Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:09 AM.The Government has unveiled a 30 year plan to improve New Zealand's infrastructure. What will this mean for small provincial communities with ageing populations and low rating bases? Hastings Mayor… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Paul Casserly reviews TVNZ's Sunday Theatre: How to Murder Your Wife; Smashed Palace, a new NZ reality show set in a wreckers yard on the volcanic plateau (The Box Mondays 9pm); and High Maintenance -… Read more Audio

11:26 AM.Dr Leila Masson is a paediatrician who has written a guide on how to care for a sick child, when to seek help and advice and how to confidently support your child through an illness: Children's Health… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Paul Matthews, the chief executive of the Institute of IT Professionals discusses the implications of the TPP on the tech sector, including whether it will impact on innovation in the sector. Audio

10:36 AM.Reviewed by Sonja de Friez, Published by Headline. Audio

10:10 AM.Dog photographer and animal rights advocate David Darcy has turned his lens on New Zealand dogs and their owners. He travelled from south to north, and coast to coast meeting those, with four legs and… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:50 AM.The UK Labour Party leadership race. Audio

9:37 AM.Next weekend about 250 nominated people around the country will get an anonymous gift of baking. Auckland woman Joyce McDonald, set up the weekend treat-giving - called NZ Ninja Baking Drop - to take… Read more Audio

9:21 AM.A tobacco giant is trying to use freedom of information laws to obtain data from surveys of Victorian schoolchildren and teenagers revealing their attitudes towards smoking. Todd Harper is the Chief… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Phil Harding is the immediate past president of the Principal's Federation. Audio

11:49 AM.The warmest ever superconductor; how mussels cement themselves to rocks; and how playing the computer game Tetris can block cravings. Audio

11:36 AM.Peter Boshier on how the law commission works. Audio

11:11 AM.Grace Potter, along with her band, The Nocturnals, has been making a name for herself on the American Jam Band circuit, since she and the band joined forces in 2002. Grace has proven to be an… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Renee Clayton is a reporter with the Manawatu Guardian Audio

10:37 AM.Reviewed by Harry Ricketts. Fleur Adcock's latest collection of poems, The Land Ballot exploring her ancestors and their early experiences in New Zealand. Audio

10:06 AM.Six thousand years ago the Sahara Desert was a lush savannah, covered in grasslands, forests and home to one of the largest rivers in the world.

So why did it change? Geologist Stefan Kropelin has… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:50 AM.Renewed pressure on Tony Abbott. Audio

9:34 AM.Dale Carnegie is the head of Victoria University's School of Engineering and Computer Science. He was last week given the 2015 Ako Aotearoa Tertiary Teaching Excellence award for his engaging teaching… Read more Video, Audio

9:28 AM.Te Tawhero Dolphy Kohu shares the same name as his grandson and spoke to Radio New Zealand this morning. Audio

9:16 AM.The former head of the State Owned farming company Landcorp is rejecting any comparison of the company to the failed Solid Energy. Bill English yesterday indicated the government is concerned at… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Blair Dravitski is the principal of Ohakune school, which is in lockdown due to the police hunt for a gunman who fired shots at police. Kim Basse is the principal of Ruapehu College which is in… Read more Audio

11:46 AM.Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz Audio

11:23 AM.Need a mortgage? Buying a new car? Going on holiday? You won't get far unless you have a basic grasp of mathematics. But for something that plays such a vital role in our everyday lives, maths has a… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Solid Energy, and the impending GST on more online purchases. Audio

10:39 AM.Bullrush by David Slack. Published by HarperCollins and reviewed by Crystal Beavis Audio