Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:08 AM.Children with disabilities and behavioural problems are at the front of the queue for increased government funding, Education Minister Chris Hipkins says. Read more Audio

11:48 AM.Our comedians enjoy the lighter stories of the week including the one about the 12 camels disqualified from a Saudi Arabian beauty contest after Botox was used 'to make them prettier'. Audio

11:32 AM.Is tennis great Roger Federer heading for another Australian Open title? A remarkable summer of success for the Black Caps; and Tiger Woods makes his much awaited returned to competitive golf. Audio

11:07 AM.Blimey! Is it really 20 years since Auckland bass bandits Unitone HiFi played the inaugural Gathering dance festival? It is, and Grant Smithies was there. He's delighted that they've emerged from… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Kiran Dass reviews: This is Memorial Device by David Keenan, published by Faber. The New Animals by Pip Adam, published by VUP. Tinderbox by Megan Dunn, published by Galley Beggar Press. Audio

10:09 AM.Kristen Worley is a Canadian transgender athlete who won a precedent-setting case last year, against the International Olympic Committee over its policies on gender testing and hormone regulation. The… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.Tonga's 76-year-old Democratic Party leader 'Akilisi Pohiva has returned for a second term, but there are concerns over his health, and Pita Taufatofua qualifies for the Winter Games becoming Tonga's… Read more Audio

9:43 AM.If your family is struggling to complete a Lego set this holidays, you might not be alone. New Zealand researchers have just mathematically proven the brightly coloured bricks sets are now more… Read more Audio

9:31 AM.Maeve was a 28 year old with a good job when she found out she was on the brink of liver failure. Most alcoholics are working people in committed relationships, according to Alcoholics Anonymous… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The Ministry for Primary Industries denies there has been a lack of urgency over its programme to try to save one of New Zealand's most iconic trees. Read more Audio

11:29 AM.Don't you just love a singalong? So what could be better than Anika Moa's plans to waiata and Chop Chop Hiyaaa! her way across the Auckland region for the city's Arts Festival in March? Along with a… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Wave one has come, wave two is hitting us now, but when wave three comes it will be revolutionary! Jeremy Wyatt is a Professor of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Birmingham… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Matthew Parris reports in from the UK where they are going through another bout of seasickness about Theresa May's competence; UKIP leader Henry Bolton is refusing to resign despite a vote of no… Read more Audio

9:39 AM.It can take years to have the perfect underwater scene in front of you and and then only seconds to actually get the shot, says photographer Darryl Torckler . Read more Audio, Gallery

9:16 AM.One way to pop the country's ballooning house prices would be to force investors to pay cash, a researcher says.  Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The government is set to outline its changes to employment law today and it appears that lobbying by New Zealand First has led to a back down on plans to scrap the 90 day trial period. It's understood… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Ford enthusiast John Stokes is taking us back to the golden age of motoring in his just-released picture-rich history book Ford in New Zealand: Putting the Car before the Horse, which looks at the… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Siddharth Kara has spent the last 16 years traveling the world, speaking and listening to victims as well as perpetrators - documenting their stories. He has calculated that slavery is now much more… Read more Audio