Nine To Noon Podcast Options

10:35 AM.Reviewed by Gail Pittaway. Published by HarperCollins. Audio

10:08 AM.As a child, Hyeonseo Lee thought her country, North Korea, was the best on the planet. It wasn't until the devastating famine of the 1990s that she began to question what she had always been taught… Read more Audio

9:47 AM.The refugee crisis in Europe Audio

9:30 AM.As a crucial United Nations summit on climate change draws nearer, renowned Australian scientist Tim Flannery says he's optimistic that new technologies can play a crucial role in reducing CO2… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.One of the country's top wildlife vets has accused the SPCA of contributing to the deaths of native birds by neutering and releasing stray and wild cats. Some regional SPCA branches, including… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.The Deputy Representative for Unicef in Lebanon is New Zealander Luciano Calestini. He says the current refugee situation in the middle east and Europe is the biggest global crisis since World War 2… Read more Audio

11:48 AM.With Te Radar and Elizabeth Easther. Audio

11:35 AM.The Rugby World Cup. Track cycling. Audio

11:14 AM.Jeremy Taylor returns to active service with some blasts from the recent, and not so recent past - reissues from the Thin White Duke - David Bowie, the heartstopping swoop and swoon of the Cocteau… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.DOC has confirmed that four people fell from a bridge that collapsed yesterday afternoon. Audio

10:37 AM.Reviewed by Kiran Dass, 'A Little Life' by Hanya Yanagihara, published by Picador. Audio

10:08 AM.Winnie Byanyima is the first African director of Oxfam, with an incredible life story. As a teenager she fled to the UK from Idi Amin's Uganda. From next to nothing she went on to get a degree in… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.China marks seventy years since the end of the second world war. Update on the Thai bombing in Bangkok. Audio

9:34 AM.New Zealand has one of the highest suicide rates in the world. Every year approximately 500 people in this country take their own lives, with many more attempting suicide or experiencing levels of… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.As Cantabrians prepare to mark the fifth anniversary of the September 4th earthquake, Peter Townsend, the chief executive of the Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce, is predicting good things in… Read more Audio

11:46 AM.Sunday theatre seasons and 'Struggle Street'. Audio

11:29 AM.Mike Lanza is the author of Playborhood: Turn Your Neighborhood Into a Place for Play. He also blogs at Playborhood.com. He's focussed on getting children outside of the house to play, getting them… Read more Audio

11:08 AM.Senior Facebook staff now work for the US government. Audio

10:40 AM.Reviewed by Rae McGregor, published by Bantam Australia, RRP $37.00 Audio

10:10 AM.Bek Henderson and Gene Hyde and a group of Celia supporters are trying to progress her unfinished work. Celia Lashlie was an author, researcher, sociologist, parenting expert, social justice advocate… Read more Audio

9:48 AM.The refugee crisis in Europe and its impact on the UK. The Labour party leadership. New job for British newspaper editor Rebekah Brooks. Audio

9:38 AM.A new international study estimates 90 percent of the world's seabirds have pieces of plastic in their stomachs. The Tasmania based Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, CSIRO… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.A stark warning that too many exercising women are not eating enough, with potential serious impacts on their fertility as well as bone and heart health. Dr Stella Milsom, Senior Reproductive… Read more Audio

11:46 AM.Scientists take over Queenstown for Queenstown Research Week. CPR: TV medical dramas make resuscitation look twice as effective as in real life. Mimicking viruses to deliver medicines. And Anxious… Read more Audio

11:32 AM.Simon Jefferson discusses the role the family court plays in the lives of children in state care. Audio