Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:27 AM.Parents need to focus less on enforcing rules and more on developing their kids' independence if they want to help them handle real-world pressures, says family coach and author Yvonne Godfrey.  Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Tech correspondent, Sarah Putt looks at online voting and whether it will be on the cards for next year's council elections? She also asks if it's time to rethink the national CTO role and how much… Read more Audio

10:37 AM.Laura Caygill reviews Now We Shall Be Entirely Free by Andrew Miller, which is published by Hachette. Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Freelance photojournalist, writer and filmmaker, Lalage Snow has worked in some of the most war torn and damaged places on earth. Whilst working in Afghanistan she came across amazing people putting… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:45 AM.UK correspondent Kate Adie has the latest update on the Skripal case after two Russian suspects are named. She'll also have details about some of the stories that Britain has been ignoring over the… Read more Audio

9:28 AM.Fintan O'Toole has been named as one of Britain's top intellectuals, even though he's from Ireland. He has strong views on Brexit, saying the 'the one thing standing between the British people and a… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.The former Chancellor of Massey University Dr Russell Ballard, says universities be next in line after polytechs in needing a financial bail out unless the way the sector is structured and funded is… Read more Audio

11:48 AM.Science commentator Malvindar Singh-Bains has details about the secret tunnels discovered between the skull and the brain; more on a new and possibly unique, human brain cell and a study which sheds… Read more Audio

11:29 AM.Filmmaker Dustin Feneley speaks with Lynn Freeman about his critically acclaimed movie Stray. It's a film about loneliness, depression and trauma, set against stunning Mackenzie Country scenery… Read more Video, Audio

11:07 AM.If you know how to mutter 'Ka Mate' under your breath ahead of an All Blacks game then the next logical step is to learn a waiata. Living in Aotearoa New Zealand means that sometime in your life you… Read more Video, Audio

10:38 AM.Louise O'Brien from quarterly review periodical New Zealand Books, reviews The Imaginary Lives of James Poneke by Tina Makereti, which is published by Penguin Random House. Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Ingrid Coles shares her remarkable life story with Lynn Freeman. Born in 1942 in Java, then the Dutch East Indies, her family was imprisoned in a series of brutal concentration camps by the Japanese… Read more Audio

9:48 AM.The new Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is trying to shake off the grand coup of a fortnight ago and get on with the job. But as our correspondent Karen Middleton reports, nothing is ever… Read more Audio

9:34 AM.The Otago Motel Association is throwing down the gauntlet to private on-line accommodation providers, such as Airbnb, insisting they put in place the same safety checks and balances moteliers are… Read more Audio

9:31 AM.Fatu Feu'u's new painting Amuia (a blessing) aims to draw attention to the crisis in youth mental health and suicide. It is one of the largest pieces he has ever done, and he says it speaks to the… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.The Tertiary Education Commission says it will publish controversial survey results evaluating university qualifications, despite criticism from Universities and tertiary staff that the results are… Read more Audio

11:44 AM.Media commentator Gavin Ellis takes a look at the latest lay-offs of sports reporters, four positions at the NZ Herald. Also, the Joint Innovation Fund announced by RNZ and NZOA could be a rescue… Read more Audio

11:19 AM.The so-called 'Authorship Question', the controversy over whether Shakespeare wrote the works in his name remains a remarkably popular dispute, and is closely bound up with one of the world's other… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Business Commentator Rod Oram with news that Genesis Energy is optimistic about long-term outlook for gas supplies, good results this corporate reporting season from Tourism Holdings and Vista. And… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Elisabeth Easther reviews Take Nothing With You by Patrick Gale, which is published by Hachette. Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Former Prime Minister, head of the UN Development Programme, and Secretary General aspirant Helen Clark, talks with Kathryn about her long career, and her experience of leadership, gender equality and… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.US correspondent, Gabbi Levy on the laying to rest of Republican senator, John McCain and the dignified nature of the bipartisan eulogies and reflections on his legacy. This included several not so… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Scientists from an international study are warning that Earth is at risk of entering a hothouse climate that could lead to global average temperatures of up to five degrees and sea levels rising more… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.The Commission for Financial Capability says only 59 per cent of 18 to 34 year olds report having car insurance, due to the high cost of policies. It says this can have massive financial consequences… Read more Audio

11:49 AM.Bill McKay reports on our historic buildings and the character of our small regional towns facing multiple threats. Read more Audio