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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Witheld millions for General Practice will cause cutbacks
April 21, 2020 21:35 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBDr Kate Baddock, Chair of the Medical Association talks to Kathryn about a government promise of a further $22 million dollars in Covid-19 funding that's been witheld, and the possibility some practices will close and others are facing cutting back medical staff.
Hospitals waiting for the post Covid-19 surge
April 21, 2020 21:23 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBPrivate hospitals that were forced to defer thousands of operations over fears Covid-19 would overwhelm the health system are preparing to start returning to do normal surgeries under alert level 3, but as well as facing a huge backlog there are mounting fears over squeezed budgets. Private Surgical Hospital Association President is Richard Whitney.
Covid and cancer, treatment & diagnosis
April 21, 2020 21:09 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MBHow has Covid 19 impacted on cancer patients, and those who may have the disease but cannot be diagnosed? Since lockdown began four weeks ago many patients' cancer treatment regimes have been changed in order to minimise their time in or at hospital. Screening programmes have been halted, meaning those who may have cancer cannot have it detected. Once the country moves to alert level 3 next week, some cancer screening will be able to restart, but colonoscopy procedures to diagnose bowel ...
Media commentator Andrew Holden - ongoing media turbulence
April 20, 2020 23:47 - 10 minutes - 10 MBThe Australian government has announced around $100 million in support for its media and sectors of New Zealand's media industry are hoping the NZ government follows suit. This as Stuff asks its readers to donate to its journalism, and will Google and Facebook have to pay for journalism?
Covid 19: global mobility and immigration
April 20, 2020 23:27 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBCovid 19 is having a massive impact on global mobility as people the world stay home. Statistics New Zealand data suggests that 2019 saw the largest net migration gain in New Zealand ever. But 2020 looks like it will be the polar opposite. What are the implications? Massey University demographer Distinguished Professor Paul Spoonley.
What a staged reopening of the economy will look like
April 20, 2020 23:06 - 16 minutes - 15.6 MBBusiness commentator Rod Oram joins Kathryn to talk about which businesses can and can't open under alert level three, what preparation has gone into different industries' reopening and how far the government's substantial funding can stretch for businesses needing to hang on to their employees.
Book review - What Stars are Made Of by Sarah Allen
April 20, 2020 22:40 - 5 minutes - 4.7 MBDavid Hill reviews What Stars are Made Of by Sarah Allen, published by Penguin Random House.
Turning Tiger King into a comic book
April 20, 2020 22:07 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBGraphic novelist, poet and academic Michael Frizell is researching and writing the new comic book version of Netflix's super popular true crime series 'Tiger King'. Set in the world of private zoos, it tells the tale of exploitative zoo keeper Joe Exotic, and his rivalry with big cat rescue activist Carole Baskin. In the US it was watched by some 34.3 million viewers in the first 10 days after it was released on Netflix. Michael Frizell is Missouri State University's director of student ...
Concern about growing migrant crisis in Queenstown
April 20, 2020 21:52 - 7 minutes - 6.86 MBThousands of migrant workers in Queenstown have lost their jobs and are now stranded with no income, high rent bills and no way to return home. The Queenstown District Lakes Council, local chamber of commerce and social support groups are asking the government for help. Chamber of Commerce Chief executive Anna Mickell says a fresh wave of redundancies is about to exacerbate an already bad situation as the large hotels make plans to shut up shop for months. Kathyn also speaks with The Sal...
Businesses hurting but support extension of L4: EMA
April 20, 2020 21:48 - 4 minutes - 4.23 MBKathryn talks with Brett O'Riley, Chief Executive of the Employers and Manufacturers' Association. He says businesses are hurting, but generally support the government's decision to extend Level 4 till next week.
Shopping to resume - but not as we know it
April 20, 2020 21:37 - 10 minutes - 9.92 MBUnder alert level three, online shopping will be open for all - not just essential - businesses. Click and collect will be permitted as long as it's done safely. But bricks and mortar shops will have to remain shut, and that's a concern for Campbell Barbour from the New Zealand Council of Retail Property, which represents some of the biggest shopping centres in the country. He's joined by Greg Harford, the CEO of Retail NZ, who says a quarter of retailers have no online purchasing capabi...
