Nine To Noon
6,190 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 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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Book review - The Weekend by Charlotte Wood
December 22, 2019 21:39 - 4 minutes - 4.23 MBLaura Caygill reviews The Weekend by Charlotte Wood, published by Allen & Unwin. A touching tale of friendship, ageing and vulnerability from the author of The Natural Way of Things.
Spark's big test. Jolie Hodson on being bold
December 22, 2019 21:06 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBSpark's Chief Executive Jolie Hodson talks to Kathryn Ryan about taking high profile, high stakes risks, like the live streaming of the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Jolie Hodson was appointed to the CEO position in July of this year and has played a pivotal role in transforming Spark from a legacy telco to a broad digital services provider. Add to that she is now the only woman in charge of an NZX50 company. So what has she learned about the limitations of streaming and how to prepare for big b...
Canada correspondent, Katie Simpson
December 22, 2019 20:52 - 7 minutes - 6.86 MBCBC Parliamentary reporter Katie Simpson with a look back on a tumultuous year for Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau who returned to Parliament with a minority government.
Surviving state care: Kath Coster
December 22, 2019 20:29 - 22 minutes - 21 MBKath Coster is a member of a survivors advisory group to the Royal commission of inquiry into state and faith-based abuse. She is one of the estimated one hundred thousand plus young New Zealanders abused while being looked after by the state. This year the the Abuse in Care Royal Commission heard evidence at public hearings. The tri-monthly hearings will resume early next year with another public session looking at the question of "redress". Kath is determined no other child should ever...
Cooler temperatures grant reprieve in Australia bushfire battle
December 22, 2019 20:09 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBTemperatures have dropped nearly 20 degrees in parts of Australia, which is expected to help firefighters who are trying to combat blazes across five states. Nine people have been killed since the bushfire emergency started in September, with at least 700 homes destroyed. Today alone, 98 bush and grass fires are burning in New South Wales, with 50 yet to be contained. The town of Balmoral was all but destroyed at the weekend. Kathryn is joined by Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Scien...
Brendan Telfer with the year's highlights and low points
December 19, 2019 22:34 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBA chat about the headlining sports stories of the year, also what chance do the Black Caps have against Australia at the MCG on Boxing Day?
Book review - The Hero by Lee Child
December 19, 2019 21:41 - 5 minutes - 4.99 MBSally Wenley reviews The Hero by Lee Child, published by HarperCollins.
Speaking youth to power
December 19, 2019 21:06 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBKathryn Ryan speaks with the teenagers pumping new blood into local body politics. This year Sophie Handford, RohanO'Neill-Stevens and Fisher Wang were voted into office in Kapiti, Nelson and Rotorua Lakes, proving you don't have to be a boomer to be elected to council. Fisher is the middle child, Rohan is the eldest and Sophie is the youngest local body politician in the country. In another, related stream of Sophie's life she leads New Zealand's School Strike 4 Climate movement, which ...
From Solstice to Santa: the history of Christmas
December 19, 2019 20:38 - 10 minutes - 10 MBFrom Norse mythology to early Christianity and pagan rituals, Andy Thomas goes behind the sparkle and the merriment with a fascinating look at the social history of Christmas.
From solstice to Santa, a Christmas history
December 19, 2019 20:38 - 10 minutes - 10 MBFrom Norse mythology to early Christianity and pagan rituals, Andy Thomas goes behind the sparkle and the merriment with a fascinating look at the social history of Christmas.
Eliud Kipchoge. Making sub 2 hour marathon history
December 19, 2019 20:27 - 10 minutes - 9.83 MBWhen 35-year-old Eliud Kipchoge, arguably the greatest male distance runner of all time, ran a sub two hour marathon earlier this year it was a moment in sporting history that many had considered impossible. Eliud Kipchoge's manager Valentijn Trouw talks to Kathryn Ryan about the preparations, controversies, and celebrations.
Wastewater and sewage pumping into Wellington harbour
December 19, 2019 20:19 - 7 minutes - 7.12 MBWellington City's wastewater is discharging into the harbour after an underground tunnel in the CBD collapsed this morning. Wellington Water is asking all inner city residents and office workers to minimise their use of water, to reduce the load on the network and the size of the overflow. Chief Executive of Wellington Water Colin Crampton speaks with Kathryn Ryan.
