Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:05 AM.Afrobeats, an umbrella term which covers various contemporary West African pop music packaged for a global audience. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Lee discusses local health services, The Buller Declaration and the nationwide health hikoi that has been in town and ,the new mayors for the region take office. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Lynn Freeman reviews Rangatiratanga and Gentlemanship by Grant Hodgson, published by Writes Hill Press. Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Eric Haagh lost his own father when he was just 12. He's also living with stage four bowel cancer, and he knows his own time with his 10-year-old son Flynn is precious. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.The power of the wind is something best-selling author Simon Winchester knows a lot about. He's investigated it in a thought-provoking book called The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Australia correspondent Bernard Keane looks at the opposition Liberal party meeting to discuss its climate policy and a likely tussle over what net zero by 2050 should look like.  Read more Audio

9:30 AM.A University of Auckland scientist Raewyn Poulsen has discovered that while male cells focus on renewing tissue as a response to joint stress, female cells adopt a protective strategy.  Read more Audio

9:15 AM.Only 0.8 percent of funds support initiatives that prevent and respond to family, domestic, and sexual violence, including crisis services, advocacy, and long-term recovery programmes. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Sexual violence survivor advocate Louise Nicholas responds to a scathing report which has found serious misconduct at the highest levels of police including former Commissioner Andrew Coster. Read more Audio

11:45 AM.The All Blacks chase a fifth Grand Slam while the Black Caps test their T20 World Cup form against the West Indies, and the Silver Ferns look to move past the Noeline Taurua saga.  Read more Audio

11:30 AM.The story of the Redcoats, as they were known, has been told in a new book Garrison World by Victoria University history professor Charlotte Macdonald. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.The Financial Markets Authority misses its key metrics, ANZ Bank bosses lose their bonuses.  Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Piers discusses three accidental or unexpected deaths in the region over the weekend, one of Wairarapa's most successful businesses, Tranzit, marks 100 years. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Quentin Johnson reviews Ancient Myths and Legends Without Men by Mara Gold, published by Penguin Random House. Read more Audio

10:30 AM.With no family, the last resting place of Henry Walter - had fallen into disrepair. Private Walter had been kicked out of the army as "incorrigible" after struggling with the impact of battle and… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.The Wellington journalist and editor has connected with 80 other people - some well-known, some less so - who lost a parent in childhood or in their teens.  Read more Audio

9:45 AM.After 40 days, the US government shutdown appears close to ending as several Senate Democrats backed a Republican deal, sparking internal party tensions.  Read more Audio

9:30 AM.The U.N. climate chief has urged countries to cooperate rather than battle over priorities, as efforts to limit global warming are threatened by a fracturing international consensus.  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.On October 7th 2023, Eli Sharabi was kidnapped by Hamas and held for 491 days. He and his wife and two daughters were in their home on a kibbutz in Southern Israel when the attack happened. Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Kennedy explores the newly opened exhibition at the NZ Maritime Museum in Auckland's Viaduct Basin called Nga Huhua: Abundance, which explores the promise of revived abundance in the Hauraki Gulf. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Some and  Mark Edwards who make a range of Thai inspired sauces on the Kapiti Coast. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Politics with Andrew Kirton and Brigitte Morten Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Amy has the latest on Auckland's homeless issue, who is leading committees at Auckland Council for the new term, a buyout scheme for at risk flooded homes is coming to an end and a new Christmas art… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Stella Chrysostomou reviews The Loft by Marlen Haushofer, Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Te Pati Maori's national council has voted to expel MPs Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Takuta Ferris.

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