Carnage for some cafes, restaurants and bars
April 20, 2020 21:29 - 8 minutes - 7.57 MBHospitality New Zealand Chief executive Julie White says a move next week to level 3 may not be enough to save thousands of businesses facing closure. Under level 3, cafes, bars and restaurants will remain closed to the public but can offer contactless delivery services.
Covid-19. Getting ready for what comes next
April 20, 2020 21:09 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBThe decision has been made to extend the national lockdown at alert level 4 until midnight next Monday. In the meantime work continues at pace to prepare for what comes next. That means maintaining strict border controls and ramping up testing and tracing. University of Otago's Dr Ayesha Verrall says when these systems work well they are as effective as many vaccines. She's the author of the independent contact tracing audit Cabinet took into account when deciding to delay ending the loc...
How Covid-19 could reshape our urban environment
April 19, 2020 23:48 - 10 minutes - 9.46 MBBill McKay looks at how the lockdown has changed out cities for the better - quiet streets, fewer cars, cleaner air and many more birds. Do we want a return to the "normal" rat race? Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland.
Quick and easy family meals
April 19, 2020 23:36 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBLow on money and energy but still have to keep the family fed? Hamilton food blogger Kathrine Lynch has drawn up a 14-day meal plan to feed a family for only $3.25 per serving. She shares recipes for Satay Pork Noodles, Bacon Fried Rice, Moroccan Style Meatballs and Beef Goulash.
Book review - What Sort of Man by Breton Dukes
April 19, 2020 22:40 - 4 minutes - 3.99 MBHolly Walker reviews What Sort of Man by Breton Dukes, published by Victoria University Press.
Lifting their game: Jody Hamilton & Tyler Taurima-Brown
April 19, 2020 22:06 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBKathryn meets two people who've been doing everything they can to help young people in the Hawke's Bay get up on their feet. Jody Hamilton set up the social enterprise Lift, which connects rangatahi and helps them into meaningful work. One in five young people in Hawkes Bay are neither in education, employment or training - the highest rate in the country. In the past two-and-a-half years, Lift has worked with almost six hundred young people, who get life skills training through Bounce, ...
EU look to ease lockdowns, Putin - Russia 'under control'
April 19, 2020 21:54 - 5 minutes - 5.42 MBEurope correspondent Seamus Kearney looks at cautious moves by some EU nations to ease lockdown restrictions, while others say it's too early. Russia's President Vladimir Putin says the government has Covid-19 'fully under control' even as the country records its largest daily rise. Seamus will also look at the growing debate about whether governments were quick enough to take the crisis seriously, as EU leaders are due to meet to sign off on a $540 billion euro package of stimulus measu...
Extreme caution advised on lockdown D Day
April 19, 2020 21:08 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBContact tracing expert Professor Philip Hill is warning the government must be very careful before it decides to drop the strict Covid-19 alert level down to level 3. Yesterday the Ministry of Health admitted 'gold standard' contact tracing is around a week away. Already serious concerns around the speed of contact tracing systems in place have led to an urgent independent audit being commissioned. It is yet to be released. Contact tracing expert Philip Hill is the McAuley Professor of I...
NZ researchers trialling Covid-19 drug treatment options
April 16, 2020 23:06 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBNew Zealanders are leading three international research projects aimed at finding drugs that could effectively treat people infected with Covid-19. Researchers from the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand (MRINZ) are involved in three significant clinical trials involving patients with the virus, from people displaying mild symptoms through to those who are critically ill. MRINZ Director, Professor Richard Beasley says the trials will evaluate several treatment options at the same ...
