Nine To Noon
6,372 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 10 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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Green light for people to enter Pike River mine draft
December 03, 2019 20:32 - 10 minutes - 9.95 MBWorksafe has established the Pike River mine draft could be made safe enough to enter, by creating a process known as 'forcing ventilation' where fresh air is drawn into the mine The move would allow the 170m seal to be breached and the forensic investigation of the entire drift to begin. The Pike River Recovery Agency's Chief Operating Officer, Dinghy Pattinson explains to Kathryn Ryan.
Pier pressure: Ports of Auckland boss on possible move
December 03, 2019 20:09 - 22 minutes - 21.1 MBPorts of Auckland says moving its operations will have a significant financial impact on Aucklanders. The final of three reports prepared for the government on shifting the Port by the Upper North Island Supply Chain Strategy is expected to go to Cabinet's development committee today, with a possible decision by Cabinet before Christmas. The report, which Nine to Noon has sighted, recommended shifting "most or all" of the Port's freight operations to Northport near Whangarei, while retai...
Mixing languages to build confidence and raise achievement
December 02, 2019 22:30 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBKathryn meets Dr Corinne Seals, a senior lecturer in Applied Linguistics and Language Studies at Victoria University, who has been researching how to help multilingual pre-schoolers improve their English by mixing the languages they know. Called 'translanguaging', the idea is that multilingual speakers draw on whichever language they need at the time to communicate. Dr Seals says mixing the languages they know together builds confidence and helps them demonstrate what they know, which ma...
RBNZ bank capital decision
December 02, 2019 22:05 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBBusiness commentator Rod Oram looks at the looming decision by the Reserve Bank on Thursday over how much capital the banks will be required to hold. He'll also talk about criticism of Fletcher Building's $1.1m bonus paid to CEO Ross Taylor - even as the company confirmed the death of five of its workers on projects this year. And BECA is turning 100 - Rod takes a look at some of the company's biggest projects.
Book review - Afakasi Woman by Lani Wendt Young
December 02, 2019 21:35 - 3 minutes - 3.68 MBLisa Finucane reviews Afakasi Woman by Lani Wendt Young, which is published by OneTree House.
Janis Joplin. American Rockstar
December 02, 2019 21:05 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBHolly George-Warren explores the complexity of the self destructive, but wonderfully talented and erudite singer Janis Joplin. In 'Janis: Her Life and Music' Holly George-Warren delves into the influences and career of her teen idol, with the help of Janis Joplin's personal archives as well as unprecedented access to the singer's family and friends.
Kozmik blues: Janis Joplin’s brief and brilliant life
December 02, 2019 21:05 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBA new book on Janis Joplin gives fresh insight into the troubled singer's life, thanks to unprecedented access to her personal archives, friends and family.
Kosmik blues: Janis Joplin’s brief and brilliant life
December 02, 2019 21:05 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBHolly George-Warren explores the complexity of the self destructive, but wonderfully talented and brilliant singer Janis Joplin. In 'Janis: Her Life and Music' Holly George-Warren delves into the life and career of her teen idol with the help of Janis Joplin's personal archives as well as unprecedented access to her family and friends.
Trump won't join impeachment hearings, and new entrants in Democratic race
December 02, 2019 20:45 - 9 minutes - 9.14 MBUSA correspondent Susan Milligan joins Kathryn to talk about Donald Trump's decision not to participate in the impeachment hearings and who's in and who's out of the Democratic race for the presidential nomination.
Tech companies put livestream take-down to the test
December 02, 2019 20:35 - 7 minutes - 6.72 MBMajor tech companies, international officials and the Prime Minister are in the capital today for a two day workshop to test how fast they can take down a livestream like the Christchurch mosque attack video. After the March 15th shootings, tech giants, including Google and Facebook, designed a protocol setting out what they'd do in such a crisis. RNZ political reporter Charlie Dreaver is at the symposium.
Tech companies put livestream take-down to the test
December 02, 2019 20:35 - 7 minutes - 6.72 MBMajor tech companies, international officials and the Prime Minister are in the capital today for a two day workshop to test how fast they can take down a livestream like the Christchurch mosque attack video. After the March 15th shootings, tech giants, including Google and Facebook, designed a protocol setting out what they'd do in such a crisis. RNZ political reporter Charlie Dreaver is at the symposium.
Privacy obligations. What business needs to know ahead of new law
December 02, 2019 20:20 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBThe Privacy Act has been setting the boundaries for our right to privacy, especially the collection and disclosure of our personal information, since 1993. But that's set to change early next year when The Privacy Bill, which will replace the 1993 Act, is expected to become law. And with a greater number of businesses holding vast amounts of our digital information - they're being advised to do more to make sure customers understand how their information is being collected and used. Tani...
