Nine To Noon Podcast Options

10:39 AM.Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books reviews Book of Chocolate Saints by Jeet Thayil, published by Faber. Audio

10:12 AM.Tara Westover's memoir begins with scenes from her Mormon childhood in an isolated mountain valley in Idaho. The youngest of seven, she was home schooled by her mother, a midwife. Her father, obsessed… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.Plans that would allow China's president to stay in office indefinitely, while in Manlia there are signs its President doesn't plan to stick around; discussions around the pressures on women in… Read more Audio

9:42 AM.A new crowd-funded venture capital fund for women entrepreneurs is gathering support but organisers say the next four weeks will be crucial. SheEO is an initative seeking 500 women to contribute one… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.A lawyer who left the profession after suffering years of inappropriate sexual behaviour from male colleagues is appalled at what she calls 'inaction' by the Law Society in the wake of the Russell… Read more Audio

11:28 AM.Former Families Commissioner and psychologist Dr Jan Pryor talks about losing her baby son, Alexander. He was four months old when he died - 37 years ago. She speaks to Kathryn Ryan about the impact… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.The Law Society is to establish a working group to look at how to improve the reporting of sexual harassment in the legal profession. The leading law firm, Russell McVeagh, has been embroiled in… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Over the course of five decades, Rolling Stone has captured the rock n roll counterculture of the 1960s and made mainstream. Its co-founder and publisher, Jann Wenner, went from a 21-year-old Berkeley… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:29 AM.The 2018 Bluff oyster season is underway less than a year after a huge cull of farmed oysters took place on Stewart Island to stop the spread of the bonamia ostreae parasite. The cull put an end to… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Low unemployment, low demand and high costs are crippling the country's polytechnics. Leaders from all 16 polytechnics, plus the Teritary Education Commission, union representatives, business and… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Shot bro! Pop a manu! Skuxx, sick and munted - just some of many somewhat baffling New Zealandisms used in every day life. Auckland author, broadcaster and blogger Justin Brown has just published an… Read more Video, Audio

10:07 AM.Jacob Werksman is the European Union's chief climate change negotiator. He's in New Zealand to hold bilateral talks and meet with climate change experts. Jacob joins Kathryn to talk through the… Read more Audio

9:48 AM.The science documenting the differences between dominance and prestige oriented leaders. The research shows that dominant leaders tend to exhibit arrogance, superiority, and conceit, and are even more… Read more Audio

9:36 AM.Since setting up a volunteer security force last July to protect the Kāpiti Marine Reserve, The Guardians of Kāpiti say more than 20 incidents have been reported to the Department of Conservation… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Kathryn Ryan speaks to the minister responsible for planting a billion trees in ten years - Shane Jones, following questions on what to plant, where and who will decide. This follows urgent calls from… Read more Audio

11:42 AM.Gavin Ellis joins Kathryn to talk about the upside of Stuff Media's mass sell-off or closure of titles, the lack of follow follow ups on big stories from main stream media and bouquets to Sharon… Read more Audio