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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Episodes
Bellbird, Ailo's Journey and Castle Rock
November 13, 2019 22:45 - 8 minutes - 8.15 MBFilm and TV reviewer Sarah McMullan looks at new New Zealand feature film Bellbird, a kids' documentary about a reindeer called Ailo's Journey which is narrated by Donald Sutherland and the second season of Stephen King's Castle Rock.
Beyond the Bump: Coping with the mental turmoil of becoming mum
November 13, 2019 22:25 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBPregnancy can be a bumpy ride for new mums-to-be for any number of reasons. Beyond the Bump has been written by clinical psychologist Sally Shepherd and is aimed at helping women with the transition from "me" to "we". She joins Kathryn to talk about how new mothers can navigate the mental, emotional and physical turmoil that can both precede and follow childbirth.
Should we really trust big tech with our health data?
November 13, 2019 22:05 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MBTechnology commentator Mark Pesce looks at the purchase by Google of Fitbit and the case of a whistleblower who's raised the alarm on the secret transfer of medical data of 50 million Americans from a healthcare provider to Google. He'll also talk about whether it's really possible to opt out of the surveillance taking place everyday around the world - is there a way citizens can fight back?
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
November 13, 2019 21:35 - 5 minutes - 4.79 MBRalph McAllister reviews Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi. Published by Pan Macmillan.
Designing women: Anne Salmond on her career in architecture
November 13, 2019 21:05 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBArchitect Anne Salmond has spent her life designing buildings and is considered a trailblazer in her field. When she graduated from Victoria University in 1980 there were just eight women in her class. The year before there just two. She set up her practice, Salmond Architecture, after she had the first of her three children before relocating from Wellington to Wanaka, where she's been based ever since. She joins Kathryn to talk about her career, which has just been capped with being mad...
Nigel Farage backs off Tory seats, Britain floods, model found
November 13, 2019 20:45 - 5 minutes - 5.26 MBUK correspondent Matthew Parris reports on the decision by Nigel Farage not to stand Brexit Party candidates in more than 300 seats won by the Tories in 2017. He also looks at the floods that have hit large parts of the country and the sweet story of a former Yves Saint Laurent model who was discovered again - while living in a rest home.
What will our energy future look like by mid-century?
November 13, 2019 20:25 - 18 minutes - 17 MBA comprehensive modelling exercise into the country's energy future shows the economy is set for a major transformation by mid-century, with less reliance on primary produce and more on services. The BusinessNZ Energy Council, along with partners in business, academia and government have updated their detailed energy modelling exercise and posits two scenarios by mid-century: one where the global policy response to climate has been at the lower end and New Zealand's response slower; and ...
Could RNZ as we know it be a thing of the past?
November 13, 2019 20:15 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBA proposal to disestablish RNZ and TVNZ and replace it with a new public media entity, funded by both the tax payer and from commercial revenue, is to go before Cabinet ministers within weeks. The recommendation came from a Government advisory group - which included representatives of RNZ, TVNZ, NZ on Air and a number of other public agencies. The whole new entity would have with statutory editorial independence and a public service mandate. Andrew Holden has been a journalist for more t...
Public phase of Presidential impeachment enquiry
November 13, 2019 20:05 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBThe impeachment inquiry into US President Donald Trump has started a critical new phase, with the first public hearings underway. The inquiry is attempting to establish if the President sought help from Ukraine to boost his chances of re-election next year, by pressuring the Ukraine to investigate one of the president's main Democrat challengers Joe Biden, and his son Hunter. American political commentator, Ron Elving, takes a break from commentating on the public hearings for NPR to spe...
Reflections on the recent Brexit chapter
November 12, 2019 22:47 - 11 minutes - 11.1 MBLaw commentator Dean Knight has been in the UK as a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics and used the time to closely follow the Brexit happenings. He'll join Susie to talk about the legal and constitutional implications for New Zealand. Dean Knight is an associate professor at the School of Law at Victoria University.
