Nine To Noon Podcast Options

10:05 AM.Lord Byron's daughter, Augusta Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace, designed the blueprint for the first computer in the 1840s, in collaboration with Charles Babbage, but they both died before it… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:49 AM.Allegations the former British Prime Minister, Sir Edward Heath, sexually molested children. The Labour leadership campaign. The death of Cilla Black. Audio

9:33 AM.Dr Zanna Clay from the University of Birmingham has been studying wild bonobo apes, one of our closest primate relatives, since 2007. Latest research shows they have communication skills which were… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Dairy farmers are anxiously awaiting Fonterra's revised milk price forecast to be announced tomorrow. A cut in the current forecast payout of 5-dollar-25 per kilo of milk solids is widely expected… Read more Audio

11:48 AM.Siouxsie Wiles discusses what our top scientists are saying about the future of science in New Zealand - will it be private companies driving our innovation? Audio

11:29 AM.Family lawyer Antonia Fisher QC on relationship property and Trusts. Audio

11:06 AM.For many music lovers, Marc Ribot is known for his guitar playing on Tom Waits albums such as Rain Dogs, Mule Variations and Real Gone. But along with his session work for the likes of Waits, Elvis… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Reviewed by Louise O'Brien, co-editor of the quarterly review, New Zealand Books; published by AUP. Audio

10:10 AM.Kay Danes, her husband Kerry, and their young family were living in Laos in 2000, where Kay and Kerry were working for a security company. The family were heading home to Australia for Christmas, when… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.The Speaker's resignation over expenses, review of industrial relations laws and AFL player Adam Goodes is set to return to the field following an uproar over racial abuse. Audio

9:47 AM.Three people have been confirmed dead after a fire in Waimate this morning. Mayor of Waimate District Council Craig Rawley. Audio

9:36 AM.Christchurch is set to trial the new smart traffic lights which tell drivers when the lights are going to change. The company behind it is Oregon based Connected Signals - which has created an app… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The laws on domestic violence are in for an overhaul with the Justice Minister saying something has to be done about New Zealand's horrific rate of abuse. In a discussion document released this… Read more Audio

11:42 AM.Gavin Ellis discusses iconic press photographs, and Susan Wood's return to our screens after a life-threatening head injury. Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand… Read more Audio

11:28 AM.Gerri Kimber, the scholar who discovered nearly 30 unknown poems by Katherine Mansfield in a US library, which reveal much about the most painful periods of her life. Audio

11:07 AM.Rod Oram discusses the future of the coal industry, the Tiwai Aluminium Smelter. Audio

10:39 AM.'The English Spy' by Daniel Silva, published by HarperCollins. Reviewed by Harry Broad. Audio

10:07 AM.Dame Silvia Cartwright returned to New Zealand earlier this year after five years presiding over the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia, along with four other international jurists. She's currently on… Read more Audio

9:47 AM.Barack Obama's climate change announcement; Jon Stewart rides off into the sunset; the Republicans squabble over who gets to debate against Donald Trump. Audio

9:32 AM.Beekeepers in parts of the north island have reported big bee losses, affecting honey crops by nearly two thirds. Dr Mark Goodwin is the head of Plant and Food Research's bee unit. Audio

9:08 AM.The Council of Trade Unions has succesfully prosecuted a forestry compnay over a worker's death on the job. The workplace safety regulator, WorkSafe declined to persue any legal action - why? Helen… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Outdoors man and adventurer Kennedy Warne discusses apex predators - lions and great white sharks, which have been in the news. Also recent research on the therapeutic and human health benefits of… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

11:30 AM.Karen Martini is an Australian chef, restaurateur, and television presenter, perhaps best known for her work as a guest judge on My Kitchen Rules. She is also the author of four cookbooks: Everyday… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Political commentators Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton discuss the stalled TPP talks, The NZ First party conference, and the possibility of Winston Peters angling to become Prime Minister under a… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.'The Water Knife' by Paolo Bacigalupi, published by Little Brown, reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio