Nine To Noon
5,926 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsFrom nine to noon every weekday, Kathryn Ryan talks to the people driving the news - in New Zealand and around the world. Delve beneath the headlines to find out the real story, listen to Nine to Noon's expert commentators and reviewers and catch up with the latest lifestyle trends on this award-winning programme.
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Personal finance: How to get through being made redundant
April 23, 2024 23:45 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MBAs thousands of jobs are cut, particularly through the public sector, Lisa joins Kathryn with some of her tips on what to do, including assessing finances, working through your skills and market demand, updating your CV and seeking emotional support if needed. Lisa Dudson is the owner of Acumen.co.nz. Her advice is of a general nature
The Taranaki gym encouraging older people to lift weights
April 23, 2024 23:30 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBWeightlifting is picking up in popularity at a Taranaki gym, including a thriving cohort of older gym goers.
Around the motu: Mike Tweed in Whanganui
April 23, 2024 22:45 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBMike digs deep into the rates rise signalled for the city - set at about 12 percent.
Book review: The Best Minds by Jonathan Rosen
April 23, 2024 22:35 - 3 minutes - 2.82 MBJenna Todd of Time Out Bookstore reviews The Best Minds by Jonathan Rosen published by Penguin Random House NZ
Natalie Haynes on bringing the classical world to the modern one
April 23, 2024 22:05 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBNatalie Haynes is an author, stand-up comedian and self-confessed nerd. As a teenager she embraced Latin and Ancient Greek, before going on to study classics under the famed Professor Mary Beard.
Australia: The state vs Elon Musk's X, PM hikes Kokoda
April 23, 2024 21:45 - 9 minutes - 8.32 MBAustralia correspondent Karen Middleton looks at how Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has taken on Elon Musk.
New Zealand adds to its seed reserves at remote global vault
April 23, 2024 21:35 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBAnother batch of New Zealand's most precious pasture seeds have been delivered to a doomsday mountain vault in Norway.
Changes to fishing in Fiordland and Chatham Islands
April 23, 2024 21:20 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MBFrom tomorrow the amount of finfish and shellfish recreational fishers can take from inside Fiordland will be reduced.
Changes to fishing in Fiordland and Chatham Islands to protect
April 23, 2024 21:20 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MBFrom tomorrow the amount of finfish and shellfish recreational fishers can take from inside Fiordland will be reduced.
Police Association warns officers cannot take gang patches in real time under proposed law
April 23, 2024 21:05 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBThe Police Association warns officers will not be able to confiscate gang patches in real time, under a proposed law change.
Police Association warns officers cannot take gang patches
April 23, 2024 21:05 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBThe Police Association warns officers will not be able to confiscate gang patches in real time, under a proposed law change. The Gangs Legislation Amendment Bill is in front of a justice select committee as part of the coalition's crackdown on crime. It includes banning gang patches in all public places, giving police special powers to break up gang gatherings, and allowing courts to stop gang members associating with each other. Association president Chris Cahill says while he broadly s...
Sports-chat with Marc Hinton
April 22, 2024 23:45 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBCrusaders chief executive Colin Mansbridge is ruling out sacking coach Rob Penney mid-season, despite the team sitting at the bottom of the table. In league, the Warriors' wheels are wobbling heading into their rare home game on Anzac Day. Kiwi swimmer Lewis Clareburt is joining the chorus of disapproval over the leniency of a group of Chinese competitors who failed a drug test. And Scott Dixon pays a special tribute to motorsport icon Sir Colin Giltrap, after his first win of the Indyca...
NZ's response to 'significant' migration levels
April 22, 2024 23:30 - 14 minutes - 13 MBStats NZ figures in the year to January show more than 250,000 people arrived in New Zealand. Massey University Professor Paul Spoonley says the volume of arrivals has contributed a significant net gain of more than 131,000. He joins us to discuss the record levels of migration, the challenge for processing visas, and the government's response. Professor Paul Spoonley is Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Honorary Research Associate in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at M...
Around the motu: Che Baker in Invercargill
April 22, 2024 22:50 - 9 minutes - 8.77 MBStuff's Southland Editor Che Baker looks at Invercargill Mayor Nobby Clark's apology for his interview with comedian Guy Williams.
Book review: Girl of the Mountains by Trish McCormack
April 22, 2024 22:40 - 2 minutes - 2.52 MBElisabeth Easther reviews Girl of the Mountains by Trish McCormack published by Glacier Press
Nick Stride on why his family fled Russia and went into hiding
April 22, 2024 22:05 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBBritish construction worker Nick Stride was working in Moscow in 1998 to help build the British embassy there.
USA correspondent Ron Elving
April 22, 2024 21:50 - 6 minutes - 5.99 MBRon looks at the US$95b of military assistance approved for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, which passed with broad bipartisan support.
Roading experts discuss Government's big maintenance plans
April 22, 2024 21:30 - 21 minutes - 20 MBThe Government is planning to spend billions of dollars on new roads under a transport plan proposed last month.
A leading youth advocate is worried boot camp kids will end up without support
April 22, 2024 21:15 - 9 minutes - 8.41 MBA leading youth advocate is concerned young people sent to boot camps will come out the other end without crucial support.
Emergency management system has 'significant shortcomings' - inquiry
April 22, 2024 21:05 - 14 minutes - 13 MBAn inquiry into the response to last year's catastrophic North Island storms that killed 15 people has found the country's emergency management system is not fit for purpose.
Urban Issue with Bill McKay: The history of kitchen design
April 21, 2024 23:45 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBBill McKay discusses the history of the classic layout of a kitchen, and its connections to pre-Nazi Germany.
The Muriwai Deli: From food trucks to permanent fixture
April 21, 2024 23:30 - 8 minutes - 7.79 MBThe Muriwai Deli is a permanent fixture in the West Auckland community, but it wasn't always that way.
Political commentators Dale Husband and Liam Hehir
April 21, 2024 23:05 - 26 minutes - 24 MBDale Husband is a long time broadcaster and Radio Waatea presenter hosting a Maori focused current affairs programme. Liam Hehir is a Palmerston North lawyer, political commentator and a National Party member.
Around the motu: David Hill in North Canterbury
April 21, 2024 22:45 - 7 minutes - 6.99 MBRangiora High School's building project includes a return to single-cell classrooms.
Loving My Lying, Dying, Cheating Husband by Kerstin Pilz
April 21, 2024 22:35 - 8 minutes - 8.01 MBCynthia Morahan reviews Loving My Lying, Dying, Cheating Husband by Kerstin Pilz published by Affirm Press
Hidden Japan: The astonishing places you shouldn't visit
April 21, 2024 22:05 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBGrowing up in an American Navy family, Alex Kerr lived in many places including Italy, Hawaii and Washington DC.
Sue Novell on why we should eat our weeds and flowers
April 21, 2024 21:30 - 8 minutes - 8.24 MBOut with the lawn and in with the food.
Portable toilets will soon no longer cut it for freedom campers
April 21, 2024 21:25 - 9 minutes - 8.7 MBIncoming rules for freedom campers have left rental companies feeling confused.
Owners of earthquake-prone buildings given more time to strengthen them
April 21, 2024 21:05 - 22 minutes - 21 MBOwners of earthquake-prone buildings will now have a four year extension on the requirement to strengthen or demolish.
The week that was with Te Radar and Donna Brookbanks
April 18, 2024 23:45 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBComedians Te Radar and Donna Brookbanks look at the lighter moments of the week, including Uber's annual list of the most unusual items left in rideshare cars globally. This year it includes a live turtle, a 'fart sensor', and a WWE championship belt. And how much would you pay to smell like Eden Park? The Auckland stadium has released a fragrance which "encapsulates the lush greenery" for $170 a pop.
Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
April 18, 2024 23:30 - 14 minutes - 13 MBThe Kiwis league captain, the Golden Boot winner for the best player in the world, the main main in the Panthers forward pack that's won three straight NRL premierships - is coming to the Warriors. One All Black heading overseas (briefly) has been a talking point this week, with Jordie Barrett's deal to stay in NZ Rugby slightly overshadowed by his rugby playing sabbatical at famous Irish club Leinster The boat for team NZ's America's Cup defence in Barcelona has a name - and it's not a ...
Around the motu: Jonathan Leask in Ashburton
April 18, 2024 22:50 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBThe Minister of Transport Simeon Brown is in Ashburton today to open the 18 million dollar Fairfield Freight Hub. This is expected to increase the the amount of local freight carried by rail from 6,000 containers to 20,000 containers a year. Jonathan has the latest on the controversy to install median barriers on State Highway One between Ashburton and Rakaia. And the tough economic times are taking a toll on some local hospitality businesses. Local Democracy Reporter - Mid Canterbury Jo...
Book review The Apprentice Witnesser by Bren MacDibble
April 18, 2024 22:35 - 4 minutes - 4.37 MBRoger Christensen of Unity Books Auckland reviews The Apprentice Witnesser by Bren MacDibble, published by Allen and Unwin.
Foraging safely for edible wild food
April 18, 2024 22:05 - 26 minutes - 23.8 MBPeter Langlands says his passion for foraging food has turned him into an "accidental botanist". The Christchurch bird-watcher and conservationist presents a guide to over 250 edible plants and funghi in his new book Foraging New Zealand.
Pacific correspondent Koroi Hawkins
April 18, 2024 21:50 - 5 minutes - 5.31 MBSecurity is beefing up across the Solomon Islands as electoral counting continues. People are urged to remain peaceful under the increased police presence. RNZ Pacific Editor Koroi Hawkins is there, and joins Kathryn to explain why the election is being closely watched by some of the world's biggest powers.
Full immersion pre school for neurodiverse and disabled
April 18, 2024 21:30 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBTe Puna Reo o Manga Tangaroa in Kaikohe has been set up to prioritise children living with disabilities. The school was created by local couple Claraand Manga Aperahama-Kopa to provide quality education to tamariki of all capabilities. Clara talks to Kathryn about her young son who inspired the whanau to fund-raise and build the pre school
Auckland University hostel students to withhold rent over spiraling costs
April 18, 2024 21:15 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBSome students at halls run by the University of Auckland will refuse to pay their fees from next month in protest at what they say are unjustifiable price hikes.
Boeing whistleblower claims company 'putting out defective planes'
April 18, 2024 21:05 - 9 minutes - 8.75 MBA Boeing engineer has given compelling testimony detailing his concerns about how Boeing aircraft are being put together.
Boeing whistleblower claims company 'putting out defective
April 18, 2024 21:05 - 9 minutes - 8.75 MBA Boeing engineer has given compelling testimony detailing his concerns about how Boeing aircraft are being put together. Sam Salehpour, an engineer with four decades of experience - including 17 with Boeing, yesterday detailed alleged manufacturing shortcuts he felt were being made and how he was shut down by the company after raising them. Boeing is already facing scrutiny after part of a new Boeing 737 Max 9 flown by Alaska Airlines broke off in January, and two deadly crashes of its ...
Screentime: Civil War, One Question, The Royal Hotel, Eileen
April 17, 2024 23:45 - 9 minutes - 8.61 MBFilm and TV correspondent James Croot joins Kathryn to talk about Civil War (cinema), which follows a group of journalists through an America at war with itself, in a race to reach the White House. One Question (Sky Open) is a new season of a popular game show with Claudia Winkleman, The Royal Hotel (online rental from April 24) stars Julia Garner as one of two backpackers stuck in a small outback town in Australia and Eileen (online rental from April 24) stars Kiwi Thomasin McKenzie and...
How mums can support their daughters' healthy body image
April 17, 2024 23:30 - 19 minutes - 26.6 MBNegative body image is a lifelong issue for many women which social media only serves to fuel. Yet the habits and self-talk of mothers can also have a profound effect on young girls becoming overly critical of their bodies. Psychologists Janet Boseovski and Ashleigh Gallagher offer advice on what to do and what not to do in their new book Beyond Body Positive: A Mother's Evidence-Based Guide for Helping Girls Build a Healthy Body Image.
