Nine To Noon
6,190 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 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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Policing under level 2: Andrew Coster
May 05, 2020 21:09 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBThe police commissioner Andrew Coster says new legislation may be needed to clarify and set out the appropriate regime for police powers under Level 2. There have been 700 breaches of level 3 rules reported to police - a quarter of them resulting in prosecutions. Andrew Coster tells Kathryn police are preparing for moving down through the alert levels, and he believes most New Zealanders will continue to comply with level three rules until they are changed. [audio_play]
Policing under Level 2: Andrew Coster
May 05, 2020 21:09 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBThe police commissioner Andrew Coster says new legislation may be needed to clarify and set out the appropriate regime for police powers under Level 2. There have been 700 breaches of level 3 rules reported to police - a quarter of them resulting in prosecutions. Andrew Coster tells Kathryn police are preparing for moving down through the alert levels, and he believes most New Zealanders will continue to comply with level three rules until they are changed. [audio_play]
Frustrated? Find your inner lumberjack and throw an axe!
May 04, 2020 23:32 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBMany businesses are back to work under alert level three, but for others, restrictions remain. It's enough to make you throw something. For Lloyd Bombell, that's part of the problem. He'd love to get his Sweet Axe Throwing business open again, but in the meantime he and enthusiastic league members are finding ways to keep their competitions going.
Unexpected casualties of economic slowdown
May 04, 2020 23:06 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBBusiness commentator Rod Oram joins Kathryn to talk about how the first week of the reopening of the economy has gone and the casualties in unexpected places. What further economic aid can we expect out of next week's Budget? He'll also talk about the recent turmoil in the global oil sector and what impact it's had here.
Book review - A Good Neighbourhood by Therese Anne Fowler
May 04, 2020 22:38 - 5 minutes - 5.4 MBAnne Else reviews A Good Neighbourhood by Therese Anne Fowler, published by Hachette. Fowler’s new book adroitly weaves together the powerful strands of love, race, class and power shaping the lives of its characters, though not quite matching the finest work of other contemporary US writers such as Barbara Kingsolver. Moving towards a tragic end, it makes for compelling reading.
The Yield, using language as a window to a people
May 04, 2020 22:06 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBAward-wining Wiradjuri writer Tara June Winch talks to Kathryn Ryan about reclaiming Indigenous language and her evocative new novel, 'The Yield'. Tara June Winch 's first novel, 'Swallow the Air' was published to critical acclaim in 2006, and went on to win multiple awards. Tara June Winch was due to come to the Auckland Writers Festival, which was unfortunately cancelled due to COVID-19.
Unprecedented food parcel requests
May 04, 2020 21:41 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBWaikato social agencies have been inundated with people needing food parcels and extra financial help. They've even fielded requests for hardship assistance from other regions, as the need for help with groceries and other essential items is a nationwide problem. Kathryn discusses the situation with the CEO, of K'aute Pasifika Trust Rachel Karalus, Mike Rolton, who is the manager of St Vincent de Paul / Vinnies Hamilton and a recipient of their help, a widow who we will call Ana.
Big investors echo calls for sustainable recovery
May 04, 2020 21:08 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBInstitutional investor groups are the latest voices calling for government's around the world to plan for a sustainable recovery from Covid-19. The Investor Group on on Climate Change represents Australian and New Zealand institutional investors and advisors - including the New Zealand Superfund - and has over $2 trillion Australian dollars under management. It's joined similar organisations around the world in asking governments to prioritise job creation projects in a way that also uph...
Coping with Covid at home with a half-built kitchen
May 03, 2020 23:49 - 9 minutes - 8.4 MBThe kitchen has become a hive of activity during lockdown. Bill joins Kathryn to talk about how kitchen design has evolved from being out the back of the early settlers cottages to becoming a central part of the house in a more open plan design after World War II. Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland.
Chutney maker Pa Hill Produce
May 03, 2020 23:35 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MBKathryn meets Judi Ashby from Pa Hill Produce in Miranda, on the Firth of Thames. Judi and her business partner Jean produce a range of chutneys, jams, sauces and peanut butters.
