Nine To Noon
5,970 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 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 - Big Ideas for Small Houses by Catherine Foster
October 08, 2019 21:41 - 3 minutes - 3.52 MBPhil Vine reviews Big Ideas for Small Houses by Catherine Foster, which is published by Penguin Random House.
Tama Waipara - Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival
October 08, 2019 21:06 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBTama Waipara is festival director for the inaugural Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival, which started last week and runs until October 20th. Featuring writers, performers and artists such as Nancy Brunning, Rob Ruha, Teeks, Anika Moa, Annie Crummer, Maisey Rika and Dave Dobbyn, it's "steeped in the local while connected with stories from across the country and the Pacific". Tama Waipara is of course an award winning performer himself. Once ranked as one of the world's top clarinet players, Tama...
Former PM criticises Liberals on the environment
October 08, 2019 20:52 - 7 minutes - 6.65 MBAustralia correspondent Annika Smethurst looks at the criticism former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has heaped on the Liberal Party for failing to address climate change, the new annual record for asylum seekers arriving into Australia by air, and negotiations between the US and Australia to boost law enforcement cooperation.
Hong Kong protesters right to fear surveillance - expert
October 08, 2019 20:40 - 9 minutes - 8.37 MBSurveillance technology expert Ray Walsh of Proprivacy.com says the use of video recorded by protesters in Hong Kong could end up coming back to bite them. The city has experienced 18 weeks of protests, initially sparked by plans for an extradition treaty with China. Emergency legislation enacted late last week to curb the unrest included a ban on the wearing of face masks at public gatherings. Protesters have been wearing masks to combat the use of tear gas, water cannons and rubber bul...
Review finds years of ineffective monitoring by NZTA
October 08, 2019 20:30 - 9 minutes - 9.14 MBA government review has found years of ineffective monitoring at the Transport Agency led to road safety regulation failings. The review was set up by the Transport Minister last year after RNZ reported failures by the agency to clamp down on companies issuing Warrants of Fitness to vehicles that did not reach the standard. In one case, a motorist died when a faulty seatbelt failed in an accident after the car was given a WoF. The review report lists at least ten reasons for the failures...
Contracts with corporate giants shut out smaller producers
October 08, 2019 20:11 - 16 minutes - 15 MBLocal health beverage producer, Florence Van Dyke from the Chia Sisters says her company is unable to become a mainstream player in the non-alcoholic beverages sector in this country because an exclusivity contract model that forces out competition. She claims nearly every major seller of food in New Zealand, from cafe chains to airlines, movie theatres, supermarkets, hospitals and schools, are tied up in exclusivity contracts with big global players such as Coca-Cola Amatil and Pepsi ow...
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
October 07, 2019 22:45 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBGavin's views on the Media Council's right to censure the ODT over publishing a photograph of an obsessive-compulsive woman in court. Also an opinion on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex taking legal action against British tabloids over intrusive behaviour. Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on [email protected]
Clova Bay: life in the Marlborough Sounds' remote Clova Bay
October 07, 2019 22:23 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBMarion Day talks with Kathryn Ryan on Nine to Noon about life in remote Clova Bay in Pelorus Sound. She and partner Steve Podjursky moved there 10 years ago from their farm in Bay of Plenty. Marion has written a book called Passion: Living, Feasting and Writing deep in the Marlborough Sounds.
Business commentator Rod Oram
October 07, 2019 22:06 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBThere's been a very cool response from various parties to a report advocating various activities close down the Ports of Auckland. TVNZ's annual report sheds only a little new light on the economics of its burgeoning on demand business, and the Takeover Panel receives complaints about the offer for NZ Oil & Gas.
Book review - Bedlam by Derek Landy
October 07, 2019 21:40 - 7 minutes - 6.55 MBAnna Daniell reviews Bedlam (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 12) by Derek Landy. The book is published by HarperCollins.
Moon mission 2024. Yes it's rocket science
October 07, 2019 21:10 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBNASA Senior Engineer Tim Atkins talks to Kathryn Ryan about the future of deep space exploration and the progress made to date by the space agency in putting humans back on the moon by 2024. He's in Alabama's "Rocket City", home to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center which is developing a Space Launch System poised to be the most powerful rocket in history. Tim Atkins manages avionics requirements, testing, and analyses for key components of the Artemis Programs, at NASA's Marshall Space...