Auckland mayor Phil Goff: 'Inevitable' port will be moved
December 02, 2019 20:05 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBAuckland's mayor Phil Goff believes the city's port will have to be moved, but he's critical of how the current process is unfolding. Cabinet's development committee will this week consider the latest report from the Upper North Island Supply Chain Strategy working group, with a decision expected to be made by Cabinet before Christmas. The report, which hasn't been made public, but has been sighted by Nine to Noon, recommends moving "much or all" of the Port of Auckland's freight busines...
Biofarm organic yoghurt: milk, cultures & kaitiakitanga
December 01, 2019 22:30 - 13 minutes - 12 MBCathy Tait-Jamieson, who runs BioFarm with her husband Jamie, talks to Kathryn Ryan about their innovative approach to farming.
Book review - Highlights of recent crime fiction
December 01, 2019 21:40 - 4 minutes - 3.93 MBCatriona Ferguson with a round-up of three of the best 2019 crime fiction releases.
Making rare investments: Annette Campbell-White
December 01, 2019 21:05 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBNew Zealand-born Annette Campbell-White lists collecting books, philanthropy and venture capitalism among her interests.
Free speech crisis on New Zealand campuses?
December 01, 2019 20:35 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBAn urgent call is going out to the vice chancellors and councils of all New Zealand universities from a group of academics concerned about the state of free speech on campus.
Decision looms on whether Ports of Auckland should weigh anchor
December 01, 2019 20:05 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBCabinet will soon make a decision on what to do with the Ports of Auckland. This week Cabinet's development committee with consider the latest report from the Upper North Island Supply Chain Strategy working group, which reportedly recommends moving "much or all" of Auckland's freight business to Northport near Whangarei.
The week that was - BBC furore over six chip limit
November 28, 2019 22:48 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBOur comedians Te Radar and Melanie Bracewell have a feast of funnies, including slim pickings at the BBC's canteen in London's Broadcasting house, where the fish and chips are coming up short!
Music reviewer Jeremy Taylor - The Beatles B-sides
November 28, 2019 22:07 - 25 minutes - 23 MBJeremy Taylor from SlowBoat Records takes a look at the flip side of the Beatles, with a selection of single B-sides from the newly singles released box set, along with an avant-garde pop classic from 2020 NZ Festival guest curator Laurie Anderson.
Book review - Rabbits for Food by Binnie Kirshenbaum
November 28, 2019 21:37 - 6 minutes - 5.57 MBMelanie O'Loughlin from Unity Books reviews Rabbits for Food by Binnie Kirshenbaum, which is published by Serpent's Tail. New Year's Eve 2008, and Bunny, a successful writer under the spell of clinical depression, is at dinner with friends. She wonders how long she can take five people discussing the merits of balsamic vinegar. It turns out not long. What comes next lands her in the psych unit of a prestigious New York hospital. Razor-sharp comic timing illuminates mental illness, love a...
Sex and socialism. When unregulated capitalism kills the mood
November 28, 2019 21:07 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MB"Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism" is a book with a seductive title but contains a serious argument. In it Kristen Ghodsee explains how, when done right, socialism offers more opportunities for women to live better lives than unregulated capitalism. She got to this conclusion having researched the transition from communism to capitalism in eastern Europe, which created, she says, a perfect laboratory to investigate. Kristen Ghodsee, a professor of Russian and East European Studi...
Women's sex lives under socialism
November 28, 2019 21:07 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBWhy Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism is a book with a seductive title but contains a serious argument.
Making do with nothing new
November 28, 2019 20:40 - 10 minutes - 9.48 MBRobyn Annear is the author of five books on history and her latest work is titled Nothing New - a history of second hand. An avid Op shopper, she'll discuss what buying things second hand means to different people: treasure or junk? She says the rampant consumerism of the past decade or so, is an aberration when put in a historical context.
World must act to prevent a mountain of EV batteries
November 28, 2019 20:28 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBResearchers are warning that as more and more consumers switch to electric vehicles, better methods of recycling their batteries are urgently needed to prevent a mountain of waste. One million EVs sold around the world in 2017 including 546 here, up from 63 in 2016. In September this year, 605 electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles were sold in New Zealand. Research from the University of Birmingham say that when the batteries from the 2017 fleet begin to wear down in around 20 years, they...
NZ methane-busting seaweed cattle feed nears market
November 28, 2019 20:09 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBA New Zealand technology firm in the race to produce the world's first methane-busting cattle feed supplement made from seaweed is planning to grow and process seaweed in Southland. CH4 Global was founded by a group of local tech and bioscience entrepreneurs, and has been working with Australia's national science agency CSIRO, developing the product made from Asparagopsis armata - a native red seaweed which grows in New Zealand and South Australian waters. Co-founder Nick Gerritsen says ...
