Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:22 AM.For the first time in New Zealand, a Wellington factory is recycling plastic drink bottles into food trays. Until now, an estimated 200 million bottles made with polyethylene terephthalate (PET) were… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:10 AM.The leader of the northern Spanish region of Catalonia has made a major speech, telling the region's parliament that it had won the right to be an independent country, but pulling back from declaring… Read more Audio

11:43 AM.Renewed media speculation prompted by the final election vote tally, the latest radio audience surveys and analysis of President Trumps' first 100 days from the Pew Research Centre. Gavin Ellis is a… Read more Audio

11:28 AM.Demographer, Professor Paul Spoonley talks about the changing face of New Zealand as Stats NZ's latest data shows how ethnic diversity will change the country in the next decade. Audio

11:06 AM.New Zealand's standing in the latest Global Competitiveness Rankings. Audio

10:38 AM.Hannah August reviews "Sodden Downstream" by Brannavan Gnanalingam. Published by Lawrence and Gibson. Audio

10:10 AM.Lenora Chu was an American journalist working in Shanghai when she decided to enroll her three-year-old son in China's state-run public schools. What she discovered was a military-like education… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Film mogul Harvey Weinstein is fired by his own company, President Trump and the strained relationships with his Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson and Republican senator Bob Coker, and he goes out on… Read more Audio

9:44 AM.The brown trout was introduced to New Zealand 150 years ago today, but the freshwater 'sports fish' almost didn't make it here. Read more Video, Audio

9:34 AM.From the finely tuned dagger boards to the complex foiling systems Team New Zealand's design boss Dan Bernasconi reveals how they won the America's Cup and how the future is monohull. Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Debra Maggart was a proud gun owner and NRA life member whose family's business sold firearms. However her political career in the conservative state of Tennessee was destroyed by the gun lobby group… Read more Audio

11:48 AM.Today is Columbus Day in the Americas, or Leif Erikson Day, if you prefer, or Indigenous Peoples Day or Native American Day - the variety of names indicative of the vexations inherent in commemorating… Read more Audio

11:33 AM.French chef Laurent Loudeac talks to Kathryn Ryan about celebrating 10 years at Wellington's Hippopotamus restaurant. He shares his recipe for 'Salmon Sashimi My Way' his signature dish. Read more Audio

11:06 AM.How have the special vote results changed the dynamics of this year's election as the second round of coalition talks begin between New Zealand First and the National, Labour parties. And is the MMP… Read more Audio

10:38 AM.Munich by Robert Harris, reviewed by Ralph McAllister. Audio

10:07 AM.Chief executive of the Edmund Hillary Fellowship, Yoseph Ayele is all about encouraging entrepreneurs and investors from New Zealand and overseas to work together and solve complex global problems… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.Germany's post election coalition talks and what the country's election results say about the state of German politics. Audio

9:41 AM.Geography programme director at Victoria University of Wellington, Bethanna Jackson, tells Kathryn Ryan about her Land Utilisation and Capability Indicator tool (LUCI) which is designed to manage… Read more Audio

9:19 AM.The capital has a tight rental accommodation market, and the peak demand season is just a few weeks from beginning. One prospective Wellington flat hunter, who'd experienced the Christchurch… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.New Zealand scientists say climate change is slowly beginning to threaten sea life, in a new review on how marine species will fare in a warmer world. Measured by a reduction in sea water pH, ocean… Read more Audio

11:37 AM.An embarrassing number of defections of top rugby league players from the Kiwi Rugby League World Cup squad, the first of a four-match netball test series between New Zealand and Australia and what… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Wellington band MarineVille's fourth album is such a ripper, a record company in Austria has just released it on vinyl. Grant Smithies gives his verdict. Read more Video, Audio

10:38 AM.Unity Books Review: Elmet by Fiona Mozley, reviewed by Kiran Dass. Published by John Murray Originals Audio

10:06 AM.Australian husband and wife writers Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist have teamed up to write a book together after very successful individual careers. Graeme is the author of the runaway hit The Rosie… Read more Audio