USA correspondent - Susan Milligan
October 07, 2019 20:52 - 7 minutes - 6.6 MBThe threat of impeachment grows for President Donald Trump as a second whistleblower emerges.
Young woman tells her own story of sleeping rough in new book
October 07, 2019 20:31 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBAt Merge Cafe on Auckland's K Road, everyone is welcome. Seven people who've hung out there tell their own stories in the new book Street. Taylor Banks – who was on the street for 7 years from the age of 17 – is one of them.
Parent visa reaction - "gutted and betrayed"
October 07, 2019 20:08 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBA New Zealand immigration lawyer say his clients have been left reeling by the news that the reinstated parent visa category only caters to the country's top earners. Yesterday the government announced it will bring back the parent visa category, which National suspended out of concern sponsors were not honouring commitments to support their parents financially. But now the parent category comes with a tough income requirement for the child sponsor, as as well as a cap on the number of p...
The Camping Cookbook: recipes and food storage tips
October 06, 2019 22:30 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBWhen food-lovers Andrea Lo Vetere and Sara Mutande moved to New Zealand, they become passionate about camping. But one night, eating prepackaged food on the Routeburn Track, the couple (who are from Sicily and Spain respectively) started questioning why camping food couldn't be… better. They've written The Camping Cookbook with 30 Mediterranean-inspired recipes and practical tips for organising food for camping.
Politics with Hooton & Mills
October 06, 2019 22:05 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MBStephen Mills and Matthew Hooton chat to Kathryn about Shane Jones' comments at the forestry conference, and the Prime Minister's rebuke of him. Also discusson about moving the Ports of Auckland.
Book review - Wildlife of Aotearoa by Gavin Bishop
October 06, 2019 21:35 - 4 minutes - 4.14 MBHarry Broad reviews Wildlife of Aotearoa by Gavin Bishop, which is published by Penguin Random House.
Animal Justice: Camille Labchuk
October 06, 2019 21:05 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBKathryn Ryan speaks with one of Canada's leading animal rights lawyers, who has worked to protect animals for over a decade, exposing hidden animal suffering and affecting policy changes. Camille Labchuk is Executive Director of Animal Justice and has been in New Zealand as a guest of the NZ Animal Law Association conference.
The Aotearoa History Show webseries
October 06, 2019 20:40 - 7 minutes - 6.58 MBThe government's recent announcement that NZ history will be have to be taught in school, addresses the anomaly that saw this country one of few in the world that hasn't had its own history as a compulsory school subject.
Growing demand for 0% loans
October 06, 2019 20:20 - 9 minutes - 8.61 MBZero and low interest loan schemes to help pay for household expenses are being asked for and now offered to people in parts of the South Island for the first time, who might otherwise resort to predatory lenders.
Dunedin's property managers under the spotlight
October 06, 2019 20:05 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBOtago advocates for tenants are calling for the rental industry to be regulated further, with unscrupulous property managers made to sit a test or get a proper licence.
The week that was
October 03, 2019 22:45 - 9 minutes - 9.07 MBElisabeth Easther and Pinky Agnew with the Friday funnies
Sports commentator Brendan Telfer
October 03, 2019 22:30 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBWith the Rugby World Cup, halfway through group play, Brendan looks at how things and shaping up and whether it is too early to pick a winner just yet?
Music with Jeremy Taylor - 50 years of Abbey Road
October 03, 2019 22:05 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBThe Beatles final album 'Abbey Road' turns 50 this year, and gets the deluxe reissue treatment, plus new music from Tiny Ruins and Angel Olsen.
Book review - Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith
October 03, 2019 21:40 - 5 minutes - 5.31 MB[image:210040:full] Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books reviews Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith, which is published by Bloomsbury. Following a run of New Year's concerts, Patti Smith finds herself tramping the coast of Santa Cruz, about to embark on a year of solitary wandering. Taking us across states and to remembered and imagined places, this haunting memoir blends fact and fiction with poetic mastery. [audio_play]
Truth. A book about things that aren't true. No. Really.
October 03, 2019 21:05 - 32 minutes - 30.3 MBIn Truth: A Brief History of Lies, Deception and Total Bullsh*t, Tom Phillips, author and independent fact checker looks at the ingenious ways, throughout history, humans have managed to avoid telling the truth. He also asks whether a truthier future is possible.
