Lynn Freeman
Escaping the advertising rat-race?
What do ad men do when they escape the pressures of the well-designed commercial? If they can draw whatever they like, what do they choose to do with that freedom? A group of Devonport artists who are… Audio
Getting our young opera singers export-ready
This weekend young New Zealand opera singers with their eye on an international career are starting a new programme aimed at equipping them with crucial skills that are nothing to do with singing and… Audio
Winners - Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel
Announced at the 2016 WORD Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival, the 7th Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel had a record number of entries this year, and a brand new award for debut authors… Audio
Restoration of the silent classic Moana
90 years ago American filmmaker Robert Flaherty decided to follow his hugely successful Inuit documentary Nanook of the North with another one set in faraway places - this time in exotic Samoa. Moana… Audio
A retrospective of Downstage points the way to a new look
An exhibition about the country's longest-running professional theatre - Wellington's Downstage - is about to open this week. The theatre closed down just before what would have been its 50th… Audio
Sir James McNeish's new play about Norman Kirk
Norman Kirk was one of this country's most memorable, and most loved Prime Ministers, His death in 1973 saw a nationwide outpouring of grief. During just two years in office, he famously stood up to… Audio
Genealogy and social media
Family histories are often the starting point for filmmakers like Gaylene Preston in the film Home by Christmas - not to mention historical novellists like Stephanie Johnson and Jack Lazenby. It's… Audio
Media commentator, Gavin Ellis
The NZME/Fairfax Olympics ban has seen both newspaper groups fully availing themselves of the "fair use" provision of the Copyright Act to access SkyTV video. And does the demise of Saatchi's Chairman… Audio
Treaty Settlement stories preserved
New Zealanders who've been involved in negotiating treaty settlements, or whose lives have been affected by them, are sharing their stories for a national research project. The Ministry for Culture… Audio
Business commentator Rod Oram
Rod Oram is looking at what the Reserve Bank might do later this week with the Official Cash Rate, and also he'll examine the temporary suspension of kiwifruit exports to China. Audio
2nd Olympic Silver
Barry Guy reports for Nine to Noon from Rio where New Zealand has scored a 2nd Silver medal at the Olympic Rugby Sevens event, losing in the final to Australia 24-17. Audio
Book Review - The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry, reviewed by Susanna Andrew and published by Profile Books. RRP $32.99. Audio
Mike Durant: Black Hawk Down
Nine to Noon speaks to Mike Durant, a former US army helicopter pilot, shot down over Mogadishu during the United States' disastrous, and short-lived intervention in Somalia in 1993. Audio
US correspondent, Steve Almond
The apparent implosion of the Trump campaign, which has been in a free-fall for the past ten days. And the Zika has shown up in Florida. Audio
From floral facelift to food forest
Diana Moore, who along with her husband Richard have given the Northland township of Maungaturoto a floral facelift and with volunteers in tow they're are about to plant a community food forest. Audio, Gallery
Councils urged to crack down on illegal rubbish dumping
The charitable trust Keep New Zealand Beautiful says illegal dumping of household rubbish is a becoming a problem, and councils around the country need to do more. Audio
Police advisor discredits 'stranger danger'
The police say schools are putting too much focus on "stranger danger" when the evidence shows children are most at risk from people they know. Audio
If it worked once, why can't it work again?
If there was one film - you'd think - that never needed to be remade, it's the famous Oscar-winning epic Ben Hur from 1959. But it's back, in a year that's seen cover-versions of other famous films… Audio
Karl Du Fresne's road trip of American song titles
The only reason it was Tulsa that Gene Pitney was 24 hours from, apparently, was simple alliteration. In his book A road tour of American song titles, published by Bateman, journalist Karl du Fresne… Audio, Gallery
Alain Brideson - future urban transport
Like many kiwi kids, Alain Brideson loved drawing cars...unlike most, he's gone on to work on car design including prototypes for electric vehicles. He's returned home after studying industrial design… Audio
