Nine To Noon
6,372 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 18 hours 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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US economic data worst since Great Depression
May 11, 2020 21:54 - 5 minutes - 5.26 MBThe data coming in on the United States economy is “absolutely grim,” US correspondent Ron Elving told Nine to Noon.
Govt announces $3.9 billion for DHBs
May 11, 2020 21:47 - 6 minutes - 5.82 MBThe government has just announced a big boost for hospital and health service funding. It's to spend an additional $980 million a year over the next four years for District Health Boards. There's also a one-off boost of $282.5 million over three years for elective surgery. RNZ's Health Correspondent Rowan Quinn.
Hospo veteran warns many cafes will go under
May 11, 2020 21:39 - 8 minutes - 7.82 MBA 25 year veteran of the cafe industries is warning Covid restrictions under Level 2 will see cafes and restaurants fall like nine pins. Paul Baker is the General Manager of Vivace Espresso which has two cafes, and a roastery which supplies hundreds of cafes and restaurants around the country. Under the Level 2 rules outlined by the Prime Minister last week, cafes will not be able to have counterfood or counter service - all customers must be seated, tables separated, with a single serve...
Privacy in the era of Covid
May 11, 2020 21:31 - 8 minutes - 7.63 MBThe new normal involves greater requirements to register your presence wherever you go - at work, out shopping or for recreation. What does that mean for your privacy? Kathryn talks to Privacy Commissioner John Edwards, who's been working with the government to inform good policy when it comes to protecting people's privacy in any technical solution to contact tracing.
What could digital contact tracing look like?
May 11, 2020 21:09 - 21 minutes - 20.2 MBAs New Zealand moves into level two and restrictions lift, the ability to quickly and efficiently trace our contacts will be critical to keeping any future covid outbreaks under control. Many countries are turning to technological solutions, with varying degrees of success, due to issues like low download numbers for smartphone tracing apps and trouble with Bluetooth functionality. In New Zealand, the Ministry of Health has been investigating tech solutions for contact tracing. Kathryn t...
Feed Me, Feed Me with hospo whizzes Fran Mazza and Aaron Carson
May 10, 2020 23:39 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBFran Mazza and her husband Aaron Carson have set up and run some of Auckland's most successful cafes, including Winona Forever in Parnell, Barbarinos in Avondale and Sugar at the Chelsea Sugar Factory in Birkenhead. Their new book Feed Me Feed Me showcases a range of recipes for meals and sweet treats - including this gluten-free chocolate cake Torta Caprese, and dark chocolate rocky road.
Book review - Grown Ups by Marian Keyes
May 10, 2020 22:37 - 4 minutes - 3.96 MBLaura Caygill reviews Grown Ups by Marian Keyes, published by Penguin Books New Zealand. A lighthearted look at family dynamics, marriage and overcoming demons from Ireland's queen of chick lit.
Tamara Birchall's long, hard road to becoming a doctor
May 10, 2020 22:07 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBTamara Birchall was born and raised in Kaikohe in the Far North, but it was a year living on First Nation reservations in Canada as a teenager which inspired her to become a doctor and give back to her local community. It was a long, hard road for Dr Birchall, who lost her mother to cancer just after her final medical school exams at Auckland University. The day after her graduation ceremony, she was badly injured in a car accident which killed her fiancee and grandmother. Seven years on...
Bolsonaro goes jet-skiing amid Brazil's Covid crisis
May 10, 2020 21:52 - 7 minutes - 6.53 MBSouth America correspondent Katy Watson joins Kathryn to talk about the weekend jet-ski jaunt by President Jair Bolsonaro, who continues to downplay the seriousness of the Covid-19 outbreak - even as the country's death toll passed 10,000. She'll also cover the strange plot by a US mercenary to kidnap Venezeula's President Nicholas Maduro.
Schools eye a return to class
May 10, 2020 21:40 - 11 minutes - 11 MBEducation leaders say the mood among teachers has shifted considerably in the last week, towards a desire to return to class. Depending on what the government announces later, schools could be back as early as Monday next week, under new alert level 2 rules. So why, for the most part, has the mood changed towards wanting to get students back into school again, and what will this safer normal look like? Post Primary Teachers' Association President, Jack Boyle and New Zealand Principals' F...
Early childhood sector - viability concerns
May 10, 2020 21:32 - 8 minutes - 7.49 MBAs schools, universites and early childhood centres wait to find out when they can be fully operational again, the level 3 and 4 lockdown has claimed casualties in the education sector. The Early Childhood Council Chief Exective Peter Reynolds says seven weeks of closure has taken a huge emotional and financial toll on some early learning centres, with one operator phoning him in tears saying they won't be reopening. He says even when centres can reopen under level 2, attendance numbers ...
