Nine To Noon Podcast Options

10:45 AM.Around the motu: Georgina Campbell,  NZ Herald Wellington issues reporter. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Ralph McAllister reviews Fire by John Boyne published by Doubleday Read more Audio

10:05 AM.At 18, after a life of servitude and subserviance, Theophila Pratt was dropped at a bus stop and left to fend for herself. She tells her story of surviving Gloriavale
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9:50 AM.Putaruru engineer Mike Nelson and his wife Marisa set up a flat pack coffin business to help bring down the cost of funerals.  Read more Audio

9:35 AM.The one-woman play Prima Facie is about to go on tour in New Zealand again with Cassandra Woodhouse who talks about the play's global impact.

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9:20 AM.Contractors out of pocket for work done for liquidated SolarZero are dismayed BlackRock is being invited back into the country to an investment summit next week.  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The BBC's Ukraine correspondent, James Waterhouse, on Volodymyr Zelensky's meeting with European leaders after a bruising encounter with Donald Trump.  Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Dana discusses the departure this week of Yachting NZ's long-time CEO David Abercrombie, the race for broadcast rights for NZ Rugby and a Kiwis star at centre of bidding war in the NRL Read more Audio

11:05 AM.A cracker from the forthcoming Perfume Genius album featuring Aldous Harding, the sassy pop of Sabrina Carpenter, and paying respect to two the best who passed this week. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.The Southern Charity Hospital is open and an important volunteer has stepped in to help, there is tension between Invercargill City Council staff and Invercargill's Mayor, and the New Zealand Track… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Lynn Freeman reviews A Bird in the Bush: From Fledgling to Flight by Marnie Anstis published by Boots Books. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Australian adventurer, Lucy Barnard, seeking to be the first woman to cross the Americas from top to bottom.  Read more Audio

9:45 AM.RNZ Pacific Editor Koroi Hawkins discusses ongoing political turmoil in the region  Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Creatives are set to take over a section of carparks in Wellington's Cuba Street tomorrow. Read more Audio

9:25 AM.An ex-banker from Hawke's Bay has come up with a simple way of formalising loans between friends and family. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Half a million disabled New Zealanders aren't getting what they need to live a good life. The findings come from the first comprehensive set of disability statistics collected in more than a decade. Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Film and television correspondent Perlina Lau Read more Audio

11:25 AM.How much after school activities, how much is too much? Maggie Dent is the host of the ABC podcast Parental  Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Professor Alex Sims looks at how generative AI models create images and whether generated images infringe copyright.  Read more Audio

10:50 AM.Around the motu: Kelly Makiha is a senior journalist with the Rotorua Daily Post. Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Quentin Johnson reviews Source Code by Bill Gates published by Penguin Random House Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Transport expert Dr Urie Bezuidenhout says data indicates a growing or shrinking economy has the closest correlation to the number of deaths on the road Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Hannah Smith and Ralph McCubbin-Howell have built a successful theatre company and take their two young children touring with them as well Read more Audio

10:05 AM.The Government is introducing legislation that will allow a four-year parliamentary term subject to a referendum Read more Audio