Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:30 AM.As the education sector gets a shake-up, an Auckland-based charity is quietly getting on with their mission to train teachers in classrooms.  Read more Audio

9:20 AM.Households and businesses in Auckland wanting to disconnect their piped gas could face higher fees to do so.  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The Chief Justice's annual report says too few judges, high workloads and stress, not enough court rooms and fewer lawyers offering legal aid are putting the judiciary under considerable stress.  Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Roughly 20 percent of families with kids under five experience an accidental poisoning every year. More than half the calls to the National Poisons Centre are about this. Read more Audio

11:20 AM.It's a subject that many find uncomfortable, but is a necessity - how to handle the end of life. Kathryn is Treza Gallogly, she's the chair of the End of Life Doula Alliance Aotearoa. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Committing to a life-partner in a marriage or civil union is a hugely significant event in anyone's life. Little wonder music plays a large part. Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Lisa Adler from Unity Books Wellington reviews Flashlight by Susan Choi, published by Jonathan Cape. Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Librarians say since fines for overdue books were ditched visitors are flocking back to public libraries - whose role in a community now extends far beyond issuing books. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.In his latest book, investigative reporter Jared Savage explains how the illicit drug trade, depicted in big budget movies or television like Netflix's Narcos, is happening here. Underworld is the… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.A warning proposed moves to shake up who gets to make all decisions on the conservation estate would be hard to undo. Read more Audio

9:15 AM.A New Zealand owned cloud data storage firm is sceptical about the scale of investment in New Zealand claimed by the tech giant Amazon Web Services. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The Mental Health Minister has announced a funding boost for eating disorder services of $4 million a year - a 20 percent lift on current funding levels.  Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Residents at the flood prone Upper Selwyn Flat Huts learn their fate, possibly the most hit bridge in the country and Selwyn and Timaru's Local Water Done Well plans. Jonathan Leask is the Local… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Gail Pittaway reviews Fires Which Burned Brightly: A Life in Progress by Sebastian Faulks, published by Penguin Random House. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Kiwi Kelvin Davis spent thirteen years in the New Zealand Navy, including as a medic during the Vietnam War and later as a Navy diver. Read more Audio

9:45 AM.What are the repercussions of the US President's move to take over the Federal Reserve?  Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Much of modern life relies on the shared language of measurement - but how to get more countries using that language is a challenge.  Read more Audio

9:25 AM.The country's first-ever Autism Research Centre launched in Christchurch yesterday, it aims to turn research towards the needs of autistic people.  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.A new research paper suggests philanthropic donations would increase by up to 73% if the donation tax credit was boosted.  Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Bill McKay dissects the recent proposed changes to the building consent regime, which includes a plan to move to a proportionate liability scheme. Read more Audio