Book review - A Thousand Moons by Sebastian Barry
April 16, 2020 22:44 - 4 minutes - 3.86 MBTilly Lloyd from Unity Books reviews A Thousand Moons by Sebastian Barry, published by Faber. Follow-up to the multi-award-winning Days Without End, this novel is on a par with that. Narrated by Winona, a young Lakota orphan adopted by former soldiers Thomas McNulty and John Cole in 1870s Tennessee, this powerful novel depicts violence and survival in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Jacinta Ruru on bringing Tikanga Māori into legal education
April 16, 2020 22:07 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBJacinta Ruru is New Zealand's first Māori Professor of Law and has taught at the University of Otago since 1999. She's also the co-director of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, a centre for research focused on Māori issues and the voices of indigenous academics. She's the first member of her immediate family to go to university and for the last 20 years she's been trying to find new ways to teach law to students around Aotearoa.
Transforming teaching and learning online
April 16, 2020 21:42 - 10 minutes - 9.93 MBSchools around the country are trying to figure out how a partial reopening under alert level three might work. John Morris is the former Principal of Auckland Grammar School, now Executive Principal of New Zealand's first on-line High School, the Crimson Global Academy - set to open next month. He's been working with the Ministry of Education to on how to transform teaching online. He says it is not simple, and that if lessons are not live, completion rates can be as low as 5 percent. H...
Level 4 to Level 3. What is the data telling us?
April 16, 2020 21:08 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBThe Prime Minister has set out what life under Level 3 might look like if the cabinet decides on Monday to lower the alert level. Kathryn talks with former Assistant Reserve Bank Governor and executive director of the economic think-tank, Motu John McDermott, who is leading the data science team at Wigram Capital Advisors. The group's projections have been used by the government during lockdown.
Level 4 to level 3 - What is the data telling us?
April 16, 2020 21:08 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBThe Prime Minister has set out what life under Level 3 might look like if the cabinet decides on Monday to lower the alert level. Kathryn talks with former Assistant Reserve Bank Governor and executive director of the economic think-tank, Motu John McDermott, who is leading the data science team at Wigram Capital Advisors. The group's projections have been used by the government during lockdown.
New local content produced under lockdown
April 15, 2020 23:47 - 10 minutes - 9.34 MBFilm and TV reviewer Tamar Munch looks at the new local content that's been made while everyone's in isolation, including Rhys Darby's 'The Alone Rangers', Leigh Hart's 'Big Isolation Lockdown', 'Nadia's Comfort Kitchen' and Sam Neill's 'Das Leek, Das Bad, Das Bogroll'. She'll also touch on some new shows being made just for the kids.
Lucy Hone: don't let gloom steal your hope
April 15, 2020 23:26 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBResiliance researcher and author Dr Lucy Hone joins Kathryn with tips on how to reduce anxiety and stop unhelpful catastrophising.
Cell tower attacks - as if we don't have enough to deal with
April 15, 2020 23:10 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBTechnology commentator Bill Bennett looks at why so many cell towers have been attacked globally and here in New Zealand, as misinformation stirs fear and ignorance over a non-existent link between 5G technology and Covid-19.
Book review - Adults by Emma Jane Unsworth
April 15, 2020 22:41 - 4 minutes - 4.14 MBLaura Caygill reviews Adults by Emma Jane Unsworth, published by HarperCollins. A hilarious read about friendship, motherhood, relationships and social media. Raucous and painfully relatable.
Patrick Gale: Family secrets, hidden lives
April 15, 2020 22:15 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBBritish novelist Patrick Gale is the author of 19 books, including 'Rough Music', 'A Perfectly Good Man', the Costa-nominated 'A Place Called Winter' and the emmy award winning TV drama, 'Man in an Orange Shirt' - inspired by his father's love for another man. His latest novel, 'Take Nothing With You' is about coming of age and the power of music, and is also somewhat lifted from his life and passion for the modern and baroque cello. Patrick Gale, was due to come to the Auckland Writers ...
Fears Covid-19 death toll higher in UK rest homes
April 15, 2020 22:06 - 9 minutes - 8.65 MBUK correspondent Matt Dathan joins Kathryn to talk about criticism of the way the pandemic has been handled in care homes as roughly one in seven of the UK's 11,300 homes has seen an outbreak of the virus. The government has announced changes to the way care home residents are tested for the virus, and that families will have the "right to say goodbye" to dying relatives. The UK is focused on how to move out of lockdown as pressure grows, and there's alarming forecasts of the impact on t...
