Nine To Noon
5,303 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 13 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 2 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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Episodes
Newshub closure confirmed: 250 jobs lost
April 09, 2024 23:25 - 4 minutes - 4.54 MBNewshub staff have been told the news operation is to close from the fifth of July with the loss of 250 jobs.
Dame Susan Devoy: 'I grew up totally unaware of gender inequality'
April 09, 2024 23:20 - 19 minutes - 18 MBSusan Devoy is a former squash world champion, Race Relations Commissioner and Celebrity Treasure Island contestant. In the new memoir Dame Susie D, she reflects on family life in Rotorua, professional sport and her experiences - good and bad - with the New Zealand Human Rights Commission.
Music with Kirsten Zemke: Flute infusion
April 09, 2024 23:05 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBMusic commentator Kirsten Zemke joins Kathryn to talk about how the flute can be used to maximum effect within songs.
Around the motu: Simon Wilson in Auckland
April 09, 2024 22:45 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBSimon looks at a new report ranking Auckland against 9 comparable cities, and explains why the supercity's transport network is close to collapse.
Book review: Alphabetical Diaries by Sheila Heti
April 09, 2024 22:35 - 4 minutes - 4.17 MBKiran Dass reviews Alphabetical Diaries by Sheila Heti published by Fitzcarraldo Editions
The team that hit the rocks: Peter Jerram's Wahine memoir
April 09, 2024 22:05 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBPeter Jerram and his university cricket team were onboard the Wahine Ferry when it was caught between ex-tropical cyclone Giselle and a southerly front.
Australia: Gaza latest Higgins saga, Aukus with a J
April 09, 2024 21:45 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBForeign Minister Penny Wong has indicated Australia could move to recognise a Palestinian state, and a judgment is pending in a defamation case connected to a rape allegation at Parliament House.
As telcos get ready to switch off 3G - are we ready?
April 09, 2024 21:30 - 10 minutes - 9.26 MBOn Monday it was revealed more than a million mobile phones could be prevented in Australia from calling emergency services, as the country progresses its 3G shutdown.
Onus on businesses to prove need to collect personal data
April 09, 2024 21:05 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBThe Privacy Commissioner wants businesses collecting biometric information to have to prove the benefits of doing so outweigh the privacy risks.
Sports-chat with Sam Ackerman
April 08, 2024 23:45 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBSilver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua wants to relax the rules around players competing in the Australian league.
What's really worrying our young people?
April 08, 2024 23:30 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBAndrew Hubbard from the Citizen's Advice Bureau joins Kathryn to talk about their latest research, which focused on the reasons why under-25s seek them out.
Business commentator Victoria Young
April 08, 2024 23:05 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBVictoria Young looks at how much chief executives are being paid across the country, and reveals who comes out on top with the biggest salary.
Around the motu: Ellen Curnow in Westport
April 08, 2024 22:50 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBWestport News' reporter Ellen Curnow on flood protection for Westport, while the town's air services are threatened. And as the Buller economy outpaces national growth the town's council has a new chief executive.
Book review: Ghosts of the British Museum by Noah Angell
April 08, 2024 22:40 - 4 minutes - 4.24 MBQuentin Johnson reviews Ghosts of the British Museum by Noah Angell published by Hachette
Michael Mosley: how to sleep better
April 08, 2024 22:05 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBBest-selling author Dr Michael Mosley thought he'd tried everything that might improve his insomnia. Then he joined a clinical sleep trial for the three-part SBS series Australia's Sleep Revolution. By the end of the eight-week trial, every one of the trial participants was sleeping better, Dr Mosley says, while 80 per cent of the group – including him – were sleeping a lot better. He shares the science-backed techniques that are helping him finally get a good's night rest In the new boo...
USA correspondent Ron Elving
April 08, 2024 21:45 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBHuge crowds are gathered across North America to watch the coast-to-coast solar eclipse as it passes.
How Cromwell worm farmer Robbie Dick is saving tonnes of organic waste
April 08, 2024 21:35 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBCromwell farmer Robbie Dick and his 100 million tiger worms are saving up to 30 tonnes of waste every week.
NZ could be more ambitious on emissions targets
April 08, 2024 21:05 - 27 minutes - 25 MBThe government's independent climate advisers says the country is on track to meet its current emissions targets by mid century, except for methane, and that it could be more ambitious.
Urban Issue with Bill McKay
April 07, 2024 23:45 - 10 minutes - 9.36 MBToday, Bill argues that it is cheaper and more sustainable to reuse old buildings rather than demolish them. He looks at how the University of Auckland has just done that - and ended up with the country's highest-rated building in terms of sustainability. Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland.
