Nine To Noon
6,190 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 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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Advice to employers coping with Covid-19 isolation
March 12, 2020 20:31 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBMore than 9000 New Zealanders are in isolation as the country deals with the global outbreak of the Covid-19 coronavirus, but what issues is this throwing up for employers? Earlier this week the Ministry of Health advised people to stay home if they have mild cold symptoms, to help slow the spread of the virus. But what happens if employees can't work from home? Or have used up their sick leave? The Employers and Manufacturers Association has more than 7000 members from Taupo northwards....
Travel bans cause dismay and uncertainty, markets plunge
March 12, 2020 20:09 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBThere's massive uncertainty in the travel and export sectors due to Covid-19, amid the escalating lock downs in Europe and the United States, and with new travel restrictions on the cards for New Zealand. Global share markets have fallen dramatically in response to the US travel ban, which the EU has said was taken 'unilaterally and without consultation'. The latest ban comes as the global travel industry is already struggling and several airlines have gone under. Aviation commentator, I...
High Maintenance, cooking show bonanza and Downhill
March 11, 2020 22:48 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBFilm and TV reviewer Chris Schulz looks at High Maintenance, a comedy-drama about a New York drug dealer. He's also addicted to cooking shows and sums up a few he's been watching, including The Chef Show, Jamie Oliver's Meat-free Meals and Ugly Delicious. Chris also reviews Downhill, a movie with Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus that's billed as "a different kind of disaster movie".
SMS SOS: Text message parenting advice
March 11, 2020 22:28 - 18 minutes - 25.4 MBA new pilot programme running through the University of Auckland allows parents to access parenting advice via an SMS text message. 'MyTeen' is for parents of 10-15 year olds, and participants have reported feeling more competent as parents, less stressed and more connected with their adolescents. Researcher Dr Joanna Chu joins Kathryn to talk about how the pilot could be expanded, as is happy to answer listeners' questions about parenting younger teenagers. Email us at Nine to Noon, or ...
Don't knock the IT dept, Techweek, working from home etiquette
March 11, 2020 22:06 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBTechnology correspondent Sarah Putt looks at how the Treasury 'hack' highlights how important an IT department really is. She'll look at Techweek, and why it's focused on how connected New Zealanders really are and as Covid-19 forces more people to work from home, what should people be thinking of to keep themselves - and their company - digitally safe?
Book review - Weather by Jenny Offill
March 11, 2020 21:38 - 5 minutes - 5.05 MBKiran Dass of Time Out Bookstore reviews Weather by Jenny Offill, published by Granta.
Australian dietitian and YouTuber debunks kitchen hacks
March 11, 2020 21:07 - 30 minutes - 28 MBSo called 'kitchen hacks', cookery short-cuts that seem too good to be true, have millions of views, but do they actually work? Ann Reardon, an Australian dietitian and host of one of YouTube's biggest baking shows, "How To Cook That' has been investigating, and finds that the recipes don't work.
UK unveils £30bn stimulus to combat effects of Coronavirus
March 11, 2020 20:51 - 8 minutes - 7.53 MBUK correspondent Hugo Gye joins Kathryn to talk about how the UK is handling its Covid-19 response, stopping short of banning mass gatherings or advising people to work at home. He'll look at new Chancellor Rishi Sunak's first Budget and the £30bn stimulus package designed to combat any downturn from coronavirus. The first round of UK-EU talks ended last week in disagreement, what hope for next week's second round and 38 Conservatives voted against the Prime Minister's plans to allow Hua...
Should porn literacy be taught in schools?
March 11, 2020 20:28 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MBClinical psychologist Robyn Salisbury believes porn literacy be on the sex education curriculum. She has edited a book Free to be Children: Preventing child sexual abuse in Aotearoa New Zealand. It is a blueprint for combating the country's appalling child abuse statistics, and contains chapters from experts in a range of fields offering advice on what can be done better. Alexandra Green is one of the contributors. She is the manager of psychological services at the Kia Marama special tr...
Drought declared in all of North Island, parts of South
March 11, 2020 20:09 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBThe Government has officially classified drought conditions over all of the North Island, parts of the South and the Chathams as a large-scale adverse event. A $2 million package to support farmers will be available through to June 2021. Kathryn talks to Jim Galloway, president of Federated Farmers Hawke's Bay and Winton Dalley who heads up the Hurunui adverse events committee about what the drought designation means. She'll also talk to NIWA meterologist Ben Noll about whether a cyclone...