Mental health services - rising demand and distancing issues
April 15, 2020 21:49 - 9 minutes - 9.17 MBLifeline says calls have gone up by a quarter since the lockdown, from the usual number of 10,000 a month, with callers citing anxiety around money, accommodation and relationship pressures. Many mental health services are trying to use video conferencing to interact with existing patients, but what happens when a patient doesn't have internet access? Kathryn talks with Consultant Psychiatrist and University of Otago Senior Lecturer, Professor Christopher Gale and Renee Matthews, clinica...
How are university students coping in lock-down?
April 15, 2020 21:26 - 23 minutes - 22 MBHow are tertiary institutions serving students and what hardships are their students facing under lock-down? Most universities have moved their courses online since lock-down began on March 24th, with the exception of Victoria University Wellington where online learning is due to start at end of this month. Meanwhile an NZUSA survey of students reveals increasing financial hardship and worsening mental health across the country. Victoria University Wellington Vice Chancellor Grant Guildf...
Watchdog to inspect aged care facilities as deaths rise
April 15, 2020 21:08 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBOf New Zealand's nine deaths linked to Covid-19, seven have been of residents in aged care facilities. There are now five outbreak clusters linked to aged care facilities. The Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier is to begin a series of targeted inspections this week to provide an independent assessment of how the sector is reponding to COVID-19.
'Museum beyond walls' becomes a reality
April 14, 2020 23:46 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBArts correspondent Nina Tonga looks at how a sector goal to bring art to the people has unexpectedly been realised, thanks to Covid-19. She joins Kathryn to talk about how different galleries and museums have got involved - from #MuseumChallenge, where people have been recreating works at home, to 'virtual walks' through galleries and opera watched 'alone together'.
Gardening as an antidote to cabin fever
April 14, 2020 23:29 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBOne way to stave off lockdown cabin fever is getting out into the garden, even if you've never had greenfingers before. Landscape designer and gardener Xanthe White with a raft of ideas on what to do in the garden as the weather gets colder.
Music With Charlotte Ryan
April 14, 2020 23:07 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MBMusic 101 host Charlotte Ryan joins Kathryn to talk about what local musicians have been doing in lockdown. She'll share an exclusive song from one of the live streaming sessions Neil Finn has been playing from his home in LA, as well as a new song created by 20 Kiwi artists in lockdown called...appropriately, 'Stay'.
Book review - The One That Got Away by Jennifer Palgrave
April 14, 2020 22:41 - 5 minutes - 4.93 MBLisa Finucane reviews The One That Got Away by Jennifer Palgrave (pen-name for Lois Cox & Hilary Lapsley), published by Town Belt Press.
Steve Halligan: no spoke in his wheel
April 14, 2020 22:07 - 30 minutes - 28 MBAdventure cyclist Steve Halligan is hunkering down between ultra distance races and bike-packing expeditions. He not long since completed his 3rd Tour Aotearoa, the 3,000 km cycle race from Cape Reinga to Bluff. With thirteen different start points, it's hard to pick an outright winner at the finish line of this year's Tour Aotearoa, but Steve features in the competition's Hall of Fame, and is something of a legend in cycling circles. In between multiple thousand km races in New Zealand ...
Covid party rumour retracted, plea to save Virgin Australia
April 14, 2020 21:52 - 7 minutes - 6.75 MBAustralia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about how Australia's chief medical officer Dr Brendan Murphy has retracted comments he made to New Zealand's parliamentary committee about a cluster of cases stemming from "an illegal party" as it was unconfirmed. The Labor opposition party and unions want a billion-dollar loan to save the airline Virgin Australia and Rugby League is determined to get its season up and running again by the end of May.
Lockdown lessons from prison : Dr Paul Wood
April 14, 2020 21:38 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBDr Paul Wood spent nearly 11 years in prison for a murder he committed in when he was 19. During his time inside he attained a Bachelors degree, a masters in Psychology and was two years into his PhD which he finished in 2011. These days he is a motivational speaker, coach and mentor. He says at the moment he's talking a lot about what he learned from his time in prison - nearly a year of which was in solitary confinement.
