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11:33 AM.Fermented foods helped ease Bonnie De Gros's gut pain and anxiety, but it wasn't until they improved her son's health that she became "hard into" their benefits. She shares recipes for raw sauerkraut… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Matthew Hooton is the managing director of the PR and lobbying firm, Exceltium. Mike Williams is a former Labour Party president. Audio

10:40 AM.Ralph McAllister reviews American By Day by Derek B. Miller, published by Penguin Random House. Audio

10:07 AM.Collier Landry discusses the Murder in Mansfield documentary - which explores the horrific 1989 murder of his mother Noreen Boyle, at the hands of his father John Boyle, and the on-going fall out. As… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.The Venezuelan elections, the latest on a Mexican charter company whose plane crashed in Cuba on Friday, and visits from the British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and President Donald Trump… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Schools up and down the country are well into their training for cross country. But new research by Nielsen on behalf of Athletics NZ and Sport NZ has found a quarter of children surveyed do not enjoy… Read more Audio

9:36 AM.Warnings labels on alcoholic drinks are inconsistent, ambiguous and ineffective at conveying health warnings. Fifth year Otago Univeristy medical student, who has undertaken the research, Tessa Gray… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.$142 million was set aside in last week's budget to subsidise insulation in 52 thousand homes over the next four years, administered by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority. But a similar… Read more Audio

11:47 AM.Could Yorkshire puddings with jam become the latest craze ? Not if the Brits have anything to do with it. Also the journalists, political advisors and lobbyists who ended up stuck in a Beehive lift. Audio

11:31 AM.Kieran Read, All Black captain will miss the next months 3 match test series against the French, Tana Umaga , hangs on to his job at the Blues for at least another year and Wellington looks likely to… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.The sonically patriotic Grant Smithies is celebrating New Zealand Music Month with great local songs from Carb On Carb, Troy Kingi, Ha The Unclear and Being. Audio

10:39 AM.Bronwyn Wylie-Gibb from the University Book Shop, Otago, reviews Tangerine by Christine Mangan, published by Little, Brown. Audio

10:07 AM.From Rome's Colosseum to the Peruvian citadel of Machu Picchu, humankind has always shown a fascination with ruins. They're steeped in history over thousands of years - structures and abandoned places… Read more Audio

9:49 AM.Violence in Papua New Guinea, the state of recovery from Cyclone Gita & the Pacific reaction to confirmation in the news this week that a NZ commissioned feasibility study was done on a Pacific… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Dan Park is manager of the Duchess of Cambridge pub, opposite Windsor Castle. You could call it the Queen's local. It's certainly an establishment that favours the Royal Family. It changed its name to… Read more Audio

9:33 AM.The budget contained 103 million dollars of new funding for community midwives over the next four years. Half of that will go towards a nearly nine per cent increase in fees for over 14 hundred lead… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The Finance Minister joins Nine to Noon to discuss his first budget. Audio

11:51 AM.Sarah McMullan reviews Deadpool 2, Swagger of Thieves, The Rachel Divide, and 13 Reasons Why Season Two Audio

11:25 AM.Research indicates between a third and half of 12-18 year-olds have intentionally harmed themselves at least once. Professor of Psychology at Victoria University of Wellington, Marc Wilson, is one of… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Sarah Putt talks to Kathryn Ryan about supermarket surveillance, Google Assistant making calls for you and Tech Week Audio

10:39 AM.Kiran Dass from Timeout bookstore reviews Viv Albertine's "To Throw Away Unopened", published by Faber. Audio

10:07 AM.If you've done a crossword, puzzle or sudoku recently, chances are Christine and James Lovatt had something to do with it. They tell Kathryn Ryan about how they built one of the largest independent… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.Matthew Parris with the latest news from the UK, including the build-up to the royal wedding. Audio

9:38 AM.Film-maker Shirley Horrocks, documents Sir Paul Callaghan's world of atoms and molecules. Sir Paul, who died in 2012, used nuclear magnetic resonance as a choreographer directs a dance. He saw New… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:29 AM.A red alert for aviation has been issued for the first time since the latest series of eruptions began 12 days ago. Ash and volcanic debris has risen more than three-and-a-half thousand metres above… Read more Audio