New road safety plan aims to cut road deaths by 40 per cent
December 19, 2019 20:08 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBThe government says its new multi-billion dollar road safety plan will cut road deaths by 40 per cent by 2030. The plan, called Road to Zero, was outlined yesterday by the Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter. Speed limits will drop in high risk areas, and some fines will rise as part of the ten year strategy. Money will be spent on roading safety improvements - including one thousand kilometres of new median crash barriers, there will also be more speed cameras which will be m...
Marriage Story, The Report, The Two Popes
December 18, 2019 22:47 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBViewing correspondent Tamar Munch looks at two movies starring Adam Driver: Marriage Story and The Report, which is about the CIA's use of torture following the 9/11 attacks. She'll also preview New Zealander Anthony McCarten's new movie The Two Popes about Pope Benedict and Pope Francis.
Tips for surviving Christmas stress
December 18, 2019 22:29 - 17 minutes - 23.7 MBChristmas and the holiday season can be a stressful time for many people. For some, it is as simple as fatigue after a busy year, while for others bigger emotional issues rise to the surface. Wellington psychologist Karen Nimmo has some coping strategies to share.
Top 10 in tech for the decade
December 18, 2019 22:06 - 22 minutes - 21 MBTechnology correspondent Sarah Putt examines the tech ideas and events that have happened between 2010 and 2019 that have changed the way we live.
Technology best and worst of the decade
December 18, 2019 22:06 - 22 minutes - 21 MBTechnology correspondent Sarah Putt examines the tech ideas and events that have happened between 2010 and 2019 that have changed the way we live.
Book review - Waterline by Chris Else
December 18, 2019 21:39 - 4 minutes - 4.37 MBIan Telfer reviews Waterline by Chris Else, published by Quentin Wilson Publishing.
Overcoming huge odds to graduate
December 18, 2019 21:07 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBWalter Wakefield and Reece Clarke talk to Kathryn about overcoming the odds to return to formal education after four decades. The pair graduated last Friday from Otago Polytech with a New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing. Walter was homeless from the age of ten, living on the streets of Wellington. He's been a gang member, jailed for meth dealing and an addict himself. Reece was kicked out of school at 15, when his alcohol addiction began. Walt and Reece forged a lasting frien...
Reece Clarke and Walter Wakefield: learning the hard way
December 18, 2019 21:07 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBReece Clarke was an alcoholic at 15 and Walter Wakefield was living on the streets at 10. Against huge odds, the two friends graduated from Otago Polytech this month with Certificates in Health and Wellbeing.
Post-election business: Brexit and Labour's leadership race
December 18, 2019 20:45 - 8 minutes - 7.7 MBUK correspondent Harriet Line joins Kathryn to discuss how the UK is settling down to business after last week's general election - including a look at which Labour MPs are putting their hand up to take over the leadership from Jeremy Corbyn. And in a hurry to clean up and swap out parliamentary offices, staff accidentally incinerate four suits belonging to Labour's former whip.
West Coast 2019: rain, roads & rubbish
December 18, 2019 20:29 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBExtreme weather events mean 2019 could be remembered for all the wrong things on the West Coast of the South Island. Back in March heavy rain washed out a disused landfill near Fox Glacier, strewing rubbish across the riverbed and 40 kms of coastline. More than 13 thousand bags containing the likes of plastic bottles, car tyres, old shoes, burnt plastic and dog poo bags were collected from the Fox and Cook Rivers and South Westland's coastline by volunteers, defence force and DOC staff. ...
Tourism numbers could 'kill the golden goose'
December 18, 2019 20:08 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBA major report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment warns tourism - both domestic and international - is putting the country under major pressure and eroding the very attributes that make New Zealand such a draw card. The report says international visitor numbers could reach 10-13 million a year by 2050. Simon Upton says this, plus local tourism, places a myriad of pressures on the environment including loss of natural quiet, water quality degradation, solid waste gene...
Unlocking new secrets of the brain in Huntington’s, Alzheimer’s
December 17, 2019 22:50 - 9 minutes - 8.82 MBScience correspondent Malvindar Singh-Bains joins Kathryn to talk about how the human brain is the final frontier of medical research: You can replace a kidney, a lung, a liver, even a heart, but it is currently impossible to replace a sick brain. She'll share some of her recent discoveries in Huntington's disease and Alzheimer's disease through studies on precious human brain tissue generously bequeathed to the Neurological Foundation of New Zealand Human Brain Bank, located within the ...
