Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:15 AM.Music correspondent Kirsten Zemke joins Kathryn to share some songs that are having a big birthday this year - including some massive power ballads and songs that became an instant classic. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Negotiations between Contact Energy and mining giant Rio Tinto aimed at keeping the region's large employer, the Tiwai Smelter open. As media companies are feeling the heat and cost pressures… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Lynn Freeman reviews Bird Child and Other Stories by Patricia Grace published by Penguin Random House NZ Read more Audio

10:32 AM.Green MP Efeso Collins has died after taking part in a charity event in central Auckland this morning. Read more Audio

10:00 AM.In recent years, Christchurch writer Rachael King has been free to immerse herself in (and write about) her favourite books from childhood. In the new young adult novel The Grimmelings, she takes… Read more Video, Audio

9:45 AM.Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst looks at how the arrival of an asylum seeker boat in Western Australia has renewed debate over detention policies. Read more Audio

9:35 AM.A leading Australian heart expert says switching to potassium enriched salt could slash hypertension rates. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Prison officers want access to tasers, patrol dogs, and pepper balls to help control dangerous situations. Read more Audio

11:45 AM.RNZ sports reporter Joe Porter discusses the Black Caps' win over South Africa, and the bigger challenge still looming with an upcoming test series against Australia. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Dr Kat Littlewood, a veterinary specialist and Massey University lecturer in animal welfare talks with Kathryn about pets and pregnancy. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.A South Taranaki iwi is vowing to continue its fight against seabed mining even if the government introduces a fast-track consenting regime for significant infrastructure and development projects. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Carole Beu of the Women's Bookshop reviews Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon published by Penguin Random House NZ. Read more Audio

10:09 AM.Acclaimed American architect Jeanne Gang is well known for the expansion of New York's American Museum of Natural History, and Chicago's Aqua Tower - a mixed use 82 story mixed use building downtown.

9:45 AM.Congress is taking a 12-day winter break but there's a long list of unfinished business on Capitol Hill. Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Every winter New Zealand's energy system faces a tricky balance - the system operator Transpower struggles to make sure it has enough electricity. Read more Audio

9:08 AM.It's been dubbed "Brown v Brown", as the mayor of Auckland and the Transport Minister grapple for control over the supercity's transport direction. Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Kennedy Warne discusses the newly opened Pike 29 Memorial Track - the last portion of the Paparoa Track to be opened. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Marama Moore and James Ionatona Su'a were at a work rugby game when they first locked eyes. Now the Taranaki couple have built a young family and a Pacific-inspired food business Island Style Kitchen… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Brigitte Morten is a director with public and commercial law firm Franks Ogilvie and a former senior ministerial advisor for the previous National-led government, a National Party member and currently… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.The ongoing issues with KiwiRail's Interislander mega ferries, Georgina says KiwiRail has dragged up an old stoush over the location of the Wellington terminal to explain the cost blowout… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Cynthia Morahan reviews 'The Singularity' by Balsam Karam, translated by Saskia Vogel published by Text Publishing. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.In August 2022, Fish and Game announced Corina Jordan as its new chief executive, a role many would have considered a poisoned chalice. Read more Audio

9:45 AM.The International Court of Justice has rejected a South African request to impose urgent measures to safeguard Rafah in the Gaza Strip. Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Karyn Rachtman has worked on music for Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and with Baz Luhrmann for Romeo & Juliet, among others. Read more Audio