Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:53 AM.Moera Tuilaepa discusses the use of facebook to sensationalise sorcery accusations in PNG & Winston Peters trip to the Soloman Islands and Vanuatu. Read more Audio

9:43 AM.Kathryn Ryan speaks with chair of the M.bovis Strategic Science Advisory Group, MPI's chief science adviser and farmer himself Dr John Roche about continuing efforts to rid farms of Mycoplasma Bovis.

9:09 AM.The centrepiece of last week's budget was $1.9 billion to help the one in five New Zealanders who experience mental illness or significant mental distress.  Read more Audio

11:49 AM.Film and TV reviewer Chris Schulz looks at the new season of Fleabag, the third season of the Handmaid's Tale and the popularity of 5-part series Chernobyl. Read more Audio

11:28 AM.Speech and Language Therapist Christian Wright with more tips and tricks for parents of five year olds with speech sound errors, such at 'tat' for cat, and 'hostible' for hospital. Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Technology commentator Bill Bennett looks at Apple's decision to pull the plug on iTunes and what it intends to offer instead, and if you want to visit America, you'll have to hand over your social… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Carole Beu of the Women's Bookshop reviews Lost and Wanted by Nell Freudenberger. This book is published by Knopf Publishing Group. Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Shay Wright is on a mission to develop the next generation of Māori community and business leaders through the educational social enterprise Te Whare Hukahuka. Read more Video, Audio

9:56 AM.UK Harriet Line reports on how Donald Trump conducted himself during his state visit to the UK, the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings and Boris Johnson. Read more Audio

9:44 AM.New York Mayor Bill de Blasio declared skyscrapers made of glass and steel "have no place in our city or our Earth anymore", arguing their energy inefficient design contributes to global warning.  Read more Audio

9:09 AM.In March IAG, which corners almost half of the capital's insurance market, pulled back from writing new insurance policies in Wellington.  Read more Audio

11:45 AM.An experiment using spider venom-infected fungi to control mosquitoes in Burkino Faso has been remarkably successful. Read more Audio

11:20 AM.Kiwi filmmakers David Hyde and Nathalie Berger speak with Kathryn Ryan about waging war on labour exploitation.  Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Music commentator Kirsten Johnstone walks us through what to expect from the Wellington Jazz Festival (June 5 - 9), including some unjazzy jazz tunes from Rafiq Bhatia and Ghost-Note Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Jenna Todd reviews Memories of the Future by Siri Hustvedt, which is published by Sceptre. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Moana Maniapoto says there's various platforms for activism and an honest, authentic treaty relationship is the pathway to addressing some of the country's biggest issues. Read more Audio

9:46 AM.Australia correspondent Karen Middleton reports on the shooting deaths of four people at multiple locations in Darwin allegedly by a man police say is on parole. Read more Audio

9:30 AM.The University of Otago, Te Whare Wananga o Otago, says it wants everyone to be able to take part in its 150th anniversary celebrations.  Read more Audio, Gallery

9:05 AM.The NZTA has estimated 5% percent of our speed limits are too high to be safe, and should be dropped from 100 kms to between 60 and 80.  Read more Audio

11:44 AM.Media commentator Gavin Ellis ponders whether a return to the Big Bang on-the-day announcements of the past, would have persuaded journalists that last week's Budget was more "transformational"? Also… Read more Audio

11:31 AM.Australian corporate events executive, turned food waste campaigner, Ronni Kahn, talks about her fight against the global food waste problem, her charity OZHarvest, and the Food Fighter documentary… Read more Video, Audio

11:06 AM.Stephen Mills and Matthew Hooton talk to Lynn about the Budget - the contents and the leaks. They'll examine how National handled the leaks and Treasury's response. Also, more strike action hits… Read more Audio

10:34 AM.Harry Ricketts from quarterly review periodical New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa reviews Poetry New Zealand Yearbook 2019. Edited by Jack Ross, this collection is published by Massey… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.India remains the great hope of the world's endangered Bengal tiger population, although more than 100 of these magnificent big cats are killed each year by poachers and desperate farmers trying to… Read more Audio, Gallery