Nine To Noon
6,372 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 16 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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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.
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.
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.
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...
Is the Covid curve flattening in the Pacific?
April 23, 2020 21:53 - 7 minutes - 6.67 MBPacific correspondent Koro Vaka'uta talks with Kathryn about Covid 19 across the Pacific. Plus Vanuatu gets a new government, and Fiji loses the chance to sit on a powerful rugby committee after investigations into homophobia.
Business advice for firms struggling with Covid-19 crisis
April 23, 2020 21:34 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBDeloitte partner David Webb heads the firm's national restructuring practice. He talks to Kathryn Ryan about practical ways to survive the downturn caused by Covid-19, including communication, strategic thinking and pulling together a business plan.
Media lifeline? Government promises more help
April 23, 2020 21:07 - 22 minutes - 21.1 MBThe government is promising more help for media organisations struggling with massive revenue losses due to Covid 19. Yesterday Broadcasting and Communications Minister Kris Faafoi announced a $50 million support package including scrapping transmission fees for broadcasters for six months, and cutting New Zealand On Air levies. There is also an $11 million fund set aside for targeted assistance to media companies. Since the Covid crisis began, there have been hundreds of job losses acro...
Hillary, Mrs America, Bad Education
April 22, 2020 23:47 - 10 minutes - 9.59 MBFilm and TV reviewer James Croot looks at Hillary, a fascinating four-part documentary on Hillary Clinton; Mrs America, a dramatisation starring Cate Blanchett about the fight for women's rights in 1970s America and Bad Education, starring Hugh Jackman and Alison Janney, about the biggest educational frauds in US history.
Matt Stanton: creative boredom busters for kids
April 22, 2020 23:27 - 20 minutes - 28.5 MBBest-selling Australian children's author and illustrator Matt Stanton shares tips for busting lock-down boredom blues with Kathryn Ryan. Matt is co-creator of the hit picture books 'There Is a Monster Under My Bed Who Farts' and 'This Is a Ball'. He's also the creative brain behind the 'Funny Kid' junior fiction series, the latest of which is Funny Kid Peeking Duck due to be published very soon. Meantime, Matt is hosting a daily YouTube live from his studio, for kids in isolation,with i...
Contact tracing apps, cheap iPhones and the tech we need
April 22, 2020 23:07 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBTechnology Sarah Putt looks at the pros and cons of tech solutions being proposed for contact tracing in the Covid-19 pandemic. The latest "cheap" iPhone is being shipped by Apple from tomorrow, how does it measure up with the higher-end iPhones? And what is some of the essential technology the global lockdowns have highlighted for us?
Book review - And How Are You, Dr. Sacks?
April 22, 2020 22:36 - 4 minutes - 4.52 MBQuentin Johnson reviews And How Are You, Dr. Sacks? A Biographical Portrait of Oliver Sacks by Lawrence Weschler. This book is published by Picador.
Ray Collins: From coal miner to ocean photographer
April 22, 2020 22:07 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBAustralian photographer Ray Collins is known around the world for his stunning images of waves as they complete their journeys to shore, capturing the power and essence of the ocean. He grew up in Wollongong in New South Wales and first worked for years as an underground coalminer. A bad workplace accident left him unable to walk for several months which is when he first picked up a camera and swam out into the surf near his house, initially photographing a friend who was a surfer.
PM's continuing absence, Labour leader's PMQ debut
April 22, 2020 21:50 - 8 minutes - 7.57 MBUK correspondent Matthew Parris talks to Kathryn about the questions being raised about Boris Johnson's continuing absence from politics as he recovers from Covid, how new Labour leader Keir Starmer performed during Question Time to a deserted parliamentary chamber and the Covid vaccine trials by Oxford University that will get underway from tomorrow.
Out of lockdown and into water restrictions
April 22, 2020 21:41 - 9 minutes - 8.59 MBAucklanders are staring down the barrel of water restrictions as a severe drought continues to take its toll on the city's dams, which are sitting under the halfway point for the first time in 25 years. Watercare is asking Aucklanders to keep showers to 4 minutes or under, and to refrain from washing cars or water blasting properties. With more dry weather forecast, Kathryn asks the chief executive of Watercare Raveen Jaduram, are enforced restrictions next?
As pokies fall quiet, millions dry up for community groups
April 22, 2020 21:30 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBWith bars and gaming venues closed, the Problem Gambling Foundation's Paula Snowden says many gamblers are expressing relief they've no access to the pokies. However Martin Cheer from Pub Charity Limited says there are downsides for the charity sector, leaving a wide range of community initiatives struggling as their funding from gaming proceeds has dried up.
Can New Zealand's climate policy survive Covid-19?
April 22, 2020 21:09 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MBThe Climate Change Minister has tasked the government's independent advisor on climate change with reviewing whether New Zealand's international target is ambitious enough. New Zealand has committed to an average 30 per cent reduction on 2005 emission levels, between next year and 2030. The Commission for Climate Change will review this pledge to ensure it aligns with the goal agreed by Parliament last year, of limiting global warming to 1.5ËšC above pre-industrial levels. James Shaw say...
Testing the Covid tests, and how lemurs attract the girls
April 21, 2020 23:48 - 10 minutes - 9.27 MBThis week, Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles tells Kathryn about an initiative to independently put the 500-odd Covid-19 tests through their paces, an Icelandic study on Covid-19 in the general population and a new study about pheromones in lemurs. Associate Professor Dr Siouxsie Wiles is the head of Bioluminescent Superbugs Lab at the University of Auckland.
First South Island Tuatara hatchlings in hundreds of years
April 21, 2020 23:29 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBTwo tuatara hatchlings have been sighted at the Orokonui Ecosanctuary near Dunedin. They're the first to be seen since adult tuatara were released at the ecosanctuary eight years ago. It's thought tuatara haven't thrived in this part of the world for eight hundred years. Kathryn Ryan speaks with Professor Alison Cree, Otago University's Department of Zoology, whose team made this exciting discovery.
Book review - Queen Bee by Jane Fallon
April 21, 2020 23:06 - 3 minutes - 3.24 MBLouise O'Brien reviews Queen Bee by Jane Fallon, published by Penguin Random House.
Immunity: our sixth sense, Dr Jenna Macciochi
April 21, 2020 22:21 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MB[image_crop:100526:full] Immunologist Dr. Jenna Macciochi specialises in understanding the bearing nutrition and lifestyle have on our immune system. She describes immunity as our "sixth sense", responsible for connecting our health to our environment and emotions. She talks to Kathryn Ryan about the science of immunity, which she discusses in her new book Immunity - The Science of Staying Well
Covid-curve flattens, no bailout for Virgin Australia
April 21, 2020 22:10 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBAustralia correspondent Bernard Keane joins Kathryn to talk about the latest Covid numbers which suggest the curve is flattening, as the country looks to ease some restrictions on surgery. Scott Morrison's government indicates it won't bail out Virgin Australia, but is mulling tax-breaks for big business, deregulation and industrial relations reform to climb out of the Covid economic downturn. And just what did Malcolm Turnbull's book reveal about the Murdoch family's hold on Australian ...
Making sense of historically low oil prices
April 21, 2020 21:46 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBGlobal demand for oil has collapsed because of the pandemic, because no one's going anywhere, and there's a shortage of space to store the excess supply. Apart from cheaper petrol at the pumps, what could the ramifications be? Bob McNally is the founder and president of The Rapidan Group, a leading energy consulting firm. From 2001 to 2003, he served as the top international and domestic energy adviser on the White House staff. He is also the author of 'Crude Volatility: The History and ...