Saving Kākāpō with fertility boosting rimu fruit
November 12, 2019 22:28 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBWhen it comes to hopelessly flawed reproductive strategies, Kākāpō top the list. In addition to fertility problems they only breed every 2-5 years, coinciding with mass fruiting of rimu trees. Scientists believe there might be hope for the critically-endangered native parrot by looking closer at this link. Nine to Noon talks to Dr Janet Pitman from Victoria University of Wellington who, along with Dr Simon Hinkley has been awarded a Te Pūtea Rangahau a arsden grant to investigate.
Longer story songs, music and unpleasure
November 12, 2019 22:06 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBMusic correspondent Graeme Downes looks at some country music with longer narratives and the pain that's experienced by the subjects of the songs, featuring Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris' $1000 Wedding, Emmylou Harris' Red Dirt Girl and Jolene, by Dolly Parton.
Book review - Pākehā Settlements in a Māori World
November 12, 2019 21:38 - 3 minutes - 2.83 MBJonathan West reviews Pākehā Settlements in a Māori World by Ian Smith, which is published by Bridget Williams Books.
What's it like to be a dog?
November 12, 2019 21:06 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBBest-selling cognitive scientist Alexandra Horowitz talks to Susie Ferguson about her new book "Our Dogs, Ourselves", which attempts to understand the age-old and often emotional relationship between humans and our dogs: how we acquire, name, train, raise, treat, talk to, and see them - and what that relationship tells us about ourselves and our society. Alexandra Horowitz is a professor at Columbia University, where she teaches seminars in canine cognition and heads the Dog Cognition La...
Dogs and us: Alexandra Horowitz
November 12, 2019 21:06 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBBest-selling cognitive scientist Alexandra Horowitz talks to Susie Ferguson about her new book "Our Dogs, Ourselves", which attempts to understand the age-old and often emotional relationship between humans and our dogs: how we acquire, name, train, raise, treat, talk to, and see them - and what that relationship tells us about ourselves and our society. Alexandra Horowitz is a professor at Columbia University, where she teaches seminars in canine cognition and heads the Dog Cognition La...
Catastrophic bushfires and climate change brawling
November 12, 2019 20:47 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBAustralia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Susie with the latest on the bushfires raging through multiple states and the outbreak of political brawling over the role of climate change in the catastrophe. She'll talk about the denial by former foreign minister Alexander Downer that he conspired to bring Trump down in the Mueller inquiry into Russian interference and Cardinal George Pell has one last legal hope to appeal his six-year jail sentence for child sex offences.
Kaitiakitanga & rahui: adding colour to Maori concepts
November 12, 2019 20:36 - 10 minutes - 9.7 MBAn enterprising book in Te Reo and English teaching the important Maori concepts of kaitiakitanga and rahui is just going into its second print run. Te haerenga o Piri - Piri's Adventure - is a colouring book, designed by four Northland high school students, intended for much younger children and the adults who read it to them. Susie Ferguson speaks with Te Kura Taumata o Panguru student-turned-author Iripareraukura Te Tai - one of the Year 13s behind this book, launched under their busi...
School shake up 'will make things fairer'
November 12, 2019 20:25 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBMassive changes to the school system will see the creation of a new agency which will take over zoning and enrolment schemes from individual school boards. Nine to Noon talks to one of the architects of the new school system that was outlined by the minister yesterday. Bali Haque who was the chair of the independent task force that led to the changes says the new system will level the playing field.
Retirement village contracts to be simplified: sector
November 12, 2019 20:10 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBRetirement village operators say they are moving to simplify and clarify contracts with residents after criticism from the government watchdog. The Commission for Financial Capability reviewed the rules and costs involved in residents' moving from independent living to rest home-type care facilities on the same site. It found that some contracts were so confusing that potential residents did not understand that the different facilities have different cost structures and regulatory regime...
Media Commentator Gavin Ellis
November 11, 2019 22:45 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBThe launch of a pay walled website by Business Desk will spell competition for National Business Review, and how much have our attitudes to media changed over 30 years. NZ on Air commissioned research to find out. Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on [email protected].
