Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:09 AM.Multiple Sclerosis New Zealand says Pharmac is denying hundreds of patients essential medication by applying overly restrictive criteria, and even withdrawing funding for drugs if a person's condition… Read more Audio

11:47 AM.Outdoors aficionado Kennedy Warne with a visit to historic Moturua in the Bay of Islands, and reflections on the difference between Māori and Pākehā versions of the names of government entities. Read more Audio, Gallery

11:32 AM.Swiss culinary powerhouse Anton Mosimann has cooked for four generations of the British Royal Family, Presidents & Prime Ministers, and has been credited with revolutionising British cooking. But… Read more Audio

11:12 AM.The PM's return to Wellington and the series of announcements which followed, including Trade for All, apprenticeships, plastic bags and Grant Robertson's economic speech. Matthew Hooton is the… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Phil Vine reviews Our Life in the Forest by Marie Darrieussecq, published by Text Publishing. Audio

10:12 AM.Omar Musa is a Malaysian-Australian rapper, poet and author from south eastern New South Wales whose work reflects issues of migration, racism, belonging, violence, masculinity and loneliness. He… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Africa correspondent Debora Patta analyses Zimbabwe's election result, and whether Emmerson Mnangagwa is going to be able to pull Zimbabwe through?. DRC president Josef Kabila says he's not going to… Read more Audio

9:41 AM.Surf Life Saving NZ is trialling a number of new devices that could help to save lives at the beach and in the sea. Drones, motorised boogie boards and a remote controlled u-shaped buoyant ring. But… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.A study shows growing number of high earning families are struggling to pay the bills. Read more Audio

11:49 AM.The Week That Was with James Elliott and Justine Smith includes a look at the gift for the hard to buy for - a clip-on man bun, and the minefield that is office tea etiquette. Audio

11:36 AM.Sports Commentator Brendan Telfer on cricketer, Ben Stokes affray outside a Bristol nightclub, this weekend's domestic netball final, and in Bristol, the ridiculous, if not spiteful lengths a bowler… Read more Audio

11:12 AM.Grant Smithies keeps it local, with music from guitar pop renegades The Beths, itinerant Christchurch writer-musician Bill Direen and Shihad frontman Jon Toogood's multicultural mash-up side-project… Read more Audio

10:43 AM.Rachel Eadie from Scorpio Books shares her picks from the winners of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. I am Jellyfish by Ruth Paul, published by a Penguin Random House. Giants… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Sam Hunt is New Zealand's best known poet. He's been writing and performing his work for nearly 50 years, and has just published a new selection of his work over the years - called Coming To It -… Read more Audio

9:48 AM.RNZ Pacific journalist Indira Stewart reports on the trademarking of two Hawaiian words 'Aloha' and 'Poke', new data showing China's aid dominance in the Pacific is being overstated, and the upcoming… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Eketahuna farmers Steve and Pip Olds are setting up a dairy processing plant to produce milk in glass bottles for delivery to households in Wairarapa and Wellington. Steve tells Kathryn they're… Read more Audio

9:27 AM.Asian companies contribute $7 billion each year, to the sector, helping meet the demand for the large scale, quality construction & infrastructure projects that are needed, and to address labour… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Public transport advocates say they are happy progress is being made on capital's botched bus overhaul, but more needs to be done on the hubs system and on problem bus routes. It follows an admission… Read more Audio

11:26 AM.So now you've hit the turbulent teens - what to do ? They're attracted to risk, increasingly distracted, and less and less attached to adults. Many conventional forms of parenting rely on tools such… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Why does sport mean so much to New Zealanders? Do Kiwis punch above their weight internationally? What role have Maori played in NZ's sporting life? And why did rugby become more popular than… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:38 AM.A row over 48,000 seedlings ordered to be destroyed or contained could embroil the Ministry for Primary Industries in another costly court battle. Read more Audio