Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:06 AM.Harry Broad reviews Tohora: The Southern Right Whale by Ned Barraud. This book is published by Potton & Burton. Audio

10:07 AM.Wildlife photographer Lindsay McCrae has traveled the globe from the jungle to the ice, recently spending a year in the company of emperor penguins in Antarctica for David Attenborough's BBC series… Read more Video, Audio

9:52 AM.Measles continues to impact the nations of the Pacific, particularly Samoa where more than 60 people have died. A state of emergency has been declared with mandatory vaccinations and no public… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.As the number of wildlife sanctuaries and predator controlled areas increase around New Zealand, thanks largely to the efforts of communities, there are also more opportunities for people to go bird… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:24 AM.Politicians use big data and micro-targeting to reach people on social media with personalised adverts aimed at winning their support. Sam Jeffers is the co-founder of Who Targets Me a campaign group… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in State Care, and controversy surrounding some Oranga Tamariki uplift cases has brought this country's record on protecting children this year, once… Read more Video, Audio

10:08 AM.Bioengineer Thor Besier's high tech medical imaging research aims to find new ways to help people with movement and mobility problems and disorders. He's a associate professor at the University of… Read more Audio

9:53 AM.UK correspondent Matt Dathan joins Lynn to talk about the campaign's final seven days, with a break for NATO's 70th anniversary celebrations. Those have been overshadowed somewhat after political… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.A new survey indicates community sport is in danger of unravelling, unless the likes of local bowls, tennis, swimming and rugby clubs seriously reinvent themselves. The Amateur Sport Association, who… Read more Audio

9:33 AM.New research into family violence has found that agencies and services designed to help Māori women in unsafe relationships often contribute to their entrapment. The 88 page report, found that… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Drug harm is estimated by the Ministry of Health to cost the country $1.8 billion and wait times for rehab are stretching out to six months as the sector faces a chronic workforce shortage. Read more Audio

11:49 AM.Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles gets excited about a new class of antibiotics from one of her favourite bacterial families and explains why we might freeze when startled.

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11:28 AM.Pieced together from evidence in archives, newspapers and family lore, Bettina Bradbury tells the riveting true story of a woman (Caroline Kearney) forced to travel half way across the world with her… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.RNZ Music journalist Kirsten Johnstone joins Kathryn to share some local releases that have flown under the radar this year. Audio

10:10 AM.Simon Griffin talks to Kathryn Ryan about his irreverent pocket-sized guide to social etiquette and some of life's biggest irritations, like man-spreading on public transport, using emojiis in… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.Australia correspondent Chris Neische joins Kathryn to talk about how the relentless bush fires are causing more people to pile pressure on Scott Morrison's government over climate change. He'll also… Read more Audio

9:43 AM.The Reserve Bank will release its highly anticipated final decisions in its biggest ever review of banks' regulatory capital requirements tomorrow at noon. It has proposed both significant increases… Read more Audio

9:32 AM.Worksafe has established the Pike River mine draft could be made safe enough to enter, by creating a process known as 'forcing ventilation' where fresh air is drawn into the mine The move would allow… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Ports of Auckland says moving its operations will have a significant financial impact on Aucklanders. The final of three reports prepared for the government on shifting the Port by the Upper North… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Gavin says Google's refusal to recognise specialist news service Businessdesk as a verified news source suggests the search engine's governance structure is, at best, arbitrary. Gavin Ellis is a media… Read more Audio