Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:30 AM.Medicines that could save lives abroad are being thrown away or incinerated, says a retired pharmacist. Read more Audio

9:20 AM.Kathryn Ryan talks to Ashley Horvat, the former Chief Electric Vehicle Officer for the US state of Oregon about the "electric highway" she helped establish and how to push EV uptake in New Zealand. Audio

9:08 AM.Kathryn Ryan talks with Dr Tim Malloy, President of the College of GPs about access to primary health care. Ministry of Health figures show 1 in 9 cannot afford to go to the doctor. Dr Malloy says the… Read more Audio

11:22 AM.Now that internet browsing is a part of daily life in many family homes, it’s important parents be interested, open and lead by example, says Cowie, Netsafe board member and school deputy principal. Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Mark Pesce discusses the vulnerability of the internet of things and the recent hacking of thousands of video recorders in the US which overloaded requests to some of the biggest websites in the… Read more Audio

10:39 AM."Children of the New World" by Alexander Weinstein, reviewed by Stella Chrysostomou, published by Text Publishing. Audio

10:06 AM.How two young Tongan women became the first Pacific academics at the University of Auckland's Business School. Read more Audio

9:28 AM.Pharmacists are pushing for a national disposal system for unused drugs, as an unknown quantity are ending up in the bin and down the toilet. Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The newly appointed chief scientist at the Environmental Protection Authority is under fire for claiming the Waikato river is one of the five cleanest rivers in the world. Kathryn Ryan speaks to Dr… Read more Audio

11:26 AM.Wellington’s Hutt Valley may soon have a community safe house where men who are a threat to their families can have time out. Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Marty Duda features the music of Pretenders, whose new album Alone, has just been released. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Kathryn Ryan talks with 22 year old Auckland University honours student Tessa Morgan, who's won a lucrative scholarship to Cambridge University, to research a PhD in palliative care. Audio

9:40 AM.A new report claims the New Zealand government is trying to get around commitments to climate change targets by using 'creative' carbon credit accounting. Read more Audio

9:23 AM.Kathryn Ryan talks with Conservation Department head Lou Sanson about the challenge of managing our national parks in the face of record numbers of visitors. He says it may be time to start charging… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.A new study has found that Mexico's 10 percent tax on sugary drinks is set to save almost 19 thousand lives and save its health system nearly a billion dollars over the next decade. One of the study's… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Gavin Ellis on Paul Henry's shock jock tactics, and is it time that Parliament relaxed the rule banning filming/photographing of MPs who do not 'have the call' in the debating chamber?. Audio

11:26 AM.North Otago town Oamaru is known for its impressive Victorian limestone buildings and - increasingly - its association with steampunk. Read more Audio, Gallery

11:11 AM.Rod Oram talks to Kathryn Ryan about the NZ Superannuation Fund and ACC buy into Kiwibank. Also, Solid Energy's mines being sold piecemeal to NZ mining companies, and Wynyard and Pumpkin Patch call in… Read more Audio

11:08 AM.Reviewed by Gina Rogers, published by Hachette. Audio

10:12 AM.Kathryn Ryan speaks to Wing Commander Sharon Bown (retired), who suffered severe spinal injuries in an Australian Air Force helicopter crash in 2004 but went on to serve with distinction in Indonesia… Read more Audio