Economy showing strain, are welfare changes coming?
May 10, 2020 21:09 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBAs the economy shows further signs of strain, what can the government do in this week's Budget to get us on the road to economic recovery? 41,000 more people have gone on to the benefit since February, government spending has risen $4 billion more than expected, and official debt now sits at 21.3 percent of gross domestic product. Kathryn discusses the state of the economy and prospects for the Budget with Infometrics economist Brad Olsen, Shamubeel Eaqub from Sense Partners, and ANZ Chi...
Book review - One Minute Crying Time by Barbara Ewing
May 07, 2020 22:41 - 5 minutes - 5.5 MBRalph McAllister reviews One Minute Crying Time by Barbara Ewing, published by Massey University Press.
Lauren Chater: Gulliver's Wife
May 07, 2020 22:17 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBBest-selling historical novelist Lauren Chater speaks with Kathryn Ryan about re-imagining Gulliver's long-suffering wife, Mary, who made her own luck while he was in Lilliput. In what could be described as a sequel to Swift's classic Gulliver's Travels, Lauren brings to life the experiences of 18th century women whose husbands were prone to taking off on years' long fantastic journeys overseas. In Lauren's version Gulliver is presumed dead but returns full of tales of being tied down by...
Retailers: "Give us more detail on how to operate"
May 07, 2020 21:43 - 10 minutes - 9.99 MBRetailers are looking forward to getting shops open again - potentially next Thursday. Under the guidelines announced by the Prime Minister yesterday, larger retail stores and shopping malls will be required to "follow the lead of supermarkets" and restrict the number of people allowed in at any one time. Dallas Pendergrast, who co-owns Glenfield Mall in Auckland, says there has not been nearly enough information on what's expected. Kathryn also talks with Leeann Watson from the Canterbu...
Level two, a path to recovery?
May 07, 2020 21:09 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBDomestic travel could begin as soon as mid-May. What will it mean for our crippled tourism industry, and regions facing soaring unemployment? And what will air travel look like once it resumes? Kathryn Ryan discusses with Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Jim Boult, Chief executive of Tourism Industry Aotearoa Chris Roberts, Chair NZ Aviation Coalition and Executive Director of BARNZ Justin Tighe-Umbers from the Board of Airline Representatives and Auckland Airport's Adrian Littlewood.
One Lane Bridge, What We Do In The Shadows, Beastie Boys Story
May 06, 2020 23:47 - 10 minutes - 10 MBFilm and TV reviewer Chris Schulz looks at new New Zealand crime drama One Lane Bridge, how Taika Waititi's humour has hit a chord with viewers around the globe with a new season of What We Do In The Shadows and the documentary Beastie Boys Story being streamed on Apple+.
Child psychologist Dr Sarah Hughes - Parenting Made Simple
May 06, 2020 23:30 - 17 minutes - 24.1 MBAustralian child psychologist Dr Sarah Hughes has advice on raising calm, confident, well-adjusted and resilient children, as presented in her new book Parenting Made Simple. Sarah shares tips with Kathryn to help parents and caregivers with everything from kids' challenging behaviour, emotional outbursts, friendship problems, issues with confidence and anxiety, and adjusting to parents' separation.
What will Microsoft's NZ move mean for local business?
May 06, 2020 23:06 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MBTech commentator Paul Matthews looks at the announcement by Microsoft that it'll open a new "datacentre region" in New Zealand: how big is its cloud offering and what difference does storing data locally really mean? Paul will also talk to Kathryn about the Australian Government's attempt to force Google and Facebook to fund traditional the traditional media stories they link to and after lockdown - do you have "Zoom fatigue"?
Book review - Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
May 06, 2020 22:55 - 4 minutes - 4.31 MBRobert Kelly reviews Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe, published by Doubleday.
Our bubble kitchen locking down in Rotorua
May 06, 2020 22:10 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBIn March when the country moved into level 4, a Rotorua couple Mike and Cinzia Jonathan welcomed their Italian photographer friend, Matteo Fabi to lockdown with them.Completing the bubble is the couple's toddler Hinekura and Cinzia's mother who is visiting from Indonesia. It's been a creative time, perhaps what you might expect when a film-maker, and two photographers with culinary prowess spend a lot of time together. Our bubble kitchen web series is the result.
How will the UK lift its lockdown
May 06, 2020 21:53 - 6 minutes - 6.21 MBUK correspondent Hugo Gye joins Kathryn to talk about the expectations being set by Prime Minister Boris Johnson ahead of a weekend announcement about lifting lockdown restrictions. Why is the UK one of the few countries that isn't pushing people to wear facemasks? Hugo will also talk about how Boris Johnson fared in his first Prime Minister's questions with new Labour leader Keir Starmer.
