Nine To Noon Podcast Options

10:10 AM.To connect with a parent who has dementia, adult children are forced to 'grow up and play along', says Irish playwright Dan Colley. An innovative approach to dementia care based on shared play was his… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Australia correspondent Bernard Keane joins Kathryn to look at how Labor's changes to stage three tax cuts look set to pass, after the Coalition agreed not to vote against it. A new documentary from… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.It's been a very different summer for businesses on the Coromandel compared to a year ago when a vital road was damaged and rendered impassable after storm events. State Highway 25 between Kopu and… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.A proposal which would allow pharmacists to administer babies' six week, and three month, five month, and 12 month vaccinations is drawing mixed opinions from doctors. Te Whatu Ora and Pharmac's joint… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Kennedy is in Palau on the final day of an eight-day National Geographic expedition, snorkelling and kayaking around Palau's Rock Island World Heritage Site - some 300 islands, large and small, all… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Nicci Richards is that rare kind of person who has managed to turn her dreams into reality. Better known these days - at least in Okato - as 'The Chocolate Lady' the coastal Taranaki farmer remembers… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.It's all eyes on Waitangi as Prime Minister Christopher Luxon arrives at the Treaty Grounds today. What reception will he and his coalition colleagues get? And the Green Party is searching for a new… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Central Otago District Council chief executive Peter Kelly is proposing changes to the role the four community boards in the district have in decision making. Kim discusses the move and the reaction… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Laura Caygill reviews Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood published by Allen and Unwin Read more Audio

10:05 AM.If you thought the leaky building crisis was a thing of decades past, John Gray and Roger Levie want you to think again. The pair were the heads of their respective body corporates when they had to… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Sebastian discusses the US airstrikes targeting Iraq and Syria, following the deaths of three US troops in Jordan. And reports Israel and Hamas are inching towards a deal for a ceasefire. Several… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.A Blenheim company is turning wood chips and sawdust into graphite to be used in EV batteries. CarbonScape was founded in 2006 - with a focus on making carbon products using waste biomass like wood… Read more Audio

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