Nicole Maguire: specialist in simple family dinners
April 07, 2024 23:30 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBTired of the "never-ending cycle of one wondering what to make for dinner", Nicole Maguire went on a mission to set herself up for meal-making success. The Aussie food blogger shares easy, low-cost dinner recipes on her website and in the new cookbook The Simple Dinner Edit.
Political commentators Gareth Hughes and Tim Hurdle
April 07, 2024 23:05 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBThe axe continues to fall over public service jobs as the Budget looms - can the cuts deliver the savings sought? Meanwhile Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announces his top priorities for the coming months. Gareth Hughes is a former Green MP and now works for the Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa. Tim Hurdle is a former National senior adviser, was the National Party Campaign Director in 2020. He is a director of several companies, including Museum Street Strategies, a public affairs...
Around the motu: Georgina Campbell in Wellington
April 07, 2024 22:45 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBGeorgina Campbell with news around the wellington region
Book review: Dear Colin, Dear Ron: the selected letters of Colin McCahon and Ron O'Reilly by Peter Simpson
April 07, 2024 22:35 - 5 minutes - 4.77 MBLynn Freeman reviews Dear Colin, Dear Ron: the selected letters of Colin McCahon and Ron O'Reilly by Peter Simpson published by Te Papa Press
Girl Friday: Kristine Philipp's memoir's honest look at women's work
April 07, 2024 22:05 - 25 minutes - 22.9 MBKristine Philipp was 15 when her mother told her she needed to get a job to pay her way. A car company hired her to be a 'Girl Friday' - and it came as rather a shock when she learned she had to work more than one day a week.
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
April 07, 2024 21:50 - 9 minutes - 8.97 MBSlovakia has elected a pro-Russian populist as its new president, cementing the country's switch towards policies more friendly towards Moscow. A big police operation linked to allegations of fraud involving post-Covid funding has seen raids in numerous EU countries. And shock in Finland as one person is killed in a school shooting committed by a 12 year old.
New report shows major drop in media trust
April 07, 2024 21:05 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBJust a third of New Zealanders now say they trust the news. That's the major finding of AUT's research centre for Journalism, Media and Democracy's fifth annual Trust in News in Aotearoa New Zealand report. Trust in news in general fell from 42 percent last year to 33 percent in this year's report - but it's a whopping 20 percent down from the first report in 2020 when it was at 53 percent. All 16 news brands that were part of this survey suffered declines in trust. The ODT had the highe...
The week that was with Irene Pink and Michele A'Court
April 04, 2024 22:45 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBComedians Irene and Michele take a look back at the funny stories of the week including the April Fool's joke that backfired on German grocery chain Aldi, when customers began demanding a joke icecream flavour be made available for sale.
Around the motu: Chris Hyde in Hawkes Bay
April 04, 2024 21:50 - 10 minutes - 9.22 MBA new 40 kilometer bike trail is opening in Eskdale on land left devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle; Napier rates are doubling, and 83-year-old Sir Tom Jones is set to rock Napier this weekend.
Book review: How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev
April 04, 2024 21:45 - 6 minutes - 6.06 MBTilly Lloyd from Unity Wellington reviews How to Win an Information War, by Peter Pomerantsev, published by Faber.
'Novel' debut from academic turned murder mystery writer
April 04, 2024 21:15 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MBThe new director of the Mt John observatory is found dead on the eve of its 50th anniversary celebrations, with academics from around the world attending.
Pacific correspondent Koroi Hawkins
April 04, 2024 21:05 - 7 minutes - 6.93 MBAn appeal of the sentencing of Fiji's former leader Frank Bainimarama and suspended police chief has been moved to next month.
Picton's Flower Ladies: 30 years of posies for cruise ships
April 04, 2024 20:55 - 4 minutes - 4.25 MBThe cruise ship season is drawing to a close, and in Picton that marks the end of very busy few months for the Picton Flower Ladies.
Deidre Brown: pioneering the study of Māori architecture
April 04, 2024 20:35 - 10 minutes - 9.71 MBAs a young architecture student, Deidre Brown was told to "leave Māori architecture on the marae where it belongs".The University of Auckland professor (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu) is the first academic and the first Māori woman to receive the NZ Institute of Architects' 2023 Gold Medal. Deidre Brown is also co-director of the Māori and Pacific Housing Research Centre MĀPIHI, which works towards creating healthy, affordable and sustainable homes for Māori and Pacific whānau.
Primary health services buckle to financial, staffing pressures
April 04, 2024 20:05 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBGeneral practices are buckling under financial pressure, with a large clinic in Tauranga shutting its doors, and the after-hours medical service in Invercargill at risk of closure.