How big could NZ's population get?
November 11, 2019 22:30 - 13 minutes - 12.9 MBNew Zealand's population has nearly hit five million, according to the latest census data. How much of that is population growth, and how much is immigration growth? How big could and should New Zealand's population be? Susie speaks with Massey University demographer, Distinguished Professor Paul Spoonley.
Business Commentator Rebecca Stevenson, workplace relationships
November 11, 2019 22:05 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBStuff business editor Rebecca Stevenson talks to Susie Ferguson about consensual relationships in the office in light of a McDonald's boss being sacked for having a relationship with another worker. Also, when is more annual leave the loss of other leave?
Book review - Somewhere Becoming Rain by Clive James
November 11, 2019 21:35 - 5 minutes - 5.3 MBQuentin Johnson reviews Somewhere Becoming Rain by Clive James, which is published by Pan Macmillan. "An appreciation of the poet Philip Larkin by James, a longtime admirer, written in his penetrating, lucid, iconoclastic style."
The birth of Netflix
November 11, 2019 21:05 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBNetflix co-founder and its first CEO Marc Randolph talks to Nine to Noon about the origins of one of the world's largest media companies, which began life renting and selling DVDs in the post. Marc Randolph is now a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur whose career spans more than four decades.
Determinants for academic success among LGBT students
November 11, 2019 20:35 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBA new study has found that teenagers who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender are more likely to achieve if they are at a supportive school, where teachers have high expectations of them. Dr John Fenaughty from the University of Auckland's faculty of education and social work has led the project which has been recently published internationally in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence. John Fenaughty will explain the findings and the potential implications for schools, and al...
Sydney residents "not ready" for catastrophic fires: researcher
November 11, 2019 20:25 - 8 minutes - 7.73 MBPeople living in the outskirts of Sydney have been warned there are not enough fire engines to serve every house, and not to expect help to come if they call for it, as catastrophic wildfire conditions are expected today. About 600 schools will be closed in New South Wales as bushfires bear down on highly populated areas around Sydney, Wollongong and Newcastle. A state of emergency is in place for the next seven days, and the federal Police Minister, David Elliot, says this could be 'the...
Threat to surf life saving clubs: action 20 years too late
November 11, 2019 20:05 - 17 minutes - 16.5 MBSevere weather events and coastal erosion mean some New Zealand surf life saving clubs are beating a hasty retreat. Paekakariki Surf Life Saving Club on the Kapiti Coast north of Wellington is set to re-build its clubhouse 100 metres inland, to the tune of $3m. The dunes there are eroding; its boat launching ramp collapsed recently when sand was clawed out from underneath it in winter storms. Surf Life Saving New Zealand national life saving manager Allan Mundy says some clubs might have...
Urban issues with Bill McKay - What is post-modernism?
November 10, 2019 22:45 - 10 minutes - 9.49 MBCharles Jencks, architectural commentator and promoter of post-modernism died last month. Bill McKay talks to Kathryn about post-modernism and how it shook up the world of architecture and design. Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland.
Garden to Table : 10 years on
November 10, 2019 22:30 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBIt's been ten years since chef and food writer Catherine Bell co-founded the Garden to Table Trust, teaching children to grow, cook and share food. Since then, 23,000 children, in years three to six, have been through the programme in 176 schools nationwide. To celebrate the milestone, Catherine Bell has written a cook book called Bounty for gardeners and cooks, with proceeds going to the Trust. She talks to Kathryn about the simple but powerful idea: teaching children where food comes f...
Political commentators Hooton & Williams
November 10, 2019 22:05 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBA look at the immigration backdown over arranged marriages policy, the Zero Carbon Act and assisted dying legislation. Matthew Hooton is an Auckland based consultant and lobbyist and Mike Williams is a former president of the Labour Party.
