Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:39 AM.We are all born with predispositions, but live in a certain environment which changes us along the way. Similar to these gene-environment interactions, Professor Martin Kussmann says the best way to… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Barely a month after ministers were sworn in, there have been claims the Labour-New Zealand first government has already adopted a secretive approach. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has appointed Clare… Read more Audio

11:49 AM.A lighter look back at the week, including the reaction to Melania Trump's Christmas decor at the White House. Audio

11:37 AM.The mens and women's Rugby League World Cup finals, the first Ashes test won resoundingly by Australia, and the slightly farcical edict handed down by World Rugby which bans all hand written notes or… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.You are cordially invited to shake your money-maker. Compiled by Auckland record collectors John Baker and Alan Perrott, a new double album Heed The Call looks at NZ soul, funk and disco released here… Read more Video, Audio

10:40 AM.Kiran Dass from Unity Books reviews The Vanity Fair Diaries 1983 - 1992 by Tina Brown, published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Audio

10:13 AM.Deborah Adesanya's life was transformed by a five-month stint aboard the world's largest civilian hospital ship –​ The Africa Mercy. The New Zealand nurse features in the eight-part documentary… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:51 AM.Free speech is under renewed attack in the Pacific with Fiji running sedition trials - including against its major newspaper - and Samoa restoring criminal libel to silence a vexing blogger, the… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Swear words have been used in varying situations for hundreds of years, but aside from insults and exclamations, can bad language be beneficial for you? Kathryn Ryan speaks to London-based scientist… Read more Audio

9:22 AM.Calls are being made for mandatory & more regular testing of sunscreens, as Consumer NZ releases its full report into failing sun protection products. Unlike in Australia, sunscreens here are… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.US President Donald Trump is considering a plan to oust Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in the coming weeks, in what would be the most significant shake-up so far in the administration. He is Tipped… Read more Audio

11:24 AM.Whether at school or on the sports field, structure your child's learning so there's lots of success and make yourself fallible and relatable, says speech and language therapist Christian Wright. Read more Audio

10:08 AM.Coding isn't just for computer scientists, it is for everyone. And that's Mitch Resnick's mission, to get everyone young and old into coding and thinking creatively. He's the Professor of Learning… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.Matthew Parris on the royal engagement, and how the Brexit bill is close to being agreed in principle. Audio

9:33 AM.CEO of PartnerSPEAK Natalie Walker talks to Kathryn Ryan about the importance of providing advocacy and peer support for Kiwi partners and families of online child sex offenders. With personal… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.One of Massey University's top scientists says the decision to push through a round of redundancies to cut costs has been damaging and demoralising. Read more Audio

11:20 AM.In what is a first, a new book looks at where to from here for Kaupapa Māori - the Māori way of doing things. Dr Te Kawehau Hoskins, Senior Lecturer at Te Puna Wananga (school of Maori and indigenous… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Despite a glittering career, cricket legend Sir Richard Hadlee says his “greatest life achievement” was completed only this year. Read more Video, Audio