Asia correspondent Julia Hollingsworth
October 03, 2019 20:45 - 8 minutes - 7.71 MBJulia's been watching the fireworks in China as it celebrates 70 years of the People's Republic, while in Hong Kong it' s a different story. Julia is a digital news producer for CNN based in Hong Kong.
The Big Loop: One man's bike ride around New Zealand
October 03, 2019 20:30 - 9 minutes - 8.46 MBDunc Wilson has seen quite a bit of New Zealand - at least 11,000 km - from two wheels. In 2015 he embarked on an epic adventure to cycle the New Zealand coastline and became the first person to do so, in 240 days.
Electricity Price Review: Cheaper power to the people?
October 03, 2019 20:05 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBWill the government's response to the Electricity Price Review really change over how much we pay for power?
The Negotiators, The Spy and The Hunters
October 02, 2019 22:45 - 9 minutes - 8.91 MBFilm and TV reviewer Tamar Munch looks at Maori Television's slick production The Negotiators, the true story of Israel's most prominent spy Eli Cohen and The Hunters, a series based on a 1996 Swedish thriller feature film of the same name.
Do only children really miss out?
October 02, 2019 22:25 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBWhat do Mahatma Gandhi, Eleanor Roosevelt, Leonardo da Vinci, Al Pacino and Tiger Woods have in common? They were - or are - only children. Many stereotypes persist about only children - including that they're spoiled or lonely. But is that really the case? Between 2006 and 2013 the proportion of families in New Zealand with one child grew from 36.5 per cent to 38.1. Dr Susan Newman is a social psychologist who has written 15 books in the relationship and parenting fields, including Pare...
Historic day for Pike families
October 02, 2019 22:15 - 5 minutes - 5.41 MBToday was the beginning of another very long journey for the families of the 29 men killed in the pike river mining disaster nine years ago. At 9am this morning the families began to enter right to where the mine is sealed - 170 metres into the drift. It's the last chance for families to enter before full recovery of the 2.3 km tunnel begins. In the first group to go into the mine's drift were Sonya Rockhouse and Anna Osborne. Reporter Rowan Quinn is in Greymouth.
How well is the broadband market working?
October 02, 2019 22:05 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBTechnology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about how well the broadband market is working, as the first phase of the fibre build comes to an end. He'll also look at the latest security scare - Simjacker - and whether it's really as frightening as it sounds. And Apple released its new iOS 12 days ago - so why has it already needed three new updates?
Book review - Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
October 02, 2019 21:35 - 5 minutes - 4.71 MBIan Telfer reviews Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell, which is published by Penguin Random House. Gladwell links up psychological experiments, court cases and historical episodes to build a compelling case that we misread strangers' intentions far more than we realise - often with major implications for our lives.
Bizarre true story of journalist conned by 'fantasist' extremist
October 02, 2019 21:05 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBIn a book that was twice stopped by authorities, "The Messenger" tells how Shiv Malik met, and was subsequently taken in by, Hassan Butt, a notorious British-Pakistani terror spokesman in the aftermath of London's 7/7 bombings. He tells Kathryn Ryan how he was duped and became the subject of a court case, with ramifications for press freedom across the UK. Shiv Malik is a former investigative reporter who alongside breaking many exclusive front page stories, has spent time reporting from...
Boris' new plan and compulsory vaccination talk
October 02, 2019 20:45 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBUK correspondent Kate Adie joins Kathryn to talk about Boris Johnson's new five-point plan for Brexit, talk of making vaccinations compulsory after Britain lost its "measles-free" status, and the reaction to Harry and Meghan's decision to sue the Mail on Sunday for publishing contents of a private letter.
The Keys are in the Margarine: A play about dementia
October 02, 2019 20:20 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBIt's estimated more than 60,000 people are living with dementia in New Zealand, and that's expected to triple by 2050. It's only an estimate though, as no study into the prevalence of dementia here has ever been conducted. The Keys are in the Margarine is a play touring New Zealand at the moment that aims to shed light on the realities of living with, or being affected by, dementia. It's documentary or verbatim theatre, created from interviews with dementia sufferers, their caregivers, f...
Orphan stuck in Syrian refugee camp could be a New Zealander
October 02, 2019 20:05 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MBIt's claimed a three-and-a-half-year-old orphan stuck in a Syrian refugee camp is the child of a deceased New Zealand citizen. Nine to Noon has been told the toddler, who's parents had been living in Australia before traveling to live under Islamic State, is one of over 60 women and children from Australia being held at Al-Hawl refugee camp. Kamalle Dabboussy, who's adult daughter Mariam is being held in the camp, leads a group of Australian families trying to bring their relatives home....
