Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:32 AM.New Zealand's first ever truffle festival is to be held in Canterbury over 11-18th July giving local growers, top chefs, restaurants and wineries the chance to show case Canterbury's 'black gold'… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Political commentators Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton discuss clouds on the economic horizon and the government's social housing policy - can it work? Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Starlight Peninsula by Charlotte Grimshaw, Published by Vintage, RRP $38.00 Audio

10:08 AM.Dr Peter Wothers is bringing chemistry to life in a series of demonstration lectures and public talks across New Zealand. Audiences are getting the chance to learn about the chemistry of two items… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Sudan's leader Omar al-Bashir - facing war crimes - and with a warrant issued for his arrest - has managed to attend a conference in South Africa, and then leave the country again. Our correspondent… Read more Audio

9:27 AM.The rules for how much lines companies can charge consumers for their use of local electricity grids are being reviewed, with the focus on how emerging technologies such as photovoltaic and battery… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Greece, is on course to vote NO to accepting the latest terms for an international bailout. The government has urged a "No" vote, but the "Yes" side has warned this could see Greece ejected from the… Read more Audio

11:46 AM.With Pinky Agnew and James Nokise. Audio

11:32 AM.Brendan Telfer discusses the amazing hype around this weekend's all Kiwi Super Rugby final and the Samoa versus All Blacks test in Apia; and the line up for the Silver Ferns' world cup squad. Audio

11:06 AM.Chicago jazz-folk, dinner-party rave tunes from London, Auckland scuzz-punk: Grant Smithies travels far and wide this week in search of sonic thrills. Audio

10:35 AM.John McIntyre from The Children's Bookshop in Wellington reviews: 'Zombie McCrombie from an Overturned Kombi' by Michael Wood. Published by Hardie Grant.'Where The Wild Mum's Are' by Katie Blackburn… Read more Audio

10:08 AM.Photographer, Beth Moon is passionate about capturing the beauty and uniqueness of trees. Specimens of the unusual, the gnarly and the majestic has seen her spend 14 years travelling the world on a… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:50 AM.Pacific correspondent Mike Field reports on aid for the Pacific; unsual deaths in Fiji and Samoa, Frank Bainimarama backing down over the Fiji flag; and the coronation of the Tongan King. Audio

9:36 AM.Why is spelling so hard even for some literate people? Professor Geoffrey Nunberg is an American linguist, researcher and an adjunct professor at the UC Berkeley School of Information. His latest book… Read more Audio

9:23 AM.Jetstar executives are nearing the end of a whistle-stop tour of regions its considering expanding to, and is now asking local leaders to "partner financially" in order to be chosen. Grant Kerr is… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.BP has agreed to pay the largest settlement by a single company in American history, over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. BP will pay almost 19 billion US dollars to the American government and five US… Read more Audio

11:52 AM.Dan Slevin reviews new releases Love & Mercy (Bill Pohlad) and Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Vinterberg). Audio

11:06 AM.Apple Music launches, in a tizz about Tizen and live coding as a spectator sport. Audio

10:40 AM.Published by Michael Joseph. Reviewed by Leah McFall. Audio

10:11 AM.Sven Pannell is the co-director director and subject of the documentary Act of Kindness which premieres at the NZ International Film festival next month. It follows his journey through Rwanda to find… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.Britain's response to the Tunisia beach shooting in which 30 British people were killed. Audio

9:33 AM.Members of parliament's health select committee are waiting on official advice on how they could proceed with an inquiry into assisted dying. The committee has agreed to hold an inquiry after… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.Grant Cooper, Horizons Regional Council land manager, Murray Guy Horizons Regional Councillor and farmer affected by 2004 floods. Audio

11:47 AM.Courtney Johnston, Director of The Dowse discusses Shannon Te Ao at City Gallery, Seraphine Pick at The Dowse, and live horses as art in New York. Read more Audio, Gallery