The big impact mums can have on their daughters' body image
April 17, 2024 23:30 - 19 minutes - 26.6 MBNegative body image is a lifelong issue for many women which social media only serves to fuel. Yet the habits and self-talk of mothers can also have a profound effect on young girls becoming overly critical of their bodies. Psychologists Janet Boseovski and Ashleigh Gallagher offer advice on what to do and what not to do in their new book Beyond Body Positive: A Mother's Evidence-Based Guide for Helping Girls Build a Healthy Body Image.
Tech: Where does software fit in the right to repair movement?
April 17, 2024 23:10 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBTechnology commentator Alex Sims joins Kathryn to discuss the issue of the right to repair, which also covers the right to use and maintain goods. As more of what we use comes to rely on software to operate, where are consumers left when things don't work as they should - or stop working completely? She'll look at the example of Tesla requiring owners to use Tesla hitches or be unable to tow, and printers that now require a monthly subscription to work. The Greens have just had a private...
Around the motu : Robin Martin in Taranaki
April 17, 2024 22:45 - 13 minutes - 11.9 MBLong term plan consultation is underway and includes $9m for upgrades to the zoo, which the New Plymouth District Council says are required to meet regulation and modern zoo standards. Robin details the rogue billboards appearing locally about road repairs. Trans-Tasman Resources has withdrawn from the Environmental Protection Authority process to get consents for its proposed seabed mining project off the coast of Taranaki. And the release of 40 kiwi into Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki - the f...
Book review: Amma by Saraid de Silva
April 17, 2024 22:35 - 4 minutes - 4.17 MBCarole Beu of the Women's Bookshop reviews Amma by Saraid de Silva published by Hachette.
A quest to demystify creatures of the deep sea
April 17, 2024 22:10 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBDr Thom Linley has always been fascinated with fish, how they behave, their ecology and their different ocean habitats. He is a curator of fishes at Te Papa, and also co-hosts the Deep-Sea Podcast, where he speaks to scientists about their marine discoveries. Dr Linley was among the first teams to capture video of the world's deepest fish, including those living in the Kermadec Trench, just north of New Zealand. Various shows have featured his work, including Blue Planet II and Shark Wee...
UK: Anti-smoking law, Rwanda bill, Liz Truss book
April 17, 2024 21:50 - 9 minutes - 8.26 MBUK correspondent Dan Bloom looks at the anti-smoking legislation - similar to what was proposed and then dumped in New Zealand - that's creating huge divisions within the Conservative Party. He'll look at progress on Rishi Sunak's Rwanda plan for illegal migrants and what's in Prime-Minister-for-49-days Liz Truss' new memoir. Dan Bloom is deputy editor of Politico London Playbook.
ERO 'out of date' on how teachers can manage classroom
April 17, 2024 21:32 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBA recent report by the Education Review Office painted a grim picture of student behaviour - saying violent and disruptive behaviour in schools has reached critical levels. Half the teachers surveyed said the problem has become worse in the past two years, and half say they are spending nearly an hour a day dealing with bad behaviour. The Education Review Office says the trend is harming children's learning, and schools need to take a nationally consistent approach to addressing it. The ...
Building industry braces for shake-up on permitted materials
April 17, 2024 21:10 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBThe government's recently announced plans to reform the building materials sector, has the potential to be a massive shake-up to the industry. Before a product can be used on site, builders must demonstrate it meets the standards laid out in the NZ Building Code. Under the newly proposed system, they may soon be able to rely instead on certifications from trusted overseas jurisdictions. The aim is to increase product choice and decrease the costs of construction. Former Naylor Love chief...
Science: Roman wine taste, trees solve solar storm puzzle
April 16, 2024 23:45 - 10 minutes - 9.83 MBScience commentator Dr Allan Blackman joins Kathryn with three new studies.