Arts with Courtney Johnston
October 01, 2019 22:49 - 9 minutes - 8.95 MBCourtney joins Kathryn to talk about the Dutch museum that's revising how the nation sees itself and an 18-carat artworld joke that was stolen from a British stately home - is the artist in on it?
Michael Allpress: Three decades in the coffee business
October 01, 2019 22:26 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBMichael Allpress has spent three decades in the coffee business. He began in 1989 with a coffee cart at Victoria Park Market in Auckland, and now has a global coffee brand with roasteries in Dunedin, Auckland, Melbourne, Sydney, Tokyo and London, supplying 1000 independent cafes around the world and employing nearly 300 people.
Silver Scrolls: A look back on some big winners
October 01, 2019 22:07 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBMusic correspondent Charlotte Ryan looks at some of the previous winners of the APRA Silver Scroll Awards which will take place in Auckland tonight, including The Formyula, Dave Dobbyn and Marlon Williams.
Book review - Tui Street Heroes by Anne Kayes
October 01, 2019 21:40 - 2 minutes - 2.31 MBLouise Ward of Wardini Books reviews Tūī Street Heroes by Anne Kayes, which is published by Wildling Books.
Should ageing be treated like a disease?
October 01, 2019 21:10 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBWe usually accept old age and ill-health as inevitably intertwined, but in the future that may not be the case, according to a geneticist based at Harvard Medical School. Dr David Sinclair attemps to understand why we age and how we can slow its effects and looks at the scientific breakthroughs in his new book Lifespan: Why We Age - And Why We Don't Have To.
Australia dragged into Trump impeachment furore
October 01, 2019 20:45 - 8 minutes - 8.04 MBAustralia correspondent Karen Middleton reports on the fallout from the leaked revelation that Donald Trump asked Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison for help to investigate and discredit the Mueller inquiry. She'll also look at Australia's record low interest rate, the Tasmanian senator campaigning for deported Kiwis and ACT deciding to legalise marijuana.
Talented young artists - Ringa Toi Student Exhibition
October 01, 2019 20:34 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBCelebrating student success - Kathryn talks to two talented young artists, Odessa Strathern-Dunn and Robb Edmonds about their pieces which feature in the Ringa Toi exhibition. NZQA Deputy Chief Executive Maori, Alex Bidois also joins the conversation.
Price of opioid addiction - human cost & Big Pharma lawsuits
October 01, 2019 20:08 - 21 minutes - 20 MBComplex legal manoeuvrings and bankruptcy proceedings are underway as some large US pharmaceutical companies attempt to settle huge lawsuits arising out of the opioid epidemic. Drug maker Johnson and Johnson has been fined US$572m for fueling the state of Oklahoma's opioid problem, and oxycontin maker, Purdue Pharma has filed for bankruptcy, while announcing a US$10b plan to settle lawsuits. US journalist and author of Dopesick, Beth Macy has closely followed the public health crisis whi...
Local body candidate recognition
September 30, 2019 22:44 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBGavin Ellis talks to Kathryn about the effect of the PR wall between local body residents and elected representatives getting higher. An RNZ survey shows the number of local government communications staff has rocketed. NZME has lost few unique visits to nzherald.co.nz since it put up a paywall, and journalism-focused philanthropy in the United States has almost quadrupled in the past decade and more than a quarter of the recipients concentrate on local news. Gavin Ellis is a media comme...
Kiwi Peter O'Brian's Rambu movie career
September 30, 2019 22:27 - 15 minutes - 14.7 MBAs a backpacker Peter O'Brian had only just touched down in Jakarta when he was "discovered". He'd been mistaken for Sylvester Stallone - but that mistake would pay off. He spent the next 22 years living in Indonesia while making movies as the local version of Rambo. His story has been told in a Loading Docs film called Operation: Rambu!
Business commentator Rod Oram
September 30, 2019 22:07 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBRod talks to Kathryn about Fonterra's new strategy, the end of Jetstar's regional services, banks trialling provincial hubs and the Taxpayers' Union's appeal for donations.
Book review - The Girls by Chloe Higgins
September 30, 2019 21:41 - 3 minutes - 3.24 MBTamsin Martin of Scorpio Books reviews The Girls by Chloe Higgins. Published by Picador.