Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:27 AM.A bionic leaf which turns sunlight into liquid fuel​ has been developed by scientists in the US. Read more Video, Audio

9:08 AM.The Chief Justice Sian Elias has warned that judges might be pushing to obtain swift guilty pleas, to help get through the sheer number of cases before the courts. Dame Sian Elias has also raised… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Brendan Telfer on the findings and recommendations of the panel reviewing the culture of respect and responsibility in NZ rugby. Also the Silver Ferns performances over last 5 days, and the phenomenal… Read more Audio

11:08 AM.Charlotte Ryan discusses two NZ musicians who have used string players on their latest recordings - one of these artists used a 20 piece orchestra. The result - lush symphonic pop music. Featuring two… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Internationally acclaimed psychologist Dr Edith Eger, 90, was a teenager in Hungary when she and her family were sent to Auschwitz. Read more Audio

9:45 AM.On the edge of extinction, Japan reluctantly agrees to measures to try and save Pacific Bluefin tuna, the indigenous Rapanui of Easter Island vote on huge marine park, but the Kermadecs has still not… Read more Audio

9:28 AM.For New Zealand's precariat, life is a daily struggle: they live in barely adequate insecure housing and are in constant fear of losing their income, often derived from working more than one job. Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Putting into practice the findings of New Zealand Rugby's review into sport's culture ``won't happen overnight'', but its review leader Kathryn Beck, says significant changes will happen. The Respect… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.Dunedin blogger Bronwyn Bay – a mother who runs her own business – is trialling child-friendly pop-up working spaces for parents in her town. Read more Audio, Gallery

10:35 AM.Book reviewer Claire Murdoch discusses new books, bookazines and classic biographies of Diana, Princess of Wales on the 20th anniversary of her death. Audio

10:05 AM.In her book To Siri With Love, American journalist Judith Newman tells how her detail-obsessed son Gus, who is autistic, learnt to converse and engage more deeply with the world thanks to his virtual… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.As the global population gradually shifts towards electric vehicles, when will we finally reach the tipping point? A record 331 EVs were registered in New Zealand in August - the highest in a single… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Lifting the restriction on the use of medical cannabis is like "dangling the carrot" but not being able to grab it, a medicinal cannabis advocate says. Read more Audio

11:35 AM.John Austin is a toy designer for Hasbro and the author of Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction – a guide to creating slingshots, catapults and combustion shooters from components you’d find around the… Read more Audio, Gallery

10:10 AM.Who will stop the planet from committing ecological suicide? That's the question James Thornton and Martin Goodman attempt to answer in their new book, Client Earth - an investigation into how… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Using just cardboard boxes and tape, the people of Christchurch are helping to create something magical in their city – a sky-high building that will be erected then demolished at the Arts Centre this… Read more Video, Audio