Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:18 AM.Settling in to a new school year can be a struggle for many children, and for parents who want to know how to help. Children's coach Jennifer Pollard has some strategies. Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Futurist, writer and educator Mark Pesce discusses the technical, commercial, legal, and security-related aspects of a feature designed to accelerate performance used in almost every CPU from… Read more Audio

10:39 AM.The Sealwoman's Gift by Sally Magnusson. Reviewed by Gail Pittaway, published by Hachette. Audio

10:13 AM.Does it test your nerve when you see someone jumping off something dangerously high, or pulling on a rope just to see what happens? And what if that person testing their limits is a child? Read more Audio, Gallery

9:50 AM.Gerri Peev discusses Theresa May's ministers preparing to set out further details about the direction of Brexit, kicking off today with a speech by Boris Johnson. Also more on Oxfam's plunge into… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.A new international collaborative study of 200 practicing midwives in New Zealand and Scotland is showing just what it takes to operate in a remote rural area. Dr Andrea Gilkison, who has been a… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.Victoria University has confirmed that several of its students on a summer clerkship at one of the country's top law firms, Russell McVeagh, complained about the actions of lawyers towards them at… Read more Audio

11:20 AM.Ian Young, at 86, is one of a small band of skilled clock and watch repairers. Semi-retired for more than a decade, he's still carrying out intricate repairs in his purpose-built Wellington workshop.

10:35 AM.Anchor Stone by Tony Beyer. Reviewed by Harry Ricketts, published by Cold Hub Press. Audio

10:05 AM.The United States is broke and an intergenerational Ponzi scheme has taken the place of rational economic planning, a leading American economist says. Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce could step down as soon as this week, with reports that his fellow National Party MPs will seek his resignation over his affair with a staffer; and Prime Minster… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Winner of the 2017 Prime Minister's Science Teacher Prize Sarah Johns tells Kathryn Ryan how being "a little bit cheeky" and making the most of opportunities can help students learn. Audio

9:25 AM.The race for the leadership of the National Party is wide open - after Bill English's resignation - who's already said he has no preferred successor. Bill English will stand down as Opposition Leader… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.New Zealand's biggest construction company Fletcher Building has announced further losses of over $660 million - more than four times what was projected in October. Audio

11:55 AM.Bill English says he's decided now is the right time to step aside from  leadership of the National Party.

His resignation will take effect on Tuesday February 27th. He says he does not have a… Read more Audio

11:43 AM.Musician and founding member of Trinity Roots, Riki Gooch, talks about his creative alter-ego Eru Dangerspiel and the massive super-group of musical mates he's bringing to the Auckland Arts Festival… Read more Audio

11:34 AM.Bill English resigns as National leader. Audio

11:23 AM.Gavin Ellis joins Kathryn to talk about Seven Sharp's new presenter, Jeremy Wells, who has yet to find his comfort zone. Could Hilary Barry fly the show solo? Also did NBR make the right decision in… Read more Audio

10:38 AM.Women & Power by Mary Beard. Reviewed by Hannah August, published by Profile. Audio

10:10 AM.Brian Anderson has installed video cameras gathering time lapse videos showing changes on Fox, Franz Joseph, Tasman and Brewster glaciers which not only transmit stunning visual evidence of the… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.The fallout over the two men pushed out of their White House jobs because of allegations of domestic abuse. The President has now gone on the offensive tweeting that it's awful people's lives are… Read more Audio

9:41 AM.Dr Alex Tups is one of the inventors of a new treatment to stop pre-diabetes developing into type 2 diabetes. It uses a natural extract derived from the dahlia flower. The treatment is beginning a… Read more Audio