Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:50 AM.Bronwyn Bishop's controversial use of parliamentary entitlements. Emissions trading scheme. Audio

9:36 AM.Lynn Berresford has over 30 years experience of working with children, teenagers and adults with exceptional needs. She is a guest speaker at the Altogether Autism Conference in Auckland today where… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.Substandard building work is on the rise - with complaints to the government run Licensed Building Practitioners scheme up 30 per cent this year. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:44 AM.Media commentator Gavin Ellis discusses the funding situation of Radio New Zealand and the resignation of the New Zealand Herald's Economics Editor, Brian Fallow. Gavin Ellis is a media commentator… Read more Audio

11:23 AM.Meryl Gordon is the author of The Phantom of Fifth Avenue. Her novel is is about American heiress Huguette Clark who died in 2011. The 104-year-old left behind a 45-room apartment on New York's Fifth… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Rod Oram discusses the nitrogen trading market which is cleaning up the Lake Taupo catchment. Audio

10:39 AM.Published by HarperCollins, RRP$34.99. Reviewed by Phil Vine. Audio

10:09 AM.Evan Roth is variously described as an artist, an activist, a graffiti engineer, a programmer and a rebel. He's an award-winning American artist living in Paris, who originally studied architecture -… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:52 AM.Donald Trump vs Burnie Sanders in the Republican presidential candidate race. Amy Schumer's movie Trainwreck. The Harper Lee prequel book 'Go Set a Watchman'. Audio

9:26 AM.Trades academies are accusing some school principals of patch protection over the number of students they'll approve to attend vocational training. A funding anomaly has meant that trades students… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.A project to move the original Treaty of Waitangi document is still in the planning stage, four years after it was announced and having already cost more than three million dollars. In 2011 the… Read more Audio

11:48 AM.Kennedy discusses why it may not be long before features on the dwarf planet Pluto are named after New Zealand adventurers. Read more Audio, Gallery

11:31 AM.Miso - fermented, unpasterised soybean paste is packed with protein and beneficial micro organisms, as well as amino acid and also adds flavour and depth to soups, stews and marinades. Japanese chef… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Continued debate over the issue of sale of Auckland houses to asian buyers. The latest polls. Read more Audio

10:39 AM.Published by Chatto & Windus, RRP$38.00. Reviewed by Jane Westaway. Audio

10:07 AM.Dr Simon Singh is a Professor of Social Ecology at the University of Waterloo, just outside Toronto. He lived and worked for five years on the remote Nicobar islands in the Bay of Bengal - 12 hundred… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:50 AM.Kate Shuttleworth discusses reaction in Israel to the historic nuclear deal reached between the US-led coalition and Iran last week. Audio

9:35 AM.Picture this…. A major viral epidemic is sweeping the world, leaving no survivors. Services are breaking down, populations are dying and chaos ensues. Despite a lock-down, the virus enters New Zealand… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.Is the government taking the forestry industry seriously enough? The Forestry Institute says keeping agriculture out of the Emissions Trading Scheme has resulted in unintended subsidies to farming -… Read more Audio

11:51 AM.With comedians Te Radar and Irene Pink. Audio

11:30 AM.Oly Whites to miss Olympics due to ineligible player. Wimbledon tennis. Rugby test tonight. Audio

11:06 AM.Grant Smithies strokes his stubbly chin and contemplates Ghanian hi-life from Pat Thomas, hazy shoegaze pop from Auckland duo She's So Rad and some superb sporran-twisting guitar action from Glasgow's… Read more Audio

10:33 AM.John McIntyre from The Children's Bookshop in Wellington reviews; 'Asking for It' by Louis O'Neill, published by Quercus, 'Looking For Alaska' by John Green, published by Harper Collins, 'Fire Colour… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.The Maori Trustee Jamie Tuuta's organisation Te Tumu Paeroa works with Maori landowners to realise their aspirations. Audio

9:51 AM.Pacific correspondent Mike Field reports about news and issues in the Pacific. Audio