Political commentators Hooton & Mills
May 03, 2020 23:06 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBMatthew and Stephen discuss the growing expectation for a move to level 2, given the number of daily cases of Covid-19 is consistently in single figures. Matthew Hooton is an Auckland based consultant and lobbyist. Stephen Mills is the executive director of UMR Research and former political adviser to two Labour governments.
Book review - Gulliver’s Wife by Lauren Chater
May 03, 2020 22:39 - 6 minutes - 6.17 MBLisa Finucane reviews Gulliver’s Wife by Lauren Chater, published by Simon & Schuster.
Saucing the right books for hungry customers
May 03, 2020 22:06 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBCelia Sack has a pretty special shop. It's called Omnivore Books and it collects and sells cookbooks from all over the world from its brick and mortar storefront in San Francisco. Remote delivery of books has taken on a whole new level of life under lockdown and Celia has noticed a huge spike in interest in home cooking and culinary experimentation. She's also an author herself with her book The Omnivore's Recipe Keeper which helps people build their own recipe books.
EU leaders call for global Covid response
May 03, 2020 21:53 - 7 minutes - 6.5 MBEurope correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Kathryn to talk about how Europe is hoping to lead the way in bringing world leaders together to fight Covid-19, arguing a global crisis needs a global response. They've also vowed support for the World Health Organisation, in contrast to the US which froze its funding. As lockdowns are eased in some countries, the response of individual countries is going under the microscope.
Sensing predators, now fever
May 03, 2020 21:44 - 8 minutes - 8.16 MBA group developing technology for smart thermal camera systems for predator control has teamed up with University of Canterbury mechanical engineers, Callaghan Innovation, and the Auckland Bioengineering Institute to help detect fever at our borders, hospitals, supermarkets and other workplaces. Founder of the Cacophony project Grant Ryan shares the idea with Kathryn Ryan of developing an innovative sensor device which can carry out thousands of temperature tests daily whose usual applic...
How can we stave off a fresh wave of Covid job losses?
May 03, 2020 21:08 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBWe're at the half way mark of the government's 12 week wage subsidy which so far has paid out over $10.5 billion to nearly 1.75 million New Zealanders . In the first four weeks of lockdown 33,000 more people went on the unemployment benefit - meaning 5.8 percent of the working-age population is now receiving jobseeker support, up 1 percent on a month ago. Already there are predictions that the end of the wage subsidy scheme will see a new wave of redundancies at the end of next month. Th...
Book review - Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Too
April 30, 2020 22:43 - 3 minutes - 3.01 MBMelanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Too. This book is published by Scribner, UK. First published in 2016, this slender novel had a profound impact in South Korea. Now this 2020 English translation lays bare the casual misogyny so prevalent in the life of an ordinary woman, who, if she were born a boy, would live very differently.
Putting Kiwi crime fiction on the map - Craig Sisterson
April 30, 2020 22:12 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBPrize-winning Australian crime writer Michael Robotham has applauded Craig Sisterson for his "passion for stories that thrill, frighten, puzzle and surprise us". Craig is a Kiwi feature writer, critic, festival coordinator, awards judge, and founder of the Ngaio Marsh Awards which celebrate crime, mystery, and thriller writing. He has just put out his first book Southern Cross Crime - a pocket essential guide to the crime fiction, film, and TV of Australia and New Zealand. Craig talks to...
Wage subsidy alternative 'student loan style'?
April 30, 2020 21:44 - 10 minutes - 9.48 MBCould student loan style lending for households, as well as businesses, help our ailing economy and work better than wage subsidies? Richard Meade is Principal Economist at Cognitus Economic Insight, and Senior Research Fellow at AUT University. He says his plan recognises that neither businesses nor households can weather the COVID19 economic storm unless the other does too.
Wage subsidy scrutiny: Are some businesses rorting the system?
April 30, 2020 21:30 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBThe wage subsidy scheme has reached its half way point, and nearly 1.6 million New Zealanders are being supported at a cost of $10 billion. The broad-stroke scheme supports businesses experiencing a 30 per cent decline in actual or predicted revenue for the first six months of this year to pay employees they might otherwise have to let go. Family trusts, private schools, churches, retirement villages and law firms have all successfully applied. But has the scheme been set up so broadly, ...