The Morning Show, Damned, Spiky Gold Hunters
November 27, 2019 22:48 - 10 minutes - 9.96 MBFilm and TV reviewer Tamar Munch looks at The Morning Show, Apple TV's first big original series that explores the challenges faced by those working in morning television. She'll also touch on new British comedy series Damned, which follows a team of social workers in Children's Services at Elm Heath Council and Spiky Gold Hunters - a new local series about kina divers.
The good divorce: how to help children cope with a break up
November 27, 2019 22:25 - 23 minutes - 31.7 MBEducation consultant and parenting coach Joseph Driessen talks about the parental attitudes and skills that help children cope with a separation or divorce.
Big growth in tech sector and ultra-fast fibre: job done
November 27, 2019 22:06 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBTechnology commentator Paul Matthews looks at a recent report into the country's tech sector which again has found huge growth - what does that mean for wages and the economy? Tahi Rua Toru Tech - the tech industry's in-school challenge - has its national finals next week and there's some impressive stories emerging. And finally, the UFB initiative kicked off in 2008 - and it's done, on time and under budget.
Book review - Yellow Notebook by Helen Garner
November 27, 2019 21:42 - 3 minutes - 3.52 MBJane Westaway reviews Yellow Notebook: Diaries Volume 1 1978-1986 by Helen Garner. Published by Text Publishing.
The One Coin scam and the missing cryptoqueen
November 27, 2019 21:07 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBThe crypto-currency One Coin promised to be the next BitCoin. Even Kiwis got on board with the hype. The problem is, it never really existed and now its founder has disappeared.
Labour's antisemitism woes, election promises, row over a film
November 27, 2019 20:50 - 8 minutes - 7.74 MBUK correspondent Kate Adie joins Kathryn to discuss what both parties are pledging as part of their election campaigns, while Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is dogged by accusations of antisemitism by the UK's chief rabbi. She'll also look at a film that's been withdrawn after it caused a huge fight at a cinema in Birmingham.
Black Friday sales. Are we being manipulated?
November 27, 2019 20:37 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBBlack Friday splurgers are being warned not all consumers are getting the big discounts they're expecting in the American inspired retail sales, while in Europe more than 300 clothing brands are asking shoppers not to buy anything for environmental reasons. So what to make of mega shopping bonanzas, like Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Singles Day? Are they all they're cracked up to be?
National landfill levy. How much should we be paying?
November 27, 2019 20:09 - 24 minutes - 22 MBA new national landfill levy scheme could increase six fold in just a few years, with some experts saying it should be even higher. The government is proposing to increase the current levy from 10 dollars per tonne to as much as 60 dollars per tonne by 2023. The levy would also cover all landfill types including industrial, construction and demolition fills. At $10 per tonne, the current waste disposal levy, set 10 years ago, is among the lowest of any country with a landfill tariff in p...
Golden loo update, around the galleries this summer
November 26, 2019 22:48 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBArts correspondent Courtney Johnston joins Kathryn for an update on Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan's missing solid gold toilet, and a trip around the motu highlighting exhibitions to see over the summer break.
Worth a detour: The travel guide to hidden Kiwi gems
November 26, 2019 22:29 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MB11:20 Worth a detour: The travel guide to hidden Kiwi gems Author Peter Janssen has spent years travelling around New Zealand, finding all the out-of-the-way places that are worth a look. And, helpfully, he's compiled them into two new books - just in time for the summer holidays. The first is 'Worth a Detour: North Island', and the second, 'Worth a Detour: South Island.' Inside are all the hidden places and unusual destinations with the detail that usually only the locals can tell you. ...
Book review - Queer Objects
November 26, 2019 21:46 - 3 minutes - 3.38 MBChris Tse reviews Queer Objects by Chris Brickell and Judith Collard (Eds). Published by Otago University Press.
The Aussie tech entrepreneur taking on the big players
November 26, 2019 21:17 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBRuslan Kogan is a man with his fingers in many pies. the head of a company that offers a range of services to Australian consumers - everything from internet, mobile, travel and insurance - and he's just launched into the New Zealand mobile market. His entrepreneurship started not long after his parents emigrated to Australia from Belarus. As a 10-year-old he would pick up lost golf balls from the local course, package them up in an egg carton and sell them back to golfers at the weekend...
Chinese spies, Westpac scandal, police investigate minister
November 26, 2019 21:07 - 10 minutes - 9.74 MBAustralia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about the domestic spy agency investigating two sets of allegations related to nefarious Chinese activity in Australia, including the mysterious death of a Chinese-Australian man. She'll also look at the fallout for Westpac from the resignation of its CEO over a failure to report millions of suspect international transactions, the investigation into federal energy minister Angus Taylor over his possible use of a fraudulent doc...
