Nine To Noon

Iconic waiata to open Auckland Arts Festival

March 09, 2020 22:23 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MB

Aotea 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 MB

Business 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 MB

Harry 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 MB

In '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 MB

Gyles 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 MB

USA 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 MB

Kathryn 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 MB

Fears 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 MB

As 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 MB

Are 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 MB

Matthew 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 MB

Stella 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 MB

G 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 MB

Canada 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 MB

How 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 MB

There'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 MB

The new footshake phenomenen and watering the perfect plant.

Book review - Figuring by Maria Popova

March 05, 2020 21:39 - 6 minutes - 5.84 MB

Melanie 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 MB

Overwork, 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 MB

What 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 MB

Former 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 MB

Film 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 MB

Senior 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 MB

Technology 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 MB

Jessie 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 MB

A 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 MB

The 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 MB

Legal 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 MB

Rodney 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 MB

Carole 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 MB

Positivity, 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:...

Deportation row, sick economy, AAP newswire closes

March 03, 2020 20:53 - 6 minutes - 5.98 MB

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about how Australian ministers are still grumbling about Jacinda Ardern's blast at Scott Morrison over Kiwi deportees, Australia's Reserve Bank slashes the official cash rate to its lowest-ever level over Covid-19 fears as Australians' panic buying strips items off the shelves.

Donating your body to science

March 03, 2020 20:45 - 8 minutes - 7.81 MB

After an overwhelming response to Professor Maurice Curtis' last appearance on the programme, he joins Kathryn Ryan again to talk about all the difficult questions about leaving your body to science: how it works, what benefits there are to medicine and why people do it. Curtis is a professor of neuroscience, deputy director of the Neurological Foundation human brain bank and head of the body bequest programme at the University of Auckland.

World economies battle Covid-19 threat

March 03, 2020 20:30 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MB

Pressure's mounting on the New Zealand government to give tax cuts and for the reserve bank to cut interest rates because of the economic risks posed by the new coronavirus. As the numbers and spread of Covid-19 grows, it is having an impact on world economies, and many are starting to take emergency action. The US Central bank, has slashed its interest rates by half a percentage point, in the first unscheduled, emergency rate cut since 2008 and the biggest by the Federal Reserve since t...

What will more rain do to EQC liabilities?

March 03, 2020 20:09 - 20 minutes - 19 MB

New research has found climate change and the expected increase in extreme weather events will mean higher damages - and an additional liability for EQC. 8000 claims lodged to the EQC between 2000 and 2017 have formed the basis of a model which finds damages could increase between 7 - 8 per cent in the next 20 years, and between 9 - 25 per cent in 2080 - 2100. Professor Ilhan Noy, chair in the economics of disasters at Victoria University Wellington is one of the authors and joins Kathry...

Slowing our crazy-busy lives

March 02, 2020 22:27 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MB

Do you zone out in conversations? Wake at 3am worrying about things? Find yourself addicted to your phone? Kerene Strochnetter has written a book entitled Crazy Busy - in which she argues that if busy is the new stupid, then mindful is the new smart. She talks to Kathryn about how she hopes her book can help people who finds themselves rushing and multi-tasking to reduce stress in their lives.

Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson

March 02, 2020 22:11 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MB

Economic uncertainty related to the spread of Covid-19 and 12 years into Kiwisaver and we're getting less conservative. Stuff business editor, Rebecca Stevenson

Book review - The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H.G. Parry

March 02, 2020 22:07 - 4 minutes - 3.81 MB

Bronwyn Wylie-Gibb of University Book Shop, Dunedin, reviews The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H.G. Parry. This book is published by Hachette.

Dr Anita Sands on technology's disruptive power

March 02, 2020 21:07 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MB

Dr Anita Sands hails from the east coast of Ireland, but has cemented herself on America's west coast in the heart of Silicon Valley. She's served, or is serving, on the boards of several software and cloud computing companies, including Symantec, ServiceNow and Pure Storage. She joins Kathryn to talk about how to get girls interested in STEAM subjects, what it'll take to get more women onto the boards of major companies and how technology has impacted on our society, economies - and our...