Screentime: Manhunt, Mr Bates vs The Post Office, Late Night with the Devil
April 03, 2024 22:45 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBFilm and TV reviewer Chris Schulz joins Kathryn to talk about Manhunt (AppleTV) about the aftermath of the first American presidential assassination. Mr Bates vs The Post Office (TVNZ+) is about one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in British history and Late Night with the Devil (cinemas) traces the ill-fated taping of a live Halloween special in 1977.
Play wild: Rachel Clare on activities to get the kids outdoors
April 03, 2024 22:30 - 18 minutes - 25 MBMany parents will know the struggle of getting children off devices. But Rachel Clare has some great ideas.
Tech: Mediaworks hack, cyber-crime rescue, recycled malware
April 03, 2024 22:05 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBTony Grasso is Principal Consultant at cybersecurity firm TitaniumDefence. He worked at GCHQ in the UK and is a former Intelligence Officer in New Zealand.
Around the motu: Tim Brown in Christchurch
April 03, 2024 21:50 - 9 minutes - 8.6 MBRNZ's reporter in Christchurch Tim Brown discusses the latest revelations about Gloriavale, the controversy around SailGP and Hector's dolphins, and the intersection of the economy and environment; and the financial struggles of the Arts Centre.
Book review: Māori Made Easy Pocket Guide by Scotty Morrison
April 03, 2024 21:40 - 6 minutes - 6.24 MBPaul Diamond reviews Maori Made Easy Pocket Guide by Scotty Morrison published by Penguin Random House NZ
Venki Ramakrishnan on the science of ageing
April 03, 2024 21:05 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBFrustrated by the excessive hype around anti-ageing, molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan presents the facts in his new book Why We Die: The New Science of Ageing and the Quest for Immortality. With our fear of death fuelling a sense of urgency, "solid science" can often get lost in the hype, the Nobel Prize winner says. "The impression is the stuff is all going to happen tomorrow. It's just around the corner. And I'm very sceptical that that's true. I think it'll take a lot of effort ...
UK: Labour soars in new poll, politicians target of 'spear
April 03, 2024 20:45 - 10 minutes - 9.62 MBUK correspondent Harriet Line looks at a new poll which puts Labour on course to win 400 seats at the general election and the Tories on track for just 155. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says Israel's conduct in its war with Hamas is becoming 'increasingly intolerable' after three British aid workers were killed in an airstrike. And a UK Minister is the 12th person at Westminster targeted in a WhatsApp 'spear-phishing' scandal. Harriet Line is Deputy Political Editor of the Daily Mail.
Wao's Monique Kelly on helping others walk a greener path
April 03, 2024 20:30 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBMonique Kelly trained as a lawyer, working with the UN International Labour Organisation on social and employment policy and standards.
As free bus fares are scrapped, what's the likely impact on school attendance?
April 03, 2024 20:05 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBPrincipals say scrapping public transport subsidies will only add to school absenteeism, just as the government gears up to tackle it.
Science: Climate change and timekeeping, 4000-year old teeth
April 02, 2024 22:45 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBScience commentator Laurie Winkless joins Kathryn to talk about how we measure time and a new paper which suggests melting water from polar regions could be affecting the Earth's rotation - what impact could it have?
Gardening with Xanthe White
April 02, 2024 22:20 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBLandscape designer and gardener Xanthe White talks about what to do in the garden in autumn.
Around the motu: Libby Kirkby-McLeod in Waikato
April 02, 2024 21:45 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBRNZ Waikato Reporter Libby Kirkby-McLeod discusses the demise of Three Waters and the implications for council long term planning; the debate over the Hamilton to Auckland commuter train and how much it costs, and a tramper is still missing in the Pureora Forest.
Book review: Sanctuary by Garry Disher
April 02, 2024 21:35 - 2 minutes - 2.6 MBDavid Hill reviews Sanctuary by Garry Disher published by Text Publishing.
The human toll of Britain's Post Office IT system scandal
April 02, 2024 21:05 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBIt has been called the greatest miscarriage of justice in British history - the UK Post Office scandal.
Australia: Aid worker killed in Gaza, focus on solar power
April 02, 2024 20:45 - 10 minutes - 9.36 MBAustralia correspondent Bernard Keane joins Kathryn to talk about the death of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom, along with six others, in Gaza.
GNS scientist wants greenhouse growers to consider geothermal heat
April 02, 2024 20:35 - 10 minutes - 9.98 MBGNS Science modeller John Burnell wants greenhouse growers to consider using low-temperature geothermal heat instead of natural gas for heat.