Book review - Deeplight by Frances Hardinge
November 10, 2019 21:35 - 4 minutes - 4.08 MBStella Chrysostomou of VOLUME Books reviews Deeplight by Frances Hardinge, which is published by Pan Macmillan. "Dive into the world of scavenger pirates, deep-sea mythologies, powerful gods and a people who trade for profit and intrigue in found godware. The latest book from the brilliant children's writer Frances Hardinge starts, in the best story-telling tradition, with a tale of wide-eyed wonder and unbelievable strangeness - poetic and mesmerising."
Chronic kidney disease: the silent killer - Rob Walker
November 10, 2019 21:05 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBOne in three New Zealanders are at risk of kidney disease, and it's estimated that 10 percent of people have chronic kidney disease worldwide . Professor Rob Walker is a specialist in kidney health and disease at the University of Otago . He has established a national and international reputation as a kidney researcher and clinician during his 30 years at Otago. He says everyone should get an annual urine test to check for kidney disease.
German correspondent Thomas Sparrow - Berlin Wall
November 10, 2019 20:45 - 7 minutes - 6.61 MBIt's been 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, Thomas Sparrow reports on the weekend's commemorative events. There have been everything from political celebrations, concerts, open-air projection films and discussions.
Why New Zealanders are living longer
November 10, 2019 20:20 - 5 minutes - 5.14 MBFor the last 50 years, each year, the life span of the average New Zealander has increased by about 10 weeks per year. When population health specialist, Alistair Woodward was at medical school in 1970, life expectancy for men and women was around three score years and 10, now it is 84 for women and 82 for men. Professor Woodward is a University of Auckland professor of epidemiology and biostatistics in the School of Population Health.
What's the best way to stop young people viewing porn?
November 10, 2019 20:05 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBInternal Affairs Minister Tracey Martin has officials looking at policy options for preventing harm to children and young people from viewing online porn. In Britain a "porn block" that would've involved age verification and a password for over-18s was recently dropped. The Minister says any porn block here won't include an age verification tool, but will be similar to what the UK introduced in 2013 where the four largest ISPs set free family filters with an opt-out function. With two-th...
The week that was with James Elliott & Pinky Agnew
November 07, 2019 22:45 - 9 minutes - 8.56 MBJames and Pinky are intrigued by a British house which has more than 300 power sockets.
Sports commentator Brendan Telfer - speculation on new AB coach
November 07, 2019 22:30 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBBrendan takes a look at who is the favourite to take over from Steve Hansen as the next All Black coach, and also whether the Melbourne Cup has a future.
Book review - The Toll by Neal Shusterman
November 07, 2019 21:35 - 5 minutes - 5.38 MBElisabeth Easther reviews The Toll by Neal Shusterman, which is published by Walker Books.
The Land Gardeners - cut flowers & compost fit for a farm
November 07, 2019 21:05 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBThe Land Gardeners New Zealand-born and raised Bridget Elworthy and Englishwoman Henrietta Courtauld create gardens that are productive and wild. They also grow and sell organic English cut flowers, and research plant and soil health. Bridget and Henrietta are keynote speakers at Rapaura Springs Garden Marlborough in Blenheim , which runs til Sunday. They're working with farmers here and in England, introducing their Climate Compost project - looking at how high quality compost can be ma...
Pacific correspondent Johnny Blades - measles in Samoa
November 07, 2019 20:45 - 5 minutes - 5.44 MBRNZ's Johnny Blades talks to Kathryn about the fatal measles outbreak in Samoa and in Bougainville's upcoming referendum on independence from Papua New Guinea.
Vaka: Tokelau's response to climate change
November 07, 2019 20:20 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBNew documentary Vaka shows people from the remote Pacific community of Tokelau doing everything they can to proactively respond to climate change, weaving together customary wisdom and modern techniques. The film is made by Massey University Media Production students, and is screening at Exposure Hi Kanohi Kitea, at Massey's Wellington campus until November 16th. Kelly Moneymaker and Mason Rudd spent two weeks with a small team filming on Tokelau earlier this year. They tell Kathryn Ryan...
