Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:07 AM.On Rod's mind this week is the A2 Milk's deal with Fonterra which has caused A2's shares to soar making it the most valuable company listed on the NZX. Also the NZ start-up, Trademonster, that's sent… Read more Audio

10:37 AM.Sonja de Friez reviews The Gift of Silence by Kankyo Tannier, published by Hodder & Stoughton. Audio

10:07 AM.Cartoonist and illustrator Sarah Glidden uses images to tackle weighty subjects. Glidden is part of a generation using non-fiction comics to give a fresh perspective on important stories. Read more Audio, Gallery

9:50 AM.Companies are pulling out of deals with the National Rifle Association following the Florida school shooting. Is the tide changing against NRA? Our US correspondent, Susan Milligan looks as continuing… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.E-cigarettes are now a multi-billion dollar industry as smokers around the world give up tobacco to vape. Some of the most popular e-cigarette brands are owned by Big Tobacco. Dr Tanusree Jain is… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.This week, New Zealand will become one of the first countries in the world to publicly fund the HIV-prevention drug, Pre-Exposure Propylaxis (PrEP). It's part of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation's… Read more Audio

11:47 AM.Outdoorsman Kennedy Warne has been traveling around the country for the past 10 days, visiting the geographic centre of the North Island and the geographic centre of the South Island. Tour Aotearoa is… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:34 AM.Dressed top to toe in white, diners at 'Le Diner en Blanc' haven't got a clue where they're eating until the day of the event. The tradition which began in Paris takes place in close to eighty cities… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:06 AM.Pundits Matthew Hooton and Stephen Mills take a look at Bill English's career in politics in the midst of the National Party leadership race - who will take his place? Audio

10:39 AM.Jane Westaway reviews A Life of My Own by Claire Tomalin, published by Viking. Audio

10:07 AM.Australian scientist and filmmaker Karina Holden wrote, produced and directed Blue the Film. She talks to Kathryn Ryan about this feature length documentary which salutes the ocean's beauty while… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.This year sees numerous presidential elections across Latin America; the crisis in Venezuela continues; and almost 90 Argentine families are due to travel to the Falkland Islands where they will put a… Read more Audio

9:32 AM.Finnish researchers are studying whether a fast acting nasal spray be used by gamblers to kick their addiction. The spray contains naloxone, which is usually used in the emergency treatment of opiate… Read more Audio

9:22 AM.New research has indentified pupil dilation, hydration and personality type may influence a hunter's decision-making at the point of firing. These are three of nine key points in Karl Bridges' PhD… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.The loss to the economy of government plans to remove work rights for some foreign students has been estimated at $261m per year. It's being described by industry representatives as 'a lot to lose' -… Read more Audio

11:09 AM.Grant plays Wellington band Black Minnaloushe, acid folk troubadour Arthur Ahbez and Detroit space-soul renegades Funkadelic. Audio

10:41 AM.Sally Wenley reviews Hellbent by Gregg Hurwitz, published by Penguin Random House. Audio

10:10 AM.Exploring what being Māori means today, author and historian Bradford Haami (Ngāti Awa) looks back to the experiences of those who formed part of the second great Maori migration. He has traced the… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.The clean up in Tonga continues after Cyclone Gita which hit the island last week - the tail end of which wreaked havoc in New Zealand this week. RNZ Pacific's Koro Vaka'uta has just returned from… Read more Audio

9:27 AM.Could this year could be big tech's version of the 2008 financial crisis? Professor Charlie Beckett of the London School of Economics says there is a crisis in public information, which digital giants… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The latest plan to host the 36th America's Cup on Auckland's waterfront is an alternative to the plan put forward last week by the Auckland Council and the government. But is it any good? Its backers… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Saran McMullan reviews Islands of the Gulf on TV ONE, Fifty Shades Freed, and Black Panther. Audio

11:32 AM.Education consultant Karen Boyes with key tips for students wanting to start the year with positive study habits. Karen is a teacher, author and public speaker who has twice won New Zealand Educator… Read more Audio