Icehouse Investment guru Andy Hamilton
December 17, 2019 22:26 - 22 minutes - 21 MBThe Icehouse's Andy Hamilton talks to Kathryn Ryan about his two decade mission helping small and medium-sized enterprises to maximise their potential. But now after 18 years he is moving from the top job to let someone else take the reins. That replacement was named yesterday as business leader Gavin Lennox.
Christmas music: The good, the bad and the intolerable
December 17, 2019 22:07 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBRNZ music journalist Yadana Saw shares and strategies and songs to get you through the festive season.
Book review - Red Can Origami by Madelaine Dickie
December 17, 2019 21:36 - 4 minutes - 4 MBGina Rogers reviews Red Can Origami by Madelaine Dickie, published by Fremantle Press.
Al Noor mosque Imam on loss, forgiveness and gratitude
December 17, 2019 21:07 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBGamal Fouda had just begun his sermon at Friday prayers on March 15th, when bullets began tearing through the Al Noor Mosque. 51 people died there and at the Linwood mosque that day or after - in the worst terrorist attack in New Zealand history. 40 people were injured - many of them struggling physically and mentally to this day. A week after the attacks, Gamal Fouda lead thousands of people in a service at Hagley Park. He talks to Kathryn about loss, forgiveness, solidarity, gratitude ...
2019 - the year of measles
December 17, 2019 20:50 - 9 minutes - 8.5 MBThis year New Zealanders were reminded of just how dangerous measles could be, as cases spiked around the country - and particularly in Auckland. The epidemic turned deadly in Samoa, where 73 people - mainly young children - have died. Kathryn talks to Dr Nikki Turner from the Immunisation Advisory Centre on the disease's devastation, and what it might mean for the country's measles elimination status.
Australia sizzles as Scott Morrison feels the heat over holiday
December 17, 2019 20:37 - 12 minutes - 12 MBAustralia correspondent Bernard Keane joins Kathryn to talk about the bushfires still raging as temperatures soar in a heatwave hitting parts of the country, while Prime Minister Scott Morrison is criticised for going on holiday during the bushfire crisis.
Parents of kids with disabilities, summer without support
December 17, 2019 20:09 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MBSchool's out for the long summer holidays this week, and while everyone else is getting a break, what let-up is there for families of disabled children? Chair of advocacy group Disability Connect, Colleen Brown says there isn't enough relief and appropriate support for such families at this time of year.
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
December 16, 2019 22:45 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBSocial media giants continue to siphon off a large portion of the traditional media's advertising dollar. Is it time they paid for content? Gavin joins Kathryn to talk about the NZME/Stuff 'Kiwishare' proposal - how did that work out for Britain when Rupert Murdoch bought The Times? What are the next steps in deciding on a public broadcasting "super entity" and what about the social media giants still sucking up large amounts of the media's ad revenue? Gavin Ellis is a media commentator ...
Where's home? Women's stories of migration
December 16, 2019 22:30 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBLorna Jane Harvey has had her own fair share of switching countries. She's a British, Canadian, and Swiss writer now living in New Zealand. Lorna tells Kathryn Ryan about her new book 'Somewhere, Women's Stories of Migration' giving voice to twenty different women's stories of migration or displacement, perhaps because they've been forced to move, are in search of a better life, or in one case, been kidnapped by their mother.
Book review - Listening In by Lynley Edmeades
December 16, 2019 21:35 - 6 minutes - 6.28 MBHarry Ricketts, from quarterly review periodical New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa, reviews Listening In by Lynley Edmeades . This poetry collection is published by Otago University Press.
Democracy on a tightrope
December 16, 2019 21:05 - 34 minutes - 32.1 MBIn 1992, the economist Francis Fukuyama declared we were at the end of history with the worldwide transition to liberal democracies. Today, that picture looks a lot different as developing countries revert to authoritarianism and western democracies elect strongmen leaders who undermine the very democratic institutions their countries founded.
House set to impeach Trump - but what about the Senate?
