Nine To Noon Podcast Options

10:40 AM.Kiran Dass reviews: This is Memorial Device by David Keenan, published by Faber. The New Animals by Pip Adam, published by VUP. Tinderbox by Megan Dunn, published by Galley Beggar Press. Audio

10:09 AM.Kristen Worley is a Canadian transgender athlete who won a precedent-setting case last year, against the International Olympic Committee over its policies on gender testing and hormone regulation. The… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.Tonga's 76-year-old Democratic Party leader 'Akilisi Pohiva has returned for a second term, but there are concerns over his health, and Pita Taufatofua qualifies for the Winter Games becoming Tonga's… Read more Audio

9:43 AM.If your family is struggling to complete a Lego set this holidays, you might not be alone. New Zealand researchers have just mathematically proven the brightly coloured bricks sets are now more… Read more Audio

9:31 AM.Maeve was a 28 year old with a good job when she found out she was on the brink of liver failure. Most alcoholics are working people in committed relationships, according to Alcoholics Anonymous… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The Ministry for Primary Industries denies there has been a lack of urgency over its programme to try to save one of New Zealand's most iconic trees. Read more Audio

11:29 AM.Don't you just love a singalong? So what could be better than Anika Moa's plans to waiata and Chop Chop Hiyaaa! her way across the Auckland region for the city's Arts Festival in March? Along with a… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Wave one has come, wave two is hitting us now, but when wave three comes it will be revolutionary! Jeremy Wyatt is a Professor of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Birmingham… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Matthew Parris reports in from the UK where they are going through another bout of seasickness about Theresa May's competence; UKIP leader Henry Bolton is refusing to resign despite a vote of no… Read more Audio

9:39 AM.It can take years to have the perfect underwater scene in front of you and and then only seconds to actually get the shot, says photographer Darryl Torckler . Read more Audio, Gallery

9:16 AM.One way to pop the country's ballooning house prices would be to force investors to pay cash, a researcher says.  Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The government is set to outline its changes to employment law today and it appears that lobbying by New Zealand First has led to a back down on plans to scrap the 90 day trial period. It's understood… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Ford enthusiast John Stokes is taking us back to the golden age of motoring in his just-released picture-rich history book Ford in New Zealand: Putting the Car before the Horse, which looks at the… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Siddharth Kara has spent the last 16 years traveling the world, speaking and listening to victims as well as perpetrators - documenting their stories. He has calculated that slavery is now much more… Read more Audio

9:33 AM.Two years ago the world was gripped in a Zika panic as the mosquito-borne virus infected millions and spread across 80 countries. Thousands of babies were born with horrific birth defects after their… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The Department of Conservation has been told by its new Minister that it needs to ramp-up its advocacy of the environment through the Resource Management Act process because of the crisis facing New… Read more Audio

11:47 AM.A brief look forward to the year of RNZ Plus, the death of Paperboy: a lively, interesting publication that couldn't succeed financially and The Spinoff's Duncan Grieve hands over the editorial reins… Read more Audio

11:24 AM.Getting out the garden sprinkler in hot weather might seem logical but landscape designer Xanthe White says pouring on the water isn't the best way to help your plants endure the heat. Read more Audio