Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:08 AM.The Education Council will unveil changes to the way new teachers are supported and mentored. This follows a report by the Education Review Office, which finds that too many new teachers are not well… Read more Audio

11:29 AM.Twenty-two year old Erin Donohue's new novel is a Kiwi take on teenage mental illness that she hopes will help families understand it better. Because Everything is Right but Everything is Wrong is… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Rick Stein's first experience of truly exotic cuisine was a taco in the Mexican city of Monterrey in 1968. The British chef celebrates the flavours of Mexico in his latest cookbook and TV series The… Read more Audio

9:34 AM.Dr Jonathan Albrett has been awarded Australasian Clinical Educator of the Year for his First Year Doctors Acute Skills Teaching Programme. It's further good news for Taranaki DHB, which ranks as the… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.Dr Sam Dean is the chief scientist for climate change at NIWA, he presented a report to Auckland Council yesterday which he refers to as the "encyclopedia" of climate change for Auckland. In it, he… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.This summer, hot, dry weather has arrived earlier than usual, causing fears of drought in regions right across the country, including ones that aren't normally affected. MetService says the long run… Read more Audio

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