Business community reacts to rescue package
April 14, 2020 21:07 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBDoes the government's latest rescue package provide enough relief, stimulus and certainty for struggling businesses? Under the new measures small and medium-sized enterprises will get 3 billion-dollars worth of tax breaks to help them survive the COVID-19 pandemic and there will also be law changes to ease pressure on firms struggling to pay commercial rents. Kathryn talks with Kirk Hope, Business New Zealand's Chief Executive and Paul Goldsmith, National Party finance spokesperson.
Nature watching with kids
April 13, 2020 23:51 - 7 minutes - 6.45 MBKennedy Warne with some natural history ways to keep kids occupied and engaged with nature. iNaturalist NZ - M�taki Taiao has a myriad of activities children can around their homes to record, learn and then share their natural history discoveries on online. Also Wild Dunedin has created a site called "Your Wild Bubble" with lots of ideas for kids. Even though confined to home, during your bubble walk around the neighbourhood there is much to observe. Plants, pets,fungi (it's the season)...
Alcohol: A dangerous love affair?
April 13, 2020 23:35 - 16 minutes - 15 MBWhile coping with the lockdown might have you reaching for the wine - or something stronger - George Seber would caution against that. He's an Emeritus Professor of Statistics at Auckland University and has crunched the numbers on the harm caused by the $4b New Zealanders spend on alcohol each year. His book, co-authored with his friend Dr Graeme Woodfield, is called 'Alcohol: A Dangerous Love Affair' and looks at how even moderate amounts can still have adverse health effects.
Book review - One of Them by Michael Cashman
April 13, 2020 22:40 - 3 minutes - 3.66 MBRalph McAllister reviews One of Them by Michael Cashman, published by Bloomsbury.
Anne Tyler. Red Head at the Side of the Road
April 13, 2020 22:07 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBPulitzer-prize winning American author Anne Tyler speaks with Kathryn Ryan about her 23rd book Red Head at the Side of the Road. Anne won the Pulitzer prize for Breathing Lessons in 1989, The Accidental Tourist was adapted into an acclaimed movie, and she has sold over ten million books around the world. Her newest novel is everything you would expect from Anne Tyler. Once again, with just a few master strokes of her pen, Tyler paints wonderfully descriptive bittersweet and empathetic po...
US correspondent Ron Elving - Dr Fauci falls foul of President
April 13, 2020 21:49 - 9 minutes - 8.96 MBRon Elving talks to Kathryn about the big issues in the US, including business being eager to reopen and the medical world highly reluctant. And President Trump is fueling speculation over the future of public health advisor, Dr Anthony Fauci who said in a CNN interview more could have been done to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Climate change advisor urges care over economy
April 13, 2020 21:32 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBThe government's independent climate change advisor is urging the government to stimulate the economy post-pandemic in a way that keeps climate change progress happening. The Government is looking to fund large "shovel-ready" infrastructure projects to boost the economy after the lockdown. Dr Rod Carr, chair of the Climate Change Commission and former deputy Reserve Bank Governor, has written to senior ministers warning that the wrong type of investments could compound today's climate cr...
Grant Robertson on Treasury forecasts
April 13, 2020 21:21 - 10 minutes - 9.94 MBThe Treasury has just released seven scenarios looking at how the economy is faring - and could fare - depending on how long the country stays at Level 4 lockdown. At best, the Treasury says unemployment can be kept below 10%, and return to 5% next year with additional government support. At worst - with more time required in Level Four - it says unemployment could reach 17-point-five to 26 percent. The Finance Minister Grant Robertson joins Kathryn to discuss.
Schools set to start term two - online
April 13, 2020 21:09 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBTerm two of the school year is set to start tomorrow, looking vastly different to term one. Teachers will be delivering lessons to students online, while two new educational TV channels will begin broadcasting in English and M�ori as part of a $88m package to support remote learning. Laptops and modems are being delivered this week to the estimated 80,000 families that lack the devices at home to learn online. At the weekend Education Minister Chris Hipkins said a return to school by st...