Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:07 AM.45 Fijian United Nations peacekeepers, kidnapped in the Golan Heights by Al-Qaeda linked militants, have been released. Naski Swami is a journalist with the Fiji Times. Audio

11:46 AM.Dan Slevin reviews Night Moves and Predestination. He also mentions a one off Auckland screening of one of the local documentaries that featured at the recent NZ Film Festival. The Inheritance screens… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.Dr Hawkes is an educator, author and social commentator, and has taught in England and Australia for more than three decades, most of the time at the helm of schools. Currently he's the headmaster of… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Apple's iPhone 6 announcement, 2degrees turns five years old, NZ Rise polls the political parties on their ICT policies. Audio

10:39 AM.Ralph McAllister reviews 'The Bone Clocks' by David Mitchell, published by Hodder & Stoughton Audio

10:09 AM.Irving Finkel is Assistant Keeper at the British Museum, where he is curator in charge of cuneiform inscriptions on tablets of clay from ancient Mesopotamia. In his new book, 'The Ark Before Noah… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.The Scotland independence referendum. Boris Johnson stands for Uxbridge. Audio

9:26 AM.Conservative Party leader, and East Coast Bays candidate Colin Craig Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The US President is to address the American people outlining his plan to combat the Islamic State insurgency waging war in Iraq and Syria. Meanwhile Australia is considering raising the nation's… Read more Audio

11:48 AM.Courtney Johnston asks what happens when a major newspaper ditches its art commentary. Audio

11:31 AM.Mai Chen discusses the many legal issues around the election, including Cameron Slater's injunctions against the hacker, Rawshark, the Judith Collins inquiry and court action against the Electoral… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Now based in London, Howling Bells are originally from Sydney where they were formed in 2004. The quartet features vocalist Juanita Stein and her brother, guitarist Joel Stein. The band incorporates… Read more Audio

10:39 AM.Reviewed by Gail Pittaway. Published by Text RRP$37.00. Audio

10:10 AM.Juliet Harbutt – an authority on the history, cheesemaking styles and characteristics of the great cheeses of the world – loves to pass her knowledge on to others. She discusses the seven types of… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.On the discussion of involvement in Iraq and other recent political developments. Audio

9:38 AM.Dr Robin Jackson, Chief Executive of the British Academy says that at a time of scarce resources and expectations of a return on public funding, and when governments look favourably on science and… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.New Zealand First party leader Winston Peters talks with Kathryn Ryan about policies and bottom lines in the lead up to the election. Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Gavin Ellis discusses clever election coverage from one of the country's smaller papers, and should journalists protect people from themselves? Audio

11:30 AM.Aboriginal actor, playwright and screenwriter Tony Briggs wrote the acclaimed play and film The Sapphires, based on the life of his mother and aunt. It tells the story of a singing group of four Koori… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Business commentator Rod Oram discusses the fiscal strategies of National and Labour. Audio

10:40 AM.The Zone of Interest written by Martin Amis, published by Jonathon Cape and reviewed by Phil Vine. Audio

10:10 AM.Science writer and editor of Australian Geographic, John Pickrell, on whether birds are really dinosaurs. Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Ray Rice terminated from team over act of domestic violence in a public elevator; Presidential pressures. Audio

9:35 AM.Act party leader Read more Audio

9:20 AM.An advocacy group is warning that undiagnosed endometriosis is causing huge disruption to the education of some girls who have it. Endometriosis New Zealand is calling for better education of GPs, and… Read more Audio