Christchurch mosque attack: lessons for government
November 26, 2019 20:44 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBRaf Manji is an independent adviser to the Christchurch Foundation, who was tasked with consulting the Mosque shooting bereaved and victims and recommending how the money should be distributed. Since March 15, he's held 166 meetings with individuals and groups. He says there are many lessons to be learned from the government's response in the aftermath of the shooting.
Christchurch mosque bullet injured lives with 'constant pain'
November 26, 2019 20:36 - 7 minutes - 6.78 MBSheikh Hasan Rubel was shot three times inside the Al Noor Mosque on Deans Ave. The 34-year-old accountant suffered injuries to his stomach, legs and feet and spent ten weeks in hospital, and has had four operations. Fragments of bullet were recently found in his jaw. He tells Kathryn Ryan he is in constant pain and can only work half a day a week.
Christchurch mosque bullet injured lives with 'constant
November 26, 2019 20:36 - 7 minutes - 6.78 MBSheikh Hasan Rubel was shot three times inside the Al Noor Mosque on Deans Ave. The 34-year-old accountant suffered injuries to his stomach, legs and feet and spent ten weeks in hospital, and has had four operations. Fragments of bullet were recently found in his jaw. He tells Kathryn Ryan he is in constant pain and can only work half a day a week.
Christchurch mosque victim: 'Young widows need ongoing support'
November 26, 2019 20:24 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBShadia Amin's 68-year-old husband Ahmed Abdel-Ghany died at the Al Noor Mosque. Her son, Omar, was late to Friday prayers, otherwise he too could have been a victim. Shadia and Ahmed came to New Zealand from Egypt 23 years ago. She says she is grateful for the money she will receive from the Christchurch Foundation but worries about the young widows with very young children, who she says need ongoing support.
Christchurch mosque widow thanks New Zealand
November 26, 2019 20:08 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBThe Christchurch Foundation has announced how it will distribute $9 million donated to the victims of the mosque shootings. It's just over eight months since a lone gunman killed 51 people at two mosques and wounded 40. The Foundation is to pay $70 thousand to each of the widows and $25 thousand to those who were shot and injured, as well as establish several welfare funds to support victims. Hamimah Tuyan lost her husband Zekeriya Tuyan in the Al Noor Mosque attack. The couple met in Si...
Losing the F.A.T: What is Female Athlete Triad?
November 25, 2019 22:33 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBWe think of those in the world of fitness as exceptionally healthy people, but my next guest is helping to shine a light on an unhealthier aspect of the industry. Nats Levi was working as a fitness trainer when she experienced F.A.T - which is an acronym for Female Athlete Triad. It's a condition where women exercise their body to such an extent that they lose their menstrual cycle, bone density and energy. Nats says she succumbed to the pressure those working in the industry often feel ...
Lion buys into US market, Fletcher Buildings faces shareholders
November 25, 2019 22:11 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBBusiness commentator Rod Oram joins Kathryn to talk about breaking news out of Australia, the resignation of Westpac Bank chief executive Brian Hartzer. Also, Lion's decision to buy into the crowded US beer market. [image_crop:92289:full] no caption
Book review - Murmur by Will Eaves
November 25, 2019 22:11 - 3 minutes - 3.71 MBKiran Dass of Time Out Bookstore reviews Murmur by Will Eaves, which is published by Canongate.
Climate pioneer Dave Lowe "we only have one atmosphere"
November 25, 2019 21:07 - 37 minutes - 34 MBDave Lowe's reputation in the world of atmospheric science is legendary, having measured the effects of climate change before the term was even coined! In 1972 he set up the Baring Head Clean Air Monitoring Station, an internationally recognised site for measuring our impact on the Earth's atmosphere and contributed to the IPPC efforts that won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. Overnight it was announced that levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reached a new global peak of 407.8 parts ...
Climate pioneer Dave Lowe: 'We only have one atmosphere'
November 25, 2019 21:07 - 37 minutes - 34 MBDave Lowe's reputation in the world of atmospheric science is legendary, having measured the effects of climate change before the term was even coined! In 1972 he set up the Baring Head Clean Air Monitoring Station, an internationally recognised site for measuring our impact on the Earth's atmosphere and contributed to the IPPC efforts that won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. Overnight it was announced that levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reached a new global peak of 407.8 parts ...
US correspondent David Smith
November 25, 2019 20:54 - 5 minutes - 4.9 MBWashington is digesting the impeachment inquiry hearings, in which the star witnesses were women and immigrants. But did Democrats land a knockout punch against Donald Trump? Opinion polls suggest maybe not.