Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:34 AM.Lynn Freeman talks to the Department of Conservation 's Stephen Soole about the state of two Humpback whales, stranded on Baylys Beach, near Dargaville and the rescue attempts to free them. Audio

9:24 AM.Instant Kiwi and online gambling are contributing to an increase in gambling harm in New Zealand, researchers say.  Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The country's biggest farmer and largest conservation organisation are to work together to promote environmentally friendly farming practices.State-owned Landcorp, now known as Pamu, owns or manages… Read more Audio

11:47 AM.Te Radar and Gemma Gracewood look at the sublime and the ridiculous, including the UK roofer who was fined for having empty chip packets in his van, without having a licence to carry rubbish! Audio

11:29 AM.Sports commentator Brendan Telfer with more fallout from the Joseph Parker, Dillian Whyte fight, and a new book by Rugby Historian Ron Palenski, sheds light on All Black Keith Murdoch's ostracising. Audio

11:07 AM.Jeremy Taylor from Slow Boat enjoys the silky pop smarts of Chelsea Jade, a retrospective from former Hollie Graham Nash, and an epic upcoming release from Dunedin based artist/ auteur Dudley Benson.

10:38 AM.Melanie O'Loughlin from Unity Books reviews The Aviator by Eugene Vodolazkin, published by One World. Audio

10:07 AM.We consider China an economic juggernaut, but much of its growth has been debt-fuelled. The Chinese economy now faces a number of threats, says financial journalist ​Dinny McMahon. Read more Audio

9:52 AM.Asia correspondent Ed White reports on former cricketer, Imran Khan trying to build a coalition in Pakistan, and Google and Facebook are ramping up efforts to get into, or back into China's lucrative… Read more Audio

9:32 AM.It's been called the environmental scourge of our age - so what can individuals do ? Will Mc Callum is the head of Oceans at Greenpeace UK who has just written 'How to Give up Plastic - a guide to… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.In March a group of EV owners and researchers raised concerns about the battery health of the newer 30 kilowatt Nissan Leaf cars, which appeared to be degrading at a faster rate than the older model… Read more Audio

11:29 AM.Parents are getting aggressive with teachers when their child has a problem at school – and both the number of incidents and the level of vitriol is on the rise, says John Collier, the head of St… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Tech Correspondent, Bill Bennett has reaction to Apple being the first Trillion dollar company. Also a US federal judge has blocked downloads of 3D gun plans from a website on Tuesday and an… Read more Audio

10:14 AM.Throwing pots captured West Auckland artist, John Parker's imagination as a 19 year old attending a night class. This has led to a long career as one of the country's most innovative potters. He has… Read more Audio, Gallery

10:06 AM.UK correspondent, Kate Adie joins Kathryn with a bit of Brexit light relief from Love Island contestants; Jeremy Corbyn's ongoing travails and are the British railways really the envy of Europe? Audio

9:36 AM.Celia Lashlie (1953 - 2015) was a passionate social justice advocate, author, parenting commentator and prison worker. Journalist Amanda Millar talks about the documentary Lashlie asked her to make – … Read more Video, Audio

9:28 AM.A hacker has caused a digital havoc at Hawera High School. On Monday teachers arrived at school to find a message on the computer system, demanded $5,000 US ransom in bitcoin. The chair of the… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Three people have been killed in Zimbabwe in post election violence, as oppostion supporters alledge election rigging by the governing Zanu-PF. Riot police have been on the streets of the capital… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.This week Courtney talks about about New Zealand's house museums, and a new contemporary art project at the heritage home 'The Elms' in Tauranga. Audio

11:29 AM.Transit Life: How Commuting is Transforming Our Cities. David Bissell is a Professor of Geography - and Australian Research Council Future Fellow - at the University of Melbourne. His research… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Graeme Downes features the music of Pearl Jam, Kenny Rodgers and Randy Newman in his discussion of subjects that are extraordinarily difficult to write about, like bullying and mental trauma. Graeme… Read more Audio