December 16, 2019 20:45 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBUSA correspondent Susan Milligan joins Kathryn to talk about moves to impeach Donald Trump this week as divisions between Republicans and Democrats deepen. She'll also talk about who's left in the Democratic primary ahead of another debate this week and NAFTA has been renegotiated but will Mexico adhere to labour protections?
Plastic pollution to product: ocean clean-up a perfect cycle
December 16, 2019 20:20 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBOcean Cleanup oceanographer Laurent Lebreton speaks with Kathryn Ryan about the results of their first mission. Floating barriers creating an artificial coastline have been shoring-up plastic rubbish from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This polluting plastic is being re-purposed to make products, the proceeds of which could help fund the next ocean clean-up mission. After three years of research including two field expeditions, extensive laboratory experiments, and data analyses, Ocean...
What's behind the non-bank lending boom?
December 16, 2019 20:05 - 20 minutes - 19.3 MBNon-bank lending is experiencing a boom, as more banks turn down borrowers and more borrowers sign up for "buy now, pay later schemes". KPMG has released its Non-Bank Financial Institutions Performance Survey for 2019, which found a record $324 million dollar profit for the sector. Non-bank mortgages has seen the biggest area of growth - with lending increasing to nearly $3b, but there's also been an increase in non-bank personal loans. Buy Now, Pay Later service providers have also been...
Making the most of the Great Kiwi Outdoor Summer
December 15, 2019 22:45 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBGareth Eyres joins Kathryn to talk about a bike ride that's right on the doorstep for most Aucklanders - yet doesn't get much publicity.
A wholefood Christmas
December 15, 2019 22:30 - 8 minutes - 8.16 MBBronwyn Kan with some wholefood recipes using simple pantry ingredients. Maple roasted pumpkin, miso roasted potatoes, hemp seed fudge, and more.
Politics with Matthew Hooton and Neale Jones
December 15, 2019 22:05 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBMatthew Hooton is an Auckland-based public relations 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 director of Capital Government Relations.
Book review - Sing New Zealand
December 15, 2019 21:35 - 4 minutes - 4.46 MBClarissa Dunn reviews Sing New Zealand: The story of choral music in Aotearoa by Guy E. Jansen, published by Massey University Press.
Sir Joe Williams: 'Once I realised the power of law there was no looking back'
December 15, 2019 21:05 - 33 minutes - 31 MBIn 2019, Joe Williams became the first Māori judge appointed to the Supreme Court. He talks to Kathryn Ryan about his hopes for a New Zealand justice system that better incorporates Tikanga Māori (Māori customs and protocols).
Supreme Court Justice - Joe Williams
December 15, 2019 21:05 - 33 minutes - 31 MBEarlier this year Joe Williams became the first Maori judge appointed to the Supreme Court.
Clarity in EU after UK vote, arrests after deadly Albania quake
December 15, 2019 20:50 - 10 minutes - 9.75 MBEurope Correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Kathryn to discuss the reaction in Europe following the landslide victory of Boris Johnson in the UK.
Community recovery in Nelson & Tasman District wildfires
December 15, 2019 20:35 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBA look back at this year's wildfires in Nelson and Tasman District - New Zealand's largest aerial firefight on record and the largest since 1955.
Should black 'stop signs' be introduced on our food?
December 15, 2019 20:05 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBResearcher Professor Cliona Ni Mhurchu, from the University of Auckland's Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences say health experts want packaged food and drink to carry compulsory health star ratings, stop sign warnings, or both, to help families make healthier food choices and curb the climbing obesity rate.
Sports commentator Brendan Telfer
December 12, 2019 22:40 - 9 minutes - 8.82 MBIs the new All Blacks coach, Ian Foster, the best person for the job?
Book review - Life: Selected Writings by Tim Flannery
December 12, 2019 22:15 - 4 minutes - 4.35 MBTilly Lloyd from Unity Books reviews Life: Selected Writings by Tim Flannery, Text Publishing. Tim Flannery is one of the world's great thinkers, environmental scientists and writers. Sir David Attenborough once described him as being 'in the league of the all-time great explorers like Dr David Livingstone.This definitive collection of his work brings together thirty years of essays, speeches and occasional writing on paleontology, mammalogy, environmental science and history.
Exit polls published in UK election
December 12, 2019 22:05 - 7 minutes - 6.69 MBUK correspondent Matt Dathan.