The Covid curve, caterpillar plastic eaters
March 10, 2020 22:50 - 8 minutes - 8.04 MBScience commentator Siouxsie Wiles updates Kathryn on developments with Covid-19 - and why we all need to help flatten the Covid curve. She'll also look at how the beeswax-melting digestive system of a caterpillar could hold the secret to solving plastic pollution, after researchers fed plastic bags to wax moth larvae and discovered some of their gut bacteria thrived on the unusual diet. She'll also look at a study of over 30 different species of amphibians and found many emitted a fluor...
Demystifying anxiety with psychiatrist Mark Cross
March 10, 2020 22:25 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBIn recent years, people have been speaking more openly about mental health issues and feeling anxious or unsure about things. Dr Mark Cross talks to Kathryn about anxiety from a professional standpoint, but also a very personal one. He has suffered from anxiety all his life and many of his patients are also affected by it. His book Anxiety addresses the causes and treatments.
Book review - Amnesty by Aravind Adiga
March 10, 2020 21:40 - 3 minutes - 3.65 MBSally Wenley reviews Amnesty by Aravind Adiga, which is published by Pan Macmillan. This novel follows the journey of an illegal immigrant in Australia, weaving mystery, culture and wit into the storyline. Adiga's writing is quirky, engaging and intelligent.
Fighting sedentary tendencies with active design
March 10, 2020 21:16 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBBums on seats and getting them off them is the area of focus for the University of Alberta's Professor John Spence. Part of the answer lies in doing things that are FUN - that's an acronym for 'fulfilling', 'useful' or 'necessary'. Professor Spence has been applying his expertise in this area by looking at initiatives to get adolescents active. He's Principal Investigator on the Dunedin based BEATS (Built Environment and Active Transport to School) research programme which provides an ev...
Australia set to release Covid-19 stimulus package
March 10, 2020 21:07 - 8 minutes - 8.14 MBAustralia correspondent Chris Niesche joins Kathryn to talk about plans by the Federal government to spend billions to help protect Australians against coronavirus, as the number of cases there climbs over 100. He'll also talk about plans by the country's privacy watchdog to sue Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica data breach and the $2m reward offered to solve a 30-year-old cold case in Sydney.
Could ignoring rahui in a National Park threaten its status?
March 10, 2020 20:36 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBThere's a warning the World Heritage status of Tongariro National Park could be threatened by people flouting rahui in the area. The Park has been under a rahui, or temporary restriction, twice already this year after the deaths of two trampers on the Tongariro Crossing. But DOC says the rahui are being ignored, largely by New Zealanders. While rahui are not legally enforceable, they're culturally significant - and continued flouting of rahui could lead to the Park having its designation...
WorkSafe fronts up on low investigation numbers
March 10, 2020 20:09 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBWorkSafe's Chief Executive Phil Parkes joins Kathryn to respond to criticism the agency isn't taking on enough investigations. Earlier in the week we heard from a health and safety lawyer and union representatives who were concerned at the declining trend in the numbers of investigations WorkSafe is conducting. Last year there were 108 workplace deaths and 31,000 injuries. WorkSafe was established as a standalone agency after Pike River, with the aim of reducing workplace deaths by a qua...
RNZ ad spat, Gold Quill to famous photo and mosque attack
March 09, 2020 22:48 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBMedia commentator Andrew Holden looks at how the coverage of women's sport has changed, as a famous photo becomes the first ever to win a Gold Quill at the Melbourne Press Club's annual awards. He'll also look at the challenging week ahead for the media in covering the first anniversary of the Christchurch mosque shootings and touches on the media spat over RNZ's advertising. Andrew Holden is a journalist for more than 30 years including five as Editor of The Press (in Christchurch) and ...
Iconic waiata to open Auckland Arts Festival
March 09, 2020 22:23 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBAotea Square will be filled with song when the Auckland Arts Festival opens tomorrow evening with the free event Tira. It is a gathering of choirs from around the city, singer Hollie Smith and Hatea Kapa Haka singing iconic waiata. Musical directors Steven Rapana and Kate Bell talk about what's gone on behind the scenes.
