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10:05 AM.For many tamariki their first viewing of Moana 2 will be in te reo - and when they hear the main character talking and singing, they will hear the voice of Jaedyn Randell.  Read more Audio

9:30 AM.The Museum Of Bad Art was founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1993 to collect, exhibit, and celebrate art that is too bad to be ignored.  Read more Audio

9:20 AM.The power of music has been demonstrated in a special Christmas project involving residents at two aged care facilities in Auckland.  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Brigitte Morten, Neale Jones, Victoria Young and Allan Blackman look back on 2024, as part of Nine to Noon's farewell to 2024 show. Audio

9:05 AM.Brigitte Morten, Neale Jones, Victoria Young and Allan Blackman look back on 2024, as part of Nine to Noon's farewell to 2024 show. Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Film and TV reviewer Chris Schulz delivers his verdict of the best TV shows of 2024 - and the streaming service that hosted the majority of them Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Jenny Hale from Parenting Place talks us through parenting the silly season Read more Audio

11:15 AM.Technology commentator Peter Griffin joins Kathryn to review what's happened in the sector this year Read more Audio

11:05 AM.The economy contracted significantly in the third quarter as the winter energy crunch weighed on activity.  Read more Audio

10:50 AM.Natalie updates Kathryn on the proposed third medical school at Waikato University, Hamilton's Christmas tree may need donations next year, and the former council building that's being demolished in… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Roger Christensen of Unity Books Auckland reviews Temple Alley Summer by Sachiko Kashiwaba published by Restless Books. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Associate Professor Miro Erkintalo of Auckland University this year won the Beatrice Hill Tinsley Medal for outstanding research published within 15 years of getting a PhD. Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Matthew Parris signs off from Nine to Noon after many years as UK correspondent. Today he recounts the time he saved a dog from drowning in the Thames and was congratulated by then Prime Minister… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.As the Christmas rush to the airport begins in earnest, how has our national carrier risen to its myriad challenges this year? Read more Audio

9:05 AM.A new paper is backing claims Auckland's 2016 unitary plan changes, saw more houses built , and kept a lid on rents, despite criticism to the contrary.

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11:45 AM.Science commentator Allan Blackman looks at a recent study that has scientists warning about "mirror life" - a category of synthetic organisms that could pose unprecedented risks to human life and… Read more Audio

11:20 AM.The disaster relief charity Taskforce Kiwi was founded two years ago by Richard Adams and since then it has been on the ground, supporting local communities and emergency services. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Music correspondent Kirsten Zemke explores how German Baroque composer Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D has been used in modern music.  Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Logan talks to Kathryn about a Southlander winning the inaugural space award, racing punters are tightening the belt, and the looming financial gap from greyhound ban.  Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Lisa Finucane reviews Venetian Lessons in Love by Jenna Lo Bianco published by Macmillan Read more Audio

10:30 AM.The aftershocks are continuing to rattle Vanuatu following yesterday's deadly 7.3 magnitude earthquake. Dickinson Tevi, Secretary General of Vanuatu Red Cross, joins Kathryn. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Miles Hurrell has been at the helm of Fonterra for five years now, and to say he's conducted a turnaround job is probably an understatement.  Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Australia correspondent Karen Middleton looks at the return of five of the nine Australians who were convicted over heroin smuggling in Bali and a flesh-eating bug in NSW. Read more Audio

9:20 AM.Dame Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard has held some of the most senior positions in the UK public health system - and is now Health New Zealand's National Chief Medical Officer. Read more Audio

9:15 AM.A lawyer for most of the clients kept in New Zealand's only extreme-risk prison unit, says the destruction of records and lack of record keeping is of concern. Read more Audio