hisco. Mr Hisco is leaving the bank after nine years of passing off… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.It's 50 years since James K Baxter began his community for drop-outs, de-toxers and drifters at Jerusalem and Kennedy's been reading his letters from this period. Audio

11:30 AM.Any fish treated well can be delicious eating, says Wellington chef Tom Hutchison. He's challenging New Zealanders to reconsider eating fish more commonly used as bait, such as mackerel, mullet and… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Matthew, Stephen and Kathryn dissect the recent announcement of troop withdrawal from Iraq, details of a defence spend up and a likely end to the teachers' dispute. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.George Farrant has been the Auckland Council's Principal Heritage Advisor for 37 years, he's retiring at the end of June During his tenure, he's been involved with multi million dollar upgrades to… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:50 AM.Germany correspondent Thomas Sparrow looks at how the German Green Party has taken top spot in national voting intention polls and surpassed Angela Merkel's conservatives. Audio

9:40 AM.PhD candidate Kayla Stewart has been looking into sexual assault at tertiary institutions with 2700 responses to a survey at an un-named university. More than a third of respondents - or 36 per cent -… Read more Audio