Huge data gaps undermining environmental protection: PCE
November 07, 2019 20:05 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBThe Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Simon Upton, has identified significant shortfalls in the way environmental data is collected and collated, which he says could be leading to poor policy decisions and environmental damage. His new report into the Environmental Reporting Act, which introduced mandatory reporting in 2015, paints a picture of fragmented data from a range of organisations. Mr Upton says this means policy makers are "flying blind".
Official Secrets, Sorry We Missed You, The Aeronauts
November 06, 2019 22:45 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBFilm and TV reviewer James Croot joins Kathryn to talk about British docu-drama Official Secrets, based on the life of whistleblower Katharine Gun who leaked a memo detailing that the US eavesdropped on diplomats from other countries; Sorry We Missed You, a British drama by Ken Loach and The Aeronauts, a 2019 biographical adventure film starring Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne, and Doc Edge's new on demand service https://docedgefestivalondemand.uscreen.io/
Tertiary education: an overwhelming choice?
November 06, 2019 22:25 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBWith an increasing the number of pathways, options and qualifications students can enrol in, Dr Mohamed Alansari, from Auckland University's School of Learning, Development and Professional Practice speaks with Kathryn Ryan about the range of choices facing year 13 students as they leave secondary school. Is it too difficult to choose?
Driverless cars, 2nd digital divide and gangster phones
November 06, 2019 22:05 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MBTechnology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about why it's taking so long to get a truly autonomous car after Apple's co-founder Steve Wozniak said it may not happen in his lifetime. Also, is the second digital divide locking poor people out and there's a phone company out there that sells phones engineered for criminals.
Book review - Wearing Paper Dresses by Anne Brinsden
November 06, 2019 21:35 - 5 minutes - 4.99 MBBronwyn Wylie-Gibb of University Book Shop, Dunedin, reviews Wearing Paper Dresses by Anne Brinsden, which is published by Pan Macmillan Australia. "Compelling, clever writing; vivid characters and a tale of family, farms and fragility, shot through with darkness and sudden moments of light."
Sinéad Gleeson: sickness, health, motherhood & writing
November 06, 2019 21:05 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBSinéad Gleeson is an Irish writer and the author of the critically acclaimed work of creative non-fiction Constellations. She was diagonosed with arthritis at 13, and an aggressive form of leukemia in her 20s, and her book is a powerful depiction of sickness, health and ultimately motherhood, as well as part science, poetry and art writing. Sinéad Gleeson has been a book and music reviewer for The Irish Times', presents The Book Show on RTÉ Radio 1 and is a writer in residence at Univers...
Boris Johnson launches his election campaign
November 06, 2019 20:45 - 7 minutes - 6.87 MBUK correspondent Matt Dathan joins Kathryn to talk about the start of the election campaign, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisting at the Tory launch that he can "get Brexit over the line". Former speaker John Bercow has delivered his valedictory speech, with the comment that Brexit is the biggest mistake Britain has made since the Second World War.
Concerns over lead in Canada's water supplies
November 06, 2019 20:30 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBA large investigation into Canada's drinking water has raised concerns about lead contamination. Out of 12,000 tests since 2014, a third exceeded the national safety guideline of 5 parts per billion. The results drew comparisons with the public health crisis in the US city of Flint, where a decision to draw water from older, corrosive pipes exposed up to 100-thousand people to high lead levels. The investigation was a year-long collaboration by 120 journalists across 10 media outlets and...
Gender bias report. Senior doctors "making up for being female"
November 06, 2019 20:05 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBA new Association of Salaried Medical Specialists report is giving insight into why senior women doctors are burning out at a quicker rate than their male counterparts and are more likely to work through illness. The Director of Policy and Research with ASMS, Charlotte Chambers, interviewed 14 senior women doctors for the study and found common narratives around subtle and overt gender bias, as well as a lack of work-life balance. She says the medical profession needs an urgent shift in ...