USA correspondent - the eve of Super Tuesday

March 02, 2020 20:50 - 10 minutes - 9.27 MB

Ron talks to Kathryn about the South Carolina primary results, the arrival of Super Tuesday and the US President's response to Covid-19. Ron Elving is Senior Editor and Correspondent on the Washington Desk for NPR News.

Great white sharks 'personality' revealed

March 02, 2020 20:29 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MB

World first research into great white shark behaviour in local waters is bringing fascinating new insights, as well as new warnings, to the surface. Kathryn Ryan talks to the University of Guelph's Steve Crawford, who is studying their conservation and management. Thanks to his research there is now greater understanding around their individual 'personalities' courtship and mating behaviour, plus a hypothesis that great whites may be acutely aware of, and responsive to, the female human ...

Sea freight industry targets 28 day visa rule

March 02, 2020 20:09 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MB

Overly onerous visa applications are hammering international bulk shipping, for which the New Zealand economy relies upon for trade within the world, say leaders in the sea freight industry. They are calling for change and with mounting congestion at ports around the country, they say the situation is becoming more urgent. Billy Preston chairs the national body representing shipping agents, Shipping New Zealand.

To Bluff and beyond

March 01, 2020 22:45 - 9 minutes - 8.81 MB

Kennedy Warne updates Kathryn on the Tour Aotearoa cycle ride, which is being ridden by Nine to Noon business correspondent Rod Oram (you can read his blog here), and visits the site of one of the shortest-lived settlements in Aotearoa's history: Hardwicke, in the Auckland Islands.

Sri Lankan food. Sai Yoganahtan. A Kitchen Well-Traveled

March 01, 2020 22:30 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MB

Sai Yoganathan learnt the fundamentals of cooking from her mother during her childhood in Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. Since then she has adopted many countries as home living in Africa, New Zealand and Australia. Fresh Sri Lankan ingredients are never far from the dishes she creates, but many of the recipes in her cookbook A Kitchen Well Traveled also reflect her globe trotting. We'll talk about Sri Lankan staples sothi and coconut sambal.

Political commentators Hooton & Jones

March 01, 2020 22:10 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MB

Matthew, Neale and Kathryn talk about the deepening economic risks around Covid 19, gun laws and the Australasian Prime Ministers' news conference. 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 the director of Capital Government Relations.

Book review - The Lost Pianos of Siberia

March 01, 2020 21:33 - 8 minutes - 7.6 MB

Phil Vine reviews The Lost Pianos of Siberia by Sophy Roberts, published by Penguin Random House.

Cold Blood. Edge of seat theatre. Dancing fingers

March 01, 2020 21:10 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MB

'Cold Blood' is the latest delightfully absurd offering from partners in art and life choreographer Michèle Anne De Mey and filmmaker Jaco Van Dormael. Featuring tiny props, cinema projection, and a cast of performing hands, it unfolds as seven mini-stories, each about unfortunate deaths and each oddly compelling. Cold Blood is being shown as part of the Auckland Festival which runs from 11th-29th March.

Strict measures in Europe to tackle Covid-19

March 01, 2020 20:45 - 8 minutes - 8.19 MB

Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney looks at how European nations have toughened their public health measures in response to the outbreaks of coronavirus cases, with Italy and France the first countries to be hit by the spread of the virus. Could Europe be about to suffer a new migrant crisis and what's behind the walkouts at the French version of the Oscars?

Holistic strategy to reduce the Maori prison population

March 01, 2020 20:30 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MB

Kathryn talks to the Department of Corrections Deputy Chief Executive - Maori, Topia Rameka about the five-year strategy called Hokai Rangi, which aims to reduce the disproportionate number of Maori men, women and youth in prison, and also prepare people for life upon release.

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