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9:37 AM.Deborah Frandsen and husband Grant Gabolinscy have jumped off the hampster wheel to live life's dream. This is their second summer running Newhaven holiday park an idyllic little spot near Owaka in… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:27 AM.The country's first crime writing festival, Rotorua Noir is on this weekend. Participants will hear from international and local crime writers and gain more clues along the way about the elements of… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Taking anti-epileptic medicine during pregnancy can cause serious lifelong consequences for children. Auckland mother, Denise Astill's twins were affected in utero and have foetal anti-convulsant… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Tamar Munch has been watching True Detective season 3 (on Soho and Neon), and local "slow tv" show Go South which aired last Saturday on Prime TV, chronicling the vast overland route from Auckland to… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.What does mathematics look like in your daily life? Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Education at Massey University Dr Jodie Hunter talks to Kathryn Ryan about how parents can help their children… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Louise Ward from Wardini books shares her picks for the best NZ Children's books of 2018: The Fire Stallion Author: Stacy Gregg Pub: HarperCollins RRP: $25.00 Whetu Toa and the Magician Author: Steph… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.John Fiso is a Pasifika businessman and philanthropist dedicated to helping Pacific people who have significant health needs. He recently bailed out Pacific Health Services in Porirua, which has now… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.UK correspondent Matthew Parris on Theresa May's next move, the Londonderry car bomb, the aftermath of the Duke of Edinburgh's crash and Jacinda Ardern's visit to Britain. Audio

9:30 AM.Well it's the season for open water swimming with waterways and beaches around the country well patronised over the last two months. There are also lots of water based events. This weekend there is… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

9:05 AM.The Law Commission is pushing for changes to make sure things are even handed for both parties following a relationship split. Submissions on the Commission's Review of the Property (Relationships)… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Arts commentator Courtney Johnston previews the year to come, in major shows and major directorship changes around the country. Wastescape - Auckland Arts Festival - presented by Te Tuhi, Blood Earth… Read more Audio

11:20 AM.Kaitaia farmer Lyn Webster tells Nine to Noon’s Kathryn Ryan how to get back on track after stretching the budget over summer and Christmas. Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Graeme Downes has been listening to Don Juan's Reckless Daughter a 1977 double album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. Graeme Downes is a musicologist and senior lecturer in the Department… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Ralph McAllister shares his picks for the best books of 2018: Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton, The Ladder in the Sky by John Boyne and The Spy and the Traitor by Ben McIntyre. Audio

10:09 AM.Frauke Bolton-Boshammer was a young mother of three when she and her husband Friedrich moved from Germany to the remote Australian outback town in far north Western Australia. Frauke and Friedrich… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.A team of international scientists is working on giving tomatoes the spice of a chili-pepper. The objective? To make it easier to mass produce large quantities of capsaicinoids - the molecules that… Read more Audio

9:29 AM.Knowing exactly the amount of fossil fuel emissions that comes from urban areas is essential to track the progress carbon mitigation plans. That's why researchers from GNS Science have been… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.British Prime Minister Theresa May is continuing her last-minute scramble to shape Britain's exit from the European Union. The British parliament is expected to debate and vote on the Prime Minister's… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.The global reach of cultural institutions such as museums can be now be measured thanks to the development of an online mapping tool. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Chris Tse shares his picks from NZ poetry released in 2018; The Farewell Tourist by Alison Glenny, which is published by Otago University Press, and There's No Place Like The Internet In Springtime by… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.What started out as a Chinese then Japanese art of cultivating miniature trees in pots now has a whole forest of fans all over the world and enthusiast Nigel Saunders has made a living out of it. Read more Video, Audio, Gallery