Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:09 AM.Vodafone New Zealand has been sold by its British parent company to a consortium comprising local infrastructure investment company Infratil and Canadian firm Brookfield Asset Management for 3 point 4… Read more Audio

11:38 AM.Does your boring breakfast table need a fun Filipino shake-up? Jess Granada from Filipino restaurant Nanam in Takapuna and The Cult Project's Carlo Buenaventura discuss their favourite breakfast items… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.A closer look at the zero carbon bill, the terms of the cannabis referendum and the impending primary and secondary teachers strike. Stephen Mills is the executive director of UMR Research and former… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Internationally acclaimed Bangladeshi photographer, journalist and activist Shahidul Alam speaks with Kathryn Ryan about his current exhibit, a video of his photographs Embracing The Other… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:51 AM.Europe Correspondent Seamus Kearney looks at the visit by Jacinda Ardern to Paris for her 'Christchurch Call' conference, the EU's 'show of unity' post-Brexit action plan and anger over a rerun of… Read more Audio

9:41 AM.A hands free mobile is one thing but with latest innovations in technology, you may be able to answer calls by biting. It's called ChewIt, a device the size of a piece of chewing gum, which allows you… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:13 AM.A predictive risk assessment tool that can identify children at risk of abuse, developed by a New Zealand researcher and implemented for two years in the United States, has been found to improve the… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.The week that was with Te Radar and Justine Smith taking a wry look at some of the headlines.There's the transparent purple dust cover for your washing machine which is available on some online… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Sports commentator Brendan Telfer says there's been plenty of fallout from Israel Folau's disciplinary hearing, and poses a question about whether he should still be in the Wallabies. Also a look at… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Does God exist? Kansas singer/songwriter Kevin Morby is not so sure, but ponders the issue at length on his new double album, Oh My God. Grant Smithies has two key tracks from that record today… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Gina Rogers reviews Frankissstein, by Jeanette Winterson, which is published by Penguin Random House. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Kiwi professional mezzo soprano Anna Pierard and Kathryn Ryan talk about how music can change children's lives.  Anna is the co-creator of the Prima Volta Charitable Trust which introduces Hawkes Bay… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.RNZ Pacific journalist Johnny Blades talks to Kathryn about the shaky situation in the PNG parliament, with a series of defections from PM Peter O'Neill's government. MPs say he has become… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.The world's movers and shakers in the contemporary art scene have had the last few days to get their heads around this year's Venice Biennale exhibitions, and now it's an anxious wait for the artists… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:20 AM.A new survey finds that New Zealand households are embracing wireless devices such as Google Home, robot vaccum cleaners and smart fridges, but almost one in five households do not take any security… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Moa footprints, that are likely the oldest record of the giant birds ever documented, have been disovered for the first time in the South Island. Thought to be millions of years old , the prints were… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:46 AM.Film and TV reviewer Chris Schulz looks at new rom-com Long Shot starring Charlize Theron and Seth Rogan, One Planet with David Attenborough and Nine's new reality series for the kids in all of us -… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.A new survey of 1200 parents around the country finds three quarters are worried they don't spent enough time with their children. Parenting commentator, researcher and educator Nathan Wallis talks to… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Technology commentator Peter Griffin examines a Law Foundation report about how digital media is having a negative impact on democracy - how does it fit with the PM's desire for a 'Christchurch Call'… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Leah McFall reviews How to Raise Successful People by Esther Wojcicki, which is published by Penguin Random House. "Despite the marketing, I found nothing revolutionary here but rather a mash-up of… Read more Audio

10:11 AM.Kathryn talks with historical novelist and poet Rosetta Allan about her new book The Unreliable People, which tells the story of the ethnic Koreans who migrated to Soviet Russia, and were expelled en… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.UK correspondent Matt Dathan says British Prime Minister Theresa May has finally bowed to pressure from her colleagues to set a departure date - but we'll have to wait another week to find out when it… Read more Audio

9:29 AM.The latest data shows annual Australian goods exports to China hitting $112 billion, up 10.3 per cent on a year earlier. China now injects 2.3 times the purchasing power of Japan. A decade ago the two… Read more Audio