Nine To Noon
6,190 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 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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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.
Understanding maths, to infinity and beyond
September 30, 2019 21:07 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBDr Clemency Montelle is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Canterbury who specialises in deciphering and understanding ancient mathematical texts. In 2010 she embarked on a project to build an understanding of how astronomical and mathematical thinking evolved in India. By studying the way maths exists in archaeological and manuscript sources Montelle tries to understand the way societies thought, and by extension how they viewed themselves. She is the joint director of the ...
USA correspondent David Smith
September 30, 2019 20:53 - 6 minutes - 6.15 MBWashington bureau chief of The Guardian David Smith talks to Kathryn about impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump, and a crackdown on vaping products in some US states.
Reducing the haze around medical cannabis
September 30, 2019 20:37 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBA new scheme currently proposed by the Ministry of Health is set to impose regulations for the cultivation, sale and prescription of medicinal cannabis products by the middle of December. Dr Shaun Holt is a medical doctor with a background in pharmacy and clinical trials who's co-authored a book, Medical Cannabis: A brief guide for New Zealanders that he hopes will help clarify the status, issues, uses, and studies into medical cannabis. He talks to Kathryn about why he feels some clarit...
Call to regulate rental property managers
September 30, 2019 20:09 - 28 minutes - 26 MBThe Real Estate Institute is calling on the Government to regulate the property management industry, more than a decade after it was deregulated. REINZ is citing unethical behaviour, including discrimination, inadequate inspections, privacy breaches by property managers as among the problems within the industry. The Property Managers Institute however, says the focus needs to be widened to include the property market managed by private landlords or the people they appoint. To discuss thi...
Bill McKay -The Festival of Architecture
September 29, 2019 22:48 - 10 minutes - 9.73 MBA look at how activists are changing the way architecture and urban design are done. Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland.
Food of the Venetian Republic
September 29, 2019 22:35 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBKathryn talks with chef and restaurateur Nino Zoccali about the cuisine of the Venetian Republic, Adriatic Croatia and the Greek Islands and shares recipes for Venetian Prosecco and Snapper risotto and Croation braised lamb shoulder.
Political commentators Hooton & Jones
September 29, 2019 22:07 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBA review of the Prime Minister's trips to New York and Japan, also a crack on MP's using Parliament footage for attack ads.
Book review - Wild Honey by Paula Green
September 29, 2019 21:40 - 8 minutes - 7.96 MBTina Makereti reviews Wild Honey: Reading New Zealand Women's Poetry by Paula Green. Published by Massey University Press.
Alanna Mitchell: Warm, breathless and sour
September 29, 2019 21:06 - 30 minutes - 28 MBCanadian climate change journalist of over 30 years Alanna Mitchell is not a scientist or a trained actor. But her one-woman show has been one of the most talked-about performances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year. This adaptation of her sixth book about climate change, the award-winning Sea Sick: The Global Ocean in Crisis offers what she's learned about the health of the world's oceans traveling five continents in two and a half years, joining thirteen expeditions with thirte...
Europe correspondent, Seamus Kearney
September 29, 2019 20:49 - 10 minutes - 9.34 MBUkrainian officials are privately voicing concern that their country will suffer in the fallout from the Trump impeachment inquiry, thousands of people have turned out to pay their respects to the late French President Jacques Chirac who died last week at the age of 86, and the ousted Austrian Chancellor is set for an election comeback.
Help for whanau when a baby dies
September 29, 2019 20:32 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBThe Department of Internal Affairs and other government agencies have established a new website for parents and whanau who have suffered the death of a child or baby. The website, called Wheturangitia, is a gateway for bereaved families to information including navigating the coronial process, clarifying the rules and entitlements around paid parental leave and funeral grants. The content caters specifically to stillbirth, miscarriage, neonatal death, fetal abnormality and SUDI, or sudde...
Vacant shops, falling sales challenge retail sector
September 29, 2019 20:08 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBChanging shopping habits and flat turnover in the retail sector is resulting in an increasing number of vacant shops. The most recent statistics from Retail NZ show turnover was sluggish in the second quarter of this year, with more than half of its members failing to hit their sales targets. It has been a been consistent downward trend over last 18 months, in the Whangarei CBD alone there are more than 50 empty shops. To look at why the retail sector is struggling to keep up with the ch...
The week that was
September 26, 2019 23:49 - 10 minutes - 9.45 MBComedians James Elliott and Irene Pink with a wry look at local body elections, and the Auckland election papers sent out with incorrect candidate photos.
Sports commentator Brendan Telfer
September 26, 2019 23:31 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBA look at how the Rugby World Cup is going.
Music with Grant Smithies
September 26, 2019 23:06 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBA couple of mighty fine reissues catch Grant Smithies' ear this week. We'll hear key tracks from Straitjacket Fits' second album, 1991's Melt, and a snarling punk pearler from Te Atatu's Dum Dum Boys, whose 1981 album Let There Be Noise has just been rereleased via LA label, In The Red. To close, a spacy slab of Afro-disco from Amsterdam quintet The Mauskovic Dance Band.
Book review - On Fire by Naomi Klein
September 26, 2019 22:39 - 5 minutes - 5.34 MBAnne Else reviews On Fire by Naomi Klein, which is published by Penguin Random House.
Violet Astor: drawing on good health
September 26, 2019 22:07 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBBritish endangered species artist Violet Astor discovered she had a real talent for drawing, which helped her recover from a chronic illness. Violet contracted Lyme Disease from an insect bite in Bali, leaving her fatigued, in pain and unable to cope with human contact for over two years. Taking refuge in an attic, Violet found out she could draw. Using only charcoal she has produced large and detailed drawings of endangered animals and tribes people in Oman, Kalimantan, Papua New Guinea...
Pacific correspondent Johnny Blades
September 26, 2019 21:52 - 6 minutes - 6.39 MBThe Solomon Islands and Kiribati switching diplomatic ties from Taiwan to China, will other Pacific nations follow suit?
Battling gender inequality in the entertainment industry
September 26, 2019 21:29 - 22 minutes - 21.1 MBMaria Giese is a filmmaker and director whose activism instigated the largest industry wide federal investigation into discrimination against women directors in Hollywood history. The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation began in 2015 and it's reported to have led to settlement talks with all six major studios. Maria Giese features prominently in documentary, This Changes Everything about how women in Hollywood are pushing for more representation - its executive produ...
Allegations of cover-up of US President's Ukraine call
September 26, 2019 21:08 - 16 minutes - 15.6 MBThe US House Intelligence Committee has released a declassified version of the complaint by an unidentified intelligence official - who says the president asked the Ukrainian leader to initiate a corruption investigation of a potential presidential rival, Joe Biden. A formal impeachment inquiry has been launched by the US House of Congress. Kathryn