Beehive's coronavirus business package, and Air NZ CEO pay cut
March 09, 2020 22:06 - 14 minutes - 13 MBBusiness commentator Fran O'Sullivan joins Kathryn to talk about whether the Beehive's economic measures to ease the coronavirus effects on business go far enough as New Zealand slides towards recession. She'll also look at the decision by new Air New Zealand boss Greg Foran to take a pay cut - should other corporate leaders follow suit? Fran O'Sullivan is the Head of Business at NZME.
Book review - Landfall 238 Journal
March 09, 2020 21:42 - 4 minutes - 3.74 MBHarry Ricketts reviews Landfall 238 Journal, Spring 2019, which is published by Otago University Press.
Open borders - What if immigration were unlimited?
March 09, 2020 21:17 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBIn 'Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration', libertarian economist Bryan Caplan & illustrator Zach Weinersmith make the economic case for unlimited immigration. The graphic non fiction book argues it is affordable and even increases global wealth, expressed in terms of gross world product. That's because government regulation and restriction on immigration has an enormous dead weight cost. So what would such a regime look like and why is the case for open borders stronger th...
New Zealand markets response to USA downturn
March 09, 2020 21:07 - 10 minutes - 9.91 MBGyles Beckford brings an update on the NZ markets opening.
Trump's handling of coronavirus, Biden up in the polls
March 09, 2020 20:53 - 6 minutes - 5.76 MBUSA correspondent Susan Davis looks at the response to Covid-19 in the US and whether Congress may have to pass an economic stimulus package as President Trump is criticised for his handling of the outbreak so far. She'll also talk to Kathryn about the latest polls which give Joe Biden a big lead over Bernie Sanders as the Democrats head into their next round of primaries on Wednesday.
Supporting whanau to get ahead: Helen Leahy
March 09, 2020 20:36 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBKathryn meets the Chief Executive of the South Island Whanau Ora Commissioning agency, Te Putahitanga, Helen Leahy. She leads a team of 57 'navigators' all over the South Island - working with around three thousand families a year. The support they provide varies from capital to get a business up and running, to helping young people get their drivers licenses to supporting families through alcohol and drug counselling.
Sharemarkets dive, oil price war, businesses worry
March 09, 2020 20:09 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBFears over Covid-19 and a huge plunge in oil prices due to oversupply have hit global sharemarkets with billions of wiped from the market value of companies around the world. Overnight European stocks fell 6 percent and a few hours ago the New York Stock Exchange opened with a 7% fall on the Dow-Jones Average. - triggering an almost-immediate trading halt. The government has moved to assist businesses worst impacted by COVID 19, outlining the beginnings of a package which will include a ...
Urban Issues - RIP Auckland Design Office
March 08, 2020 22:47 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBAs Auckland Council disbands the Auckland Design Office, how will they ensure quality as the city embarks on radical transformation of density, streets and public space? Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland.
The perfect coffee
March 08, 2020 22:35 - 10 minutes - 9.84 MBAre we making our coffee the wrong way? A team of international scientists claim to have designed a scientifically 'perfect' cup of coffee, with minimum waste. The research, which has been published in the journal 'Matter', says devotees of Italy's National Espresso Institute need to wake up and smell the coffee.
Political commentators Matthew Hooton & Neale Jones
March 08, 2020 22:07 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBMatthew and Neale join Kathryn to talk about how the government is handling the Covid-19 outbreak and what options Cabinet has to ease the burden of the disease. They'll also look at delays to gun reform legislation, John Tamihere's decision to stand for the Maori Party and Jeanette Fitzsimon's legacy. Matthew Hooton is an Auckland based consultant and lobbyist. Neale Jones was Chief of Staff to Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern, and prior to that was Chief of Staff to Andrew Little. He is th...
Book review - Untold Night and Day by Bae Suah
March 08, 2020 21:39 - 5 minutes - 5.06 MBStella Chrysostomou of VOLUME Books, Nelson, reviews Untold Night and Day by Bae Suah. Published by Penguin Random House.
