Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:50 AM.Chinese trade statistics prove revealing, Australia tries to block a Solomon Islands fibre link saying because its Chinese it threatens security and it is writ day in the Papua New Guinea elections. Audio

9:35 AM.Director and Producer, Lala Rolls talks to Kathryn Ryan about her three part documentary series, Tupaia's Endeavour which tells the story of the Tahitian navigator, Tupaia - and how his skills and… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:08 AM.Dr Chris Rodwell from MPI has confirmed the farming group infected with mycoplasma bovis is the Van Leeuwen Dairy Group in Glenavy. The Ministry for Primary Industries is meeting concerned South… Read more Audio

11:46 AM.Lara Strongman reviews The Dance Exponents - Why Does Love? on TVNZ, and Netflix's GLOW. Audio

11:26 AM.Speech and language therapist Christian Wright discusses how children acquire two languages, and strategies to support bi-lingualism. Audio

11:06 AM.Will Bitcoin split? Will the hyperloop get the green light? And is it the end of Microsoft Paint after 32 years? Audio

10:06 AM.Doug and Wendy Avery came close to losing everything a few years ago. The farmers from Grassmere, in Marlborough, were hammered by drought for eight long years. Eventually Doug struggled to function… Read more Video, Audio

9:53 AM.More global and civil wars as the British government rows with the EU over exit costs and free movement while Cabinet ministers embark on a weird row over chickens; Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is… Read more Audio

9:32 AM.The Environment Defence Society says the government is acting illegally in granting freehold ownership of land in the Mackenzie Basin to farmers. Land in the basin has historically been farmed on long… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.The Rugby Players' Association says schools are too focussed on winning on the sports field, and are largely to blame for the introduction of drug testing for schoolboy rugby players. Drugfree Sport… Read more Audio

11:48 AM.This week, scientist Dr Siouxsie Wiles talks about a potential vaccine for type 1 diabetes and new research that suggests that a third of dementia cases could be prevented by changing our lifestyle… Read more Audio

11:32 AM.Erin Gough is a human rights adviser at the Human Rights Commission. She tells Lynn Freeman about the obstacles and issues she frequently encounters as a wheelchair user. Erin says "I am a New… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Graeme Downes pays tribute to the godfather of the Dunedin sound - the late Roy Colbert. Graeme is a founding member of the Verlaines, songwriter, musicologist, senior lecturer in the Department of… Read more Audio

10:37 AM.David Hill reviews 'The Trip of a Lifetime' by Monica McInerney, published by- Penguin Random House. Audio

10:08 AM.Māori women’s stories are woefully under-represented in New Zealand cinema, director Katie Wolfe says. She is one of eight wāhine directors behind Waru, a cooperative feature film screening at the New… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:47 AM.Federal Resources and Northern Australia Minister Matthew Canavan has been forced to resign some parliament, the third victim of Australia's dual citizenship rules. Audio

9:24 AM.For the first time, funders including gaming trusts, councils and grant makers have come together to map the grants being applied for by Wellington charities to see who is being funded and why. The… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The Ministry for Primary Industries is trying to determine the scale of an outbreak of a serious bacterial disease in cattle, discovered in South Canterbury for the first time. Mycoplasma bovis has… Read more Audio

11:44 AM.Gavin Ellis talking to Kathryn Ryan what's going on with the White House communications team, and the Stuff website's new series on the Bain murders, Black Hands. Gavin Ellis is a media commentator… Read more Audio

11:20 AM.Holly Cusack-McVeigh has spent years working as a research consultant for Native tribal communities in USA and Canada. She has served as a liaison between museums and native groups under the Native… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Kathryn Ryan talks to Rod Oram about the future of Fletcher Building, and the Government finally establishes an urban infrastructure company. Audio

10:10 AM.There are more slaves in the world right now than in the entire history of the transatlantic slave trade. The difference now is that slavery is illegal worldwide - but it's still vastly popular. It's… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.The Trump campaign's inner circle, including family members being called before the Senate committee. Audio

9:32 AM.New research shows a greater public demand for broadcasters to observe stricter privacy standards, despite today's strong social media sharing culture. Kathryn Ryan talks to Belinda Moffat from the… Read more Audio