Pharma Covid-19 plea to government 'let us help'
April 30, 2020 21:08 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MBMedicines New Zealand says a health ministry statement on Nine to Noon was the first it heard about the government's plans to bring together 'the key players in a coordinated approach' on a national vaccine strategy. The industry group, which represents pharmaceutical companies operating in New Zealand, says it would welcome the opportunity to collaborate and offer industry know-how. Graeme Jarvis, CEO of Medicines New Zealand says the pharmaceutical world also has a key role to play as ...
Too Hot to Handle, Love is Blind, Cheer
April 29, 2020 23:50 - 8 minutes - 7.4 MBSarah McMullan looks at the spate of new dating shows hitting New Zealand TV screens, including the three week experiment "Love is Blind". She'll also talk about the fascination with cheerleading, with shows "Cheer" and "Dare Me".
What? Where? When? Why preschoolers need to ask questions
April 29, 2020 23:26 - 24 minutes - 33.7 MBWellington speech and language therapist Christian Wright shares ideas to help develop preschoolers ability to understand and ask questions.
Home-grown cyber attacks increase under lockdown
April 29, 2020 23:07 - 14 minutes - 13 MBTechnology commentator Tony Grasso looks at why New Zealand's cyber attacks grew 24 percent in the first three weeks of lockdown, and why they seem to be domestic in origin. He also tells Kathryn, businesses shouldn't be complacent - there's a good chance something will happen to that data. So what's the solution - and what do our large IT providers need to be doing? Tony Grasso is director of technology at cyber security consultants Cyber Toa.
Book review - The Burning River by Lawrence Patchett
April 29, 2020 22:39 - 5 minutes - 5.32 MBHarry Ricketts reviews The Burning River by Lawrence Patchett, published by Victoria University Press.
Five daily habits for a better sleep
April 29, 2020 22:07 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBIf you're having trouble sleeping at the moment, you're probably not the only one. We're living through something akin to a nightmare, so it's little wonder a good night's sleep might be hard to find. Dr Giresh Kanji has researched the effects of stress and pain on the body, and how it often leads to poor sleep and anxiety. He joins Kathryn to talk about his new book, Brain Connections: Sleep Well & Energise: A No-Pills Approach.
Sleepless in pandemic: How to get a good night's sleep
April 29, 2020 22:07 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBIf you're having trouble sleeping at the moment, you're probably not the only one. We're living through something akin to a nightmare, so it's little wonder a good night's sleep might be hard to find. Dr Giresh Kanji has researched the effects of stress and pain on the body, and how it often leads to poor sleep and anxiety. He joins Kathryn to talk about his new book, Brain Connections: Sleep Well & Energise: A No-Pills Approach.
Boris Johnson welcomes new baby, Covid death toll hits 26,000
April 29, 2020 21:55 - 4 minutes - 4.14 MBUK correspondent Harriet Line joins Kathryn to talk about the arrival of a son for Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds, which the pair had said was due in "early summer". The country's Covid death toll has risen above 26,000 as figures for those who died outside of the hospital system were included. PPE problems persist, and 100 NHS and social care workers are now known to have died.
One third of commercial rents unpaid last month
April 29, 2020 21:43 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBNew data shows one third of commercial tenants did not pay rent in April. The cloud based commercial property software firm Re-leased manages invoicing and payments for more than 10,000 properties including 35,000 leases around the country, covering retail, office space and industrial properties. Founder Tom Wallace says rent from the retail sector was down 53 per cent last month, with office and industrial rents down by around a third. The government says it is working on measures to he...
Covid-19 vaccine strategy needed, scientists say
April 29, 2020 21:08 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBInfectious disease experts say the government must develop a national vaccine strategy, and someone to lead it. It comes as fears mount that New Zealand could be at the back of the queue for a Covid-19 vaccine. It's estimated that at best, a vaccine is 12 to 18 months away, or longer, if not developed here. Add to that no human ever encountered it before December 2019, so no-one had any COVID-19 reference material, and we don't have vaccines against any coronavirus yet. Kathryn Ryan talk...
The legality of the lockdown
April 28, 2020 23:48 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBLaw correspondent Dr Dean Knight joins Kathryn to discuss the decision by the Director General of Health to issue an additional section 70 notice under the Health Act 1956 and how it addressed many of the rule-of-law issues about the lockdown, as well as the recent legal testing of its validity. Dr Dean Knight, Associate Professor Faculty of Law and NZ Centre for Public Law Victoria University of Wellington
Pacific families' safety fears level 3 return to work
April 28, 2020 23:29 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBAs thousands of people are returning to work this week under level three lockdown, fear is mounting in Pacific families about keeping everyone in multi-generational bubbles safe. Damon Salesa is the University of Auckland Pro Vice-Chancellor Pacific and he speaks to Kathryn about the growing anguish. He is a leading author and historian of Pacific studies and race relations.
The long wait for Neil Young's Live at Massey Hall album
April 28, 2020 23:06 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBMusic commentator Graeme Downes looks at why Neil Young's album, recorded in 1971, sat in limbo until 2007. He'll share some gems, including Old Man, Cowgirl in the Sand and A Man needs a Maid/Heart of Gold Suite. Graeme Downes is a musicologist and senior lecturer in the Department of Music at the University of Otago.
Book review - Black Art of Killing by Matthew Hall
April 28, 2020 22:41 - 4 minutes - 4.47 MBSally Wenley reviews Black Art of Killing by Matthew Hall, published by Penguin Random House.
The Best and the Worst Journey in the World: Sarah Airriess
April 28, 2020 22:07 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBOscar-winning Disney animator Sarah Airriess speaks with Kathryn Ryan about her new project, a series of graphic novels re-telling the story of the earliest explorers to the South Pole. Based on Captain Scott's team-mate Apsley Cherry-Garrard's memoir of their ill-fated 1912 expedition The Worst Journey in the World, Sarah's adaptation is breathing new life and love into it. You can keep abreast of the project and donate here and download sample chapters for free. Sarah left Hollywood be...
Two million Australians download contact tracing app
April 28, 2020 21:51 - 7 minutes - 7.25 MBAustralia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about the large numbers of Australians downloading a smartphone tracing app that was rolled out on Sunday, modeled on a Singapore version. A nursing home in Sydney is the site of one of the biggest outbreaks in the country, private schools pledge to reopen in defiance of premiers' instructions and China threatens sanctions against Australia after Foreign Minister Marise Payne announced Australia would push for an independent i...
Health premiums under spotlight amid Covid 19 stoppages
April 28, 2020 21:45 - 5 minutes - 4.77 MBWith people going out less, there's less risk, so insurers have seen a marked drop in claims. In health, add to that cancelled elective surgery and a lack of availability for routine services such as dental and eye care. Southern Cross, New Zealand's largest health insurer, is giving money back to members to help them through the potential financial hardship caused by Covid-19. It is returning $50 million to its 880,000 members and 4000-plus business customers. Should others follow suit?...
Funeral directors want flexibility for families
April 28, 2020 21:30 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBNow that we've moved from level four to level three, up to 10 people are allowed to gather for a private service for their loved ones. Funeral Directors say it has been heartbreaking for the whanau of 2500 New Zealanders who have died during level 4 lockdown, with family and friends denied the right to say goodbye. To discuss how they've able to offer help to mourning families, and support to whanau, Funeral Directors Association President, Gary Taylor, and Celia Palmer who is medical di...
Should retirement nesteggs be easier to acess in hardship?
April 28, 2020 21:09 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBA growing number of savers are asking for access to their kiwisaver funds, under hardship provisions, but it is not a simple process.The Kiwisaver member must go through their provider, producing clear evidence they are suffering significant financial hardship. Kathryn talks with Financial Markets' Authority Director of Regulation Liam Mason and David Boyle from Mint Asset Management, formerly with the Commission for Financial Capability.
Future of local media in the spotlight
April 27, 2020 23:48 - 9 minutes - 8.82 MBMedia commentator Andrew Holden looks at why publishers like Stuff will get little direct support from the Government compared to broadcasters. Could a deal that forces digital giants to pay for news content be a game-changer for the global media industry - and which country will crack this first? And why is a project to effectively merge TVNZ and RNZ on ice at a time when the sector is at a cross-roads? Andrew Holden is a journalist for more than 30 years including five as Editor of The...
Kiwi science stories from the shopping trolley
April 27, 2020 23:36 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBThe wonderful produce for sale in New Zealand supermarkets during lockdown is a tribute to our food and produce sector, says food scientist Richard Mithen. He's the chief of the High-Value Nutrition project in which scientists are developing foods like green-shell mussels, kūmara and kiwifruit to be even more more beneficial.
Book review - Defending Trinity College Dublin
April 27, 2020 22:38 - 5 minutes - 5.17 MBHarry Broad reviews Defending Trinity College Dublin, Easter 1916: Anzacs and the Rising by Rory Sweetman, published by Four Courts Press.
Francesca Cunninghame: saving rare chicks in the Galapagos
April 27, 2020 22:07 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBKathryn Ryan speaks with Francesca Cunninghame, a Kiwi committed to bird conservation projects on different sides of the world. One is on the Galapagos Islands, where she's trying to save rare mangrove finch chicks . The other project is here in Otago, working with Titi (Muttonbird) which is where she should be now, were it not for the fact Francesca is stuck in isolation on the edge of Salasaca, her partner's remote village in the foothills of the Ecuadorian Andes.
Banks ask borrowers increasingly tough questions
April 27, 2020 21:44 - 8 minutes - 7.47 MBThe largest mortgage broking business in the country says banks are asking borrowers tougher questions, requiring much more detailed information and in some cases, refusing loans because borrowers' jobs or incomes are uncertain. Loanmarket has 140 mortgage broking franchises around the country and last year wrote $18 billion in mortgages. Kathryn talks with Director Bruce Patten and Chief Executive of the Real Estate Institute, Bindi Norwell.
Tools up: Construction starts under Level 3
April 27, 2020 21:22 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBThe construction sector can get back to work today, albeit with very strict safety rules. Employees will have to work at a distance from each other, some builders and allied trades will have to work in shifts and all work sites will have to have clear records of who was present each day. Kathryn talks through the new construction normal with Rick Herd, chief executive of Naylor Love, David Kelly, chief executive of Master Builders and Chris Alderson, chief executive of Construction Healt...
Contact tracing under scrutiny
April 27, 2020 21:09 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBContact tracing is critical to New Zealand's ability to combat any further outbreaks of Covid-19, but is two weeks too late to wait for an app that will assist with that? National's health spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says it is, and that it calls into question an assertion by Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield that the country's contact tracing is "gold standard".
The week that was with te Radar & Irene Pink
April 23, 2020 23:47 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBTe Radar & Irene Pink discuss the lighter side of the Covid-19 shutdown like the Formula E teams turning to marble racing!
Sports commentator Sam Ackerman - Rugby's Raelene resigns
April 23, 2020 23:32 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBEmbattled Rugby Australia's Chief Executive Raelene Castle stepped down last night after nearly three years at the helm, saying she believed the board no longer wanted her in the role amid a financial crisis compounded by the coronavirus shutdown. Eleven former Wallabies players, including Nick Farr-Jones, George Gregan and Michael Lynagh, had also signed a letter earlier this week demanding a leadership change. And, the NRL is to restart next month, but where does this leave the Warrior...
Book review - The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
April 23, 2020 22:40 - 5 minutes - 5.07 MBElisabeth Easther reviews The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel, published by Pan Macmillan.
A portrait of 1960's provincial New Zealand
April 23, 2020 22:10 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBMark Sweet grew up in Hawkes Bay and has drawn on his childhood and upbringing to shape his writing. After a career in property and hospitality, Mark Sweet is now writing full-time : his titles include Portrait and Opinion, and Wine:Stories from Hawke's Bay. His new novel, The History of Speech is set in 1960's provincial New Zealand. In it he examines some of the era's repression, negative undercurrents as well as some of the behaviour broke conventions, such as wife-swapping in Hasting...