Bruce Poon Tip: Travel adventures from A to G
March 08, 2020 21:07 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBG Adventures was founded by Canadian Bruce Poon Tip while he was on a backpacking trip through South East Asia. It's grown to be an adventure travel giant in the industry, employing more than 2000 people to help run 700 trips in over 100 countries. The company prides itself on responsible tourism, and Bruce is in New Zealand to be a keynote speaker on the issue of community tourism at A Force For Good event today in Auckland.
Canada's rail blockades, coronavirus response, Sussex security
March 08, 2020 20:53 - 7 minutes - 6.53 MBCanada correspondent Salimah Shivji looks at how Canada is coping with Covid-19 and blockades over a pipeline construction have ground train travel to a halt - what impact is it having on the Trudeau government? She'll also talk about how Canadian taxpayers weren't happy with having to pay for security for Harry and Meghan - and now it's about to stop. Salimah Shivji is a senior reporter with CBC's Parliamentary Bureau, based in Ottawa.
How will new cancer agency achieve its goals?
March 08, 2020 20:38 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBHow is the country's new Cancer Control Agency going to balance the demand for new, expensive cancer treatments within limited resources? The establishment of the Agency was announced last last year charged with achieving equity and delivering nationally consistent services for all New Zealanders, no matter who they are or where they live. Cancer is New Zealand's number one killer, with more than 23,000 people diagnosed every year, and around 10 thousand dying of the disease - nearly a t...
Why is WorkSafe undertaking fewer investigations?
March 08, 2020 20:09 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBThere's ongoing concern at the reduction in WorkSafe investigations since new legislation was introduced in April 2016. That includes a decision not to investigate some cases linked to last year's SkyCity fire. So what confidence can the public have that serious incidents will be investigated? SkyCity worker Tina Barnett is a Senior Unite Union delegate at Sky City. As a health and safety rep for Unite, she says dozens of staff have spoken to her on record about the negative health effec...
The week that was with Te Radar & Gemma Gracewood
March 05, 2020 22:50 - 9 minutes - 8.99 MBThe new footshake phenomenen and watering the perfect plant.
Book review - Figuring by Maria Popova
March 05, 2020 21:39 - 6 minutes - 5.84 MBMelanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews Figuring by Maria Popova, which is published by A&U Canongate. From the creator of the award-winning brainpickings.org comes more cultural and historical insights. Here Popova's focus is on interconnected historical figures, mostly scientists, mostly women, all geniuses in their own way and all deeply human. From Maria Fuller to Rachel Carson, with everyone from Emerson to Herman Melville in-between, it's a gossipy mix of philosophy, history and ...
The speed of modern life - and advice from the Victorians
March 05, 2020 21:09 - 29 minutes - 27 MBOverwork, information overload, environmental pollution. They could be described as the worries of our time, but in fact, they were the exact same concerns the Victorians had. As the industrial revolution birthed new technological tools like the rotary printing press, the telegraph and steam locomotive, the pace of life steadily increased for the Victorians, as did the psychological conditions that came with that modernity. Those stresses were the subject of five years' work by Professor...
Mental capacity: How is it assessed?
March 05, 2020 20:38 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBWhat do doctors, lawyers and their clients need to know about judging whether people have the mental capacity to make decisions? Barrister Alison Douglass has produced a guide to assist legal and medical professionals to help future proof the lives of people with dementia, brain injury, mental health problems and learning disabilities. It comes ahead of moves to reform the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act, also known as the triple P law, which is three decades old.
New phase for Christchurch Foundation fund
March 05, 2020 20:28 - 9 minutes - 8.6 MB$11 million was donated to the Christchurch Foundation fund for vicitms of the March 15 mosque attacks. The majority has been shared between families of the bereaved and injured. Now the remaining $2 million set aside for the community is beginning to be distributed. Kathryn speaks with Raf Manji, independent adviser to the Christchurch Foundation, tasked with consulting the Mosque shooting bereaved and victims and recommending how the money should be distributed.
Former Greens leader Jeanette Fitzsimmons dies
March 05, 2020 20:08 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBFormer Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons has died suddenly, aged 75. She was was an MP from 1996 to 2010 and the co-leader of the Green Party from 1995 to 2009 alongside the late Rod Donald. Kathryn talks with former Green MP Catherine Delahunty.
