Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:25 AM.In the Taranaki town of Hawera, the local business association, Bizlink says efforts to promote and beautify the town are paying off. More people are moving there, new shops are opening. Bizlink Event… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.As students head back to class, some secondary schools are already chocka with immigration constantly contributing to roll growth. The unpredictablility of even more students arriving is a major… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Te Radar and Irene Pink look at some of the lighter moments of the week, including the eye-watering amount an old lemon has sold for at auction in England.  Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Sam Ackerman looks at New Zealand's winning streak across winter sports this week, including the first ever skating medal of any form at the Youth Winter Olympics.  Read more Audio

11:05 AM.After reading Julian Cope's 'Head On' autobiography, Jeremy Taylor presents a selection of songs from Liverpool - not including the Beatles, or Julian Cope. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.The Oxford and Kaikoura communities have made big strikes this week in their dark sky journeys.  Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Paul Diamond reviews three of his favourite books from last year. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Hussain Shah Rezaie had been stuck in an Indonesian detention centre for nine years when he decided he wanted to become a writer, in English. The young Afghan refugee's search for online resources… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

9:45 AM.Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been handed a 14-year jail sentence in a case related to illegal selling of state gifts, just days after being given another 10-year sentence.  Read more Audio

9:35 AM.After some tough years post earthquakes, road closures and covid, there's an upbeat vibe in coastal town of Kaikōura.  Read more Audio

9:20 AM.A new social media app has launched which aims to link up keen fishers with boaties willing to take them out.  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Transpower is signalling there could be power cuts this winter to manage supply and demand of electricity if the wrong conditions combine.  Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Culture 101 host Perlina Lau joins Kathryn to talk about One Life (cinemas), the story of Nicholas Winton who organised the evacuation of Jewish children from the Nazis in the late 1930s.  Read more Audio

11:25 AM.Judith Hudson studies memory development in children and the development of children's understanding of time.  Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Technology journalist Peter Griffin on legislative moves in the US to crack down on non-consensual sexual images generated by AI, following the release of pornographic images of Taylor Swift on X this… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.The mastermind of a decade long teen prostitution ring will be sentenced in a fortnight, Kelly backgrounds the case.  Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Phil Vine reviews two of his favourite books from last year. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.It's the circus - but not as you've seen it before! Yamoussa Bangoura is has brought his home country of Guinea in West Africa to the stage in a high-energy circus show called Afrique en Cirque.  Read more Audio

9:45 AM.UK correspondent Matthew Parris joins Kathryn to talk about a new deal that aims to smooth post-Brexit trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.  Read more Audio

9:40 AM.A new collaboration between the BNZ and Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei in Auckland means that for the first time, home loans at standard home loan rates, are being made available for building on iwi land. Read more Audio

9:20 AM.Finally, there is consensus on recycling, or almost. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.US senators have been grilling the chief executives of five of the world's most popular social media firms in a hearing in Washington DC, over concerns they've failed to do enough to keep children… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.School's back for many around the country, and it's hoped a new tool can help boost students' financial literacy. Read more Audio

11:20 AM.Sophie Cooper tells Kathryn about her experience in business and a busy and challenging few years. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Music correspondent Dave Wilson joins Kathryn to talk about the moment the harp, as a music instrument, has been having over the past several years. Read more Audio