Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:05 AM.Music 101's Kirsten Johnstone takes a look at the best new Christmas music on offer, featuring songs from Sia, Sole Mio, Sam Sparro and Sufjan Stevens. Read more Video, Audio

10:05 AM.The stories of Yorkshire vet James Herriot, real name Alf Wight, remain favourites of generations of people who've read the books and seen the long running TV series All Creature Great and Small. Audio

9:30 AM.The Prime Minister and Arts Minister Jacinda Ardern says she's concerned about reports that the publicly funded national dance company, the Royal New Zealand Ballet, will not include any of this… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.A leading education academic says teacher trainees are unprepared to offer true inclusive education. Dr Gill Rutherford, Senior Lecturer in Education and Disability Studies at the University of… Read more Audio

11:44 AM.The latest New Zealand media ownership report highlights the number of privately-owned outlets. Could our largest newspaper groups go the same way? The Pacific Media Centre which has established… Read more Audio

11:24 AM.Pro Vice Chancellor of Massey University Paul Spoonley on the ageing and depopulation of many of our regions. How will the government's plans to stimulate the economies take effect? Audio

11:11 AM.Rod Oram reports on Danone winning a $183m arbitration claim against Fonterra, and the major US oil producer, Anadarko pulls out of New Zealand exploration after racking up heavy losses. Audio

11:08 AM.New Zealanders who have just finished school or will leave in 2018 will qualify for a year of free study next year at either a provider based tertiary education or industry training. Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Hannah August reviews Mrs Osmond by John Banville, published by Viking. Audio

10:10 AM.Anthony Doerr's life turned upside down when his novel, All the Light We Cannot See won a Pulitzer Prize in 2015. He was thrust into the global limelight with his story of two teenagers in the Second… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.More on the fallout of the former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleading guilty of lying to the FBI . Also the joint large-scale air exercise launched by South Korea and the US amid raised… Read more Audio

9:38 AM.The company contracted to recycle soft plastic packaging is warning local authorities and major supermarket chains that the scheme may fail if it doesn't get more support. Last year, the soft plastic… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:08 AM.An American teenager is among the gamers calling for a mass boycott of the game publisher Electronic Arts over the pay-to-win aspects of their new game Star Wars Battlefront II. Read more Audio

11:32 AM.The global food industry is in a state of revolution making it more challenging than ever before for retailers and manufacturers to stay one step ahead of shoppers' changing needs. Kathryn Ryan speaks… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton discuss Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones' work for the dole proposal; and the secret protocol to the coalition agreement. Audio

10:37 AM.Jenna Todd from Time Out Books reviews The Stolen Bicycle by Wu Ming-Yi, published by Text Publishing. Audio

10:10 AM.Eric Campbell is an award winning ABC foreign correspondent, whose latest book, Silly Isles, documents his journeys to some of the most isolated, bizarre and politically fraught places on earth. From… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.It's been two-and-a-half months since the country's General Election and there is still no government. Thomas Sparrow talks to Kathryn Ryan about the ongoing stalemate. Audio

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