Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:25 AM.Mark Oldershaw is Chief Executive of the Industry Training Federation. He's opening the Industry Training Federation conference at Te Papa today, where National, Labour, Green, NZ First, and the Maori… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.David Still's daughter Alexis was one of 10 passengers who died in a hot air balloon crash in Carterton in 2012, along with pilot Lance Hopping. He says the Civil Aviation Authority failed to act… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.he 2014 campaign television leaders' debates; The Herald's major photo error; and Labour has promised a review of the Copyright Act in its election policy. Audio

11:30 AM.Author Ruth Entwistle Low has explored the history of droving in her new book On the Hoof, the Untold story of drovers in New Zealand. Jack Curtis started work as a drover as a child in the 1940s. Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Rod discusses the OCR and dollar; the Kiwi who has been picked to run Walmart's US stores; and the Basin Reserve flyover decision. Rod Oram’s submission (pdf) to the Basin Reserve Board of Inquiry. Audio

10:40 AM.Cop Town written by Karin Slaughter, published by Century and reviewed by Gail Pittaway. Audio

10:10 AM.Maia Szalavitz is a former drug addict, now addiction and mental health specialist. She visited New Zealand to research her new book on synthetic cannabanoids and New Zealand's Psychoactive Substances… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.The cost of running political campaigns; Obamacare. Audio

9:40 AM.Dr Ben Snyder is lecturer in Sociology & Social Policy at Victoria University. He shadowed truck drivers, Wall Street traders and unemployed workers in the United States for several months, reveals… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.David Hines is the spokesperson for the Secular Education Network. Phil Harding is the President of the New Zealand Principals Federation. Audio

9:10 AM.John Key has confirmed National will not accommodate the Conservatives in East Coast Bays. So where does this leave Colin Craig and his Conservative Party, which is currently hovering around 2 percent… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Toxin mules, a lone wolf and four-and-twenty blackbirds. Audio

11:34 AM.The winners of various categories in the NZ Bakel's Pie Awards will be announced in Auckland tomorrow night. Duncan Loney is the chairman of Bakels, and he was instrumental in setting up the annual… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.The past week in politics. Audio

10:37 AM.Reviewed by Harry Ricketts, published by Vintage, RRP$37.99. Audio

10:08 AM.Shifting Colours is Fiona Sussman's first novel. Fiona is originally from South Africa and grew up in a publishing family. She's a trained doctor and set up Auckland's Charity hospital. A prolific… Read more Audio

9:48 AM.Our Middle East correspondent, three weeks into the latest conflict between Hamas and Israel, is Fares Akram. Fares is a Palestinian journalist who lives in Gaza and writes for publications such as… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Henry Harteveldt is an airline, hotel and travel industry analyst, and co-founder of the firm Atmosphere Research Group. Audio

9:20 AM.Kentaro Toyama is an American computer scientist and educator and Maggie Hartnett is E-Learning Lecturer at Massey's Institute of Education. Audio

9:11 AM.The Minister of Conservation is being accused of trying to interfere politically with Fish and Game by threatening it with consequences if it doesn't stop advocating for better water quality in lakes… Read more Audio

11:51 AM.With comedians James Elliot and Pinky Agnew. Audio

11:32 AM.Brendan Telfer discusses the Glasgow Commonwealth Games opening ceremony and New Zealand's medal prospects, and the story of the 18-year-old female Southland rugby player. Audio

11:05 AM.Featuring Jack Antonoff, Jungle and DJ Vadim. Audio

10:34 AM.John discusses the resurgence of publishing Children's books in Te Reo. Audio

10:07 AM.As a child, British author, performer and poet, Nathan Penlington became obsessed with the series of Choose Your Own Adventure books. Years later when he discovered a job lot of the first 106… Read more Audio