Nine To Noon Podcast Options

10:45 AM.Jimmy discusses local elections, unrest in Levin and the transformation underway in the centre of Palmerston North.

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10:05 AM.Anjana Khatwa, the award winning earth scientist  who is also the self-described "odd girl who studied rocks," on her book The Whispers of Rock. Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Australia correspondent Karen Middleton looks at the latest Optus outage that took the 000 emergency calls offline and is thought to be responsible for three deaths.  Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Disability advocates say parking providers need to do more to prevent mobility parks being used by those who don't have a permit.  Read more Audio

9:25 AM.The deconstruction business that repurposes or recycles 80 per cent of a site's materials using no machinery. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Two of the world's top age verification experts on how social media bans for under-16s can be enforced. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.A Kiwi writer's obsession with all things Art Deco led her to pen a book set in the turbulent inter-war period in France.  Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Dan discusses  a low GDP result for the June quarter, today's immigration announcement and why housing densification is becoming one of the big issues for councils. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.David reports on the swimming and indoor courts complex about to open, Canterbury University and non compliant farming on its land and mayoral candidates on asset sales. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Ralph McAllister reviews The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Chef Al Brown's life long love of fishing and his new book for a novice fishers, children and adults alike.  Read more Audio

9:45 AM.US President Trump attends a memorial for Charlie Kirk and there's another Government shutdown looming over budget disagreements. Read more Audio

9:30 AM.The Law Association is warning that banning children from social media is a quick fix destined to fail.  Read more Audio

9:15 AM.Tasman District Council is trying to implement a Water Conservation Order to protect Golden Bay's Te Waikoropupu Springs the springs, but the request for a plan change is opposed by Federated Farmers.

9:05 AM.The government has announced two new pathways to residence for skilled migrants.

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11:45 AM.Kennedy joins Kathryn Ryan from the breezy tip of Musick Point, a finger of land jutting into the Hauraki Gulf in east Auckland.  Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Kathryn meets Northland Tamarillo grower Aaron Davies, whose on the board of the Tamarillo Growers Association who shares some surprising new ways to eat the fruit. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Dale and Liam discuss the Government's handling of the news there was a steep drop in GDP in the second quarter, and the challenges the left block would need to overcome to form a coalition. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Robin canvasses the mayoral race, with the incumbent stepping down and Womad's decison to cancel next year's festival. Robin Martin in RNZ's reporter in Taranaki Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Jane Westaway reviews Homework: A Memoir by Geoff Dyer, published by Allen & Unwin. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Legendary rock climber Yvon Chouinard - an outdoorsman who was so uninterested in material possessions he would sleep in the dirt - made billions as the founder of clothing apparel company Patagonia. 

9:45 AM.UK and several EU nations join others in recognising Palestinian state, NATO begins air defence mission over Poland using UK jets. Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Rebecca Schnell's regular job is as an emergency room nurse in St Louis, Missouri. But she has a side gig that's even more adrenaline-filled: strapping into a five-tonne Monster Truck. Read more Audio