Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:30 AM.Fiordland is known for its stunning natural beauty - a magnet for visitors - but not all are welcome.  Read more Audio

9:20 AM.It's now been more than a year since legislation aligned recycling rules for most of the country, how has that gone?  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Last year 185 people, charged with 729 offences, were deemed unfit to stand trial.  Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Kennedy brings us up to date on some mid-winter happening, including Glenorchy's 'creatures of the night' fancy dress community dinner, and the annual Garden Bird Survey, now in its 18th year. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Where Have All the Apples Gone? Chris Smellie's juicy expose of the fruit industry's evolution and politics. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Gareth and Fletcher discuss the week's politics, including the death of sitting MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp.  Read more Audio

10:45 AM.A council survey has revealed that the people of Wellington don't trust their city council. Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Ivor Popovich has spent a decade working his way through the health system on a mission to become an ICU specialist.  Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Banned pride event in Budapest grows into anti-Orban rally while protests in Venice force change of venue for the Bezos' wedding. Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Kiwi kids can now access Google's Gemini AI chatbot, now the company has made it available to the under-13s. Read more Audio

9:25 AM.A report into deaths from gender-based violence has found there's been no significant reduction in the number of victims between 2009 and 2022.  Read more Audio

9:06 AM.Te Pukenga is in the process of being wound up, with individual polytechs around the country working to show whether they can stand on their own. Read more Audio

11:45 AM.The comedians chat about massaging orca whales, pork intestine coffee and honey chasing bears. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Dana Johannsen discusses referees being abused in Horowhenua Kapiti and funding for Moana Pasifika. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Grant discusses Mississippi gospel-soul band Annie and The Caldwells who took 40 years to make their debut album plus Alton Ellis and a new compilation celebrating Colombian sound culture. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Jimmy Ellingham is a RNZ Checkpoint reporter based in Palmerston North. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Leah McFall reviews Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton published by Canongate. Read more Audio

10:30 AM.A group of school students in the Nelson region have come up with a way to ease the financial load and make ball attire more sustainable.  Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Making sure children see themselves reflected in books is a driving force for author and publisher David Riley, who calls himself The Reading Warrior.  Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Ed White discusses how China is responding to the Iran-Israel conflict. Read more Audio

9:20 AM.The Retirement Navigator - as it's called - is being described as a one-of-a-kind tool for spending in golden years. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Heavy rain, surface flooding and slips have forced more evacuations the top of the South Island, in the Tasman district.  Read more Audio

11:30 AM.It can be hard to avoid what's going on in the world right now, including for children. How can parents help their kids make sense of what's going on, without scaring them? Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Technology correspondent Bill Bennett looks at Chorus' plan to extend the fibre network further into rural New Zealand. Read more Audio