The Outsider, Military Wives, Births Deaths and Marriages
March 04, 2020 22:48 - 10 minutes - 9.65 MBFilm and TV correspondent Sarah McMullan reviews the Stephen King novel-turned-TV series The Outsider and British comedy Military Wives and takes a look at New Zealand film Births, Deaths and Marriages. She'll also talk about the controversy surrounding film director Roman Polanski at the Cèsars - the French version of the Oscars.
Parenting - Covid19: keeping children calm
March 04, 2020 22:29 - 19 minutes - 26.7 MBSenior Researcher at the New Zealand Council for Educational Research, Mohamed Alansari speaks with Kathryn Ryan about what parents and educators can do to prevent children panicking about Covid19.
The Y2K bug makes a comeback
March 04, 2020 22:11 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBTechnology commentator Bill Bennett looks at how the millennium bug is back - because it never exactly went away. In trying to solve the problem, programmers pushed it back 20 years. And time's up. He'll also look at how Volvo is experimenting with adding noise to near-silent EVs, after research showed pedestrians were twice as likely to be involved in an accident with EVs than those with traditional engines. And is working remotely back in fashion in response to coronavirus?
Book review - Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
March 04, 2020 21:42 - 4 minutes - 3.95 MBJessie Bray Sharpin reviews Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid, published by Bloomsbury.
NZ sheep-derived wound care product eyes up local market
March 04, 2020 20:38 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBA New Zealand-made bio-medical product that's been used nearly 5 million times in the United States will soon be available for use here at home. Aroa Biosurgery makes tissue-repair products from lambs' stomachs and is used to heal wounds like diabetic and venous ulcers and to repair complex hernias, avoiding some of the the problems associated with synthetic surgical mesh. Aroa's chief executive Brian Ward joins Kathryn to talk about the process underway to make the company's products av...
Has E-waste recycling plan fizzled out?
March 04, 2020 20:08 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBThe manager of one of New Zealand's largest e-waste firms, Computer Recycling describes the amount of electric goods being thrown away as "an epidemic". Patrick Moynahan has started a petition calling for a government-led national strategy to make it compulsory to recycle e-waste. A 2019 Massey University report concluded 98 percent of e-waste from households in Whangarei went to landfill, that e-waste volume is growing up to three times faster than any other kind of waste and that New Z...
Is defamation law in need of reform?
March 03, 2020 22:47 - 10 minutes - 9.83 MBLegal commentator Ursula Cheer looks at the recent defamation case Sir Bob Jones took against filmmaker Renae Maihi, which he eventually dropped. The government is considering a review of defamation law, and Ursula will talk to Kathryn about aspects of the law the review should focus on. Ursula Cheer is a media law specialist based at the University of Canterbury.
Local hero: 46 years fighting fires - Rodney Triplow
March 03, 2020 22:30 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBRodney Triplow has been on the front line fighting fires for forty-six years. He joined the Havelock North Volunteer Fire Brigade in 1973, working his way up the ranks to Chief Fire Officer. On average his brigade gets two-hundred and twenty-five calls a year, day or night. It's quite a commitment, which runs in the family. Rodney's son Brendon Triplow has joined him on the brigade. This service to his neighbourhood has earned Rodney a fist-full of medals and awards, including, as he tel...
Book review - Apeirogon by Colum McCann
March 03, 2020 21:41 - 6 minutes - 5.91 MBCarole Beu of the Women's Bookshop reviews Apeirogon: A Novel by Colum McCann, published by Bloomsbury. An extraordinary novel that features two real men, one Palestinian and one Israeli, who both lost daughters in violent circumstances. Now firm friends, they travel together talking to large audiences about the Israeli-Palestinian situation.
Shasta Nelson: How to make good friends and keep them
March 03, 2020 21:07 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBPositivity, consistency and vulnerability are key to having more fulfilling friendships, according to founder and CEO of American friend matching agency Girlfriend Circles.com Shasta Nelson, whose book Frientimacy: How to Deepen Friendships for Lifelong Health and Happiness has ideas on how to really connect with our friends. Sashta's previous book was Friendships Don't Just Happen! The Guide to Creating a Meaningful Circle of Girl Friends. And her third book, The Business of Friendship:...