The even longer road to the next Olympics
May 06, 2020 21:40 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBAthletes who'd been preparing for three years to compete in the now postponed Tokyo Summer Olympic Games are now having to decide whether or not they will pursue their dream. For many because of age, health or personal commitments, July 2020 would have been their last chance of competing at their peak. For others, that extra year to prepare or recover from injuries is a lifeline. Track cyclist Eddie Dawkins has already made the decision to retire after hoping to bow out at Tokyo. He talk...
COVID 19 elimination 'all about good data'
May 06, 2020 21:08 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBAs we await to find out what life would look like if Cabinet agrees to loosen lockdown next week, many in the research community say they'd like to see a vastly improved presentation of data from health officials. They say it's crucial to provide a distinction between imported cases, and data showing transmission within New Zealand. Kathryn talks with Professor Nick Wilson, from Otago University's Department of Public Health, and Auckland University School of Medicine Professor Des Gorma...
Covid infection studies, and giant 'murder hornet' in the US
May 05, 2020 23:47 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBScience commentator Siouxsie Wiles looks at two studies focused on why people can test positive for Covid-19 weeks after an infection, and whether they're still infectious. She'll also talk about the giant hornet from East Asia that's been spotted in the US, and how Japanese honeybees have developed a way to defend themselves - something that might not be possible for honeybees in the US. Associate Professor Dr Siouxsie Wiles is the head of Bioluminescent Superbugs Lab at the University ...
From bowls to brocolli Jess Barnes
May 05, 2020 23:26 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBGardener and composting queen Jess Barnes is helping transform the neglected bowling club in Porirua into an urban vegetable garden. The produce from the garden is used in community cooking classes run by Wellfed. She also runs the business Sunshine In A Bottle in Titahi Bay, where she collects household food scraps to turn into compost. Jess tells Kathryn that while the Covid 19 restrictions have put a stop to collections, she's encouraging everyone she can to use the lockdown period to...
Book review - Aue by Becky Manawatu
May 05, 2020 22:36 - 7 minutes - 6.7 MBCindy Kiro reviews Aue by Becky Manawatu, published by Makaro Press.
Verified podcast creator Susanne Reber
May 05, 2020 22:06 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBKathryn's feature guest Susanne Reber has a passion for bringing difficult stories to listeners' ears. She's the executive producer and creator of a podcast called Verified, which details the deeds of Italian policeman Dino Maglio, who used the Couchsurfing website to host young female travelers in his Padua home, drug and sexually assault them. The podcast, which just hit one million downloads, focuses on how the women came together to fight for their justice through the Italian court s...
How quickly is Australia opening back up for business?
May 05, 2020 21:50 - 9 minutes - 8.5 MBAustralia correspondent Chris Niesche joins Kathryn to talk about how Australian workplaces will operate as the government seeks to get the country 'up and running' by July. He'll also look at the CovidSafe app, how it works and how many Australians have downloaded it.
Faint praise for midwives?
May 05, 2020 21:42 - 7 minutes - 6.65 MBDirector-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Prime Minister Jacinda Adern have heaped praise on the important work midwives do in our communities, especially during lockdown; the PM also saying at yesterday's daily Covid-19 briefing that midwives often "go above and beyond". However the NZ College of Midwives has heard nothing back from the government after the latest encounter in an over four year battle to close a gender pay gap. A #Backmidwives petition with over 25,000 signatu...
Why "shovel-ready" not good enough on its own
May 05, 2020 21:35 - 7 minutes - 6.59 MBWill a revamped RMA provide the necessary checks and balances needed for a post covid economic recovery that doesn't harm the environment ? Newly announced changes to the Resource Management Act would do away with council and public input, and instead see projects approved by expert panels, chaired by a current or retired Environment Court judge or senior lawyer. The new legislation is expected to be passed in June, but repealed in two years. Gary Taylor, is chief executive of the Enviro...
Legal obligation to consider green Covid-stimulus spending
May 05, 2020 21:25 - 10 minutes - 9.49 MBThere's a warning the government has a legal obligation to factor climate change into any post-Covid recovery projects. Lawyers for Climate Action NZ has written to the Prime Minister and the Budget Ministers' Group seeking assurances that the impact of greenhouse gas emissions will be a core part of its assessment of future stimulus spending - including the 'shovel ready' projects under consideration. Kathryn speaks with Lawyers for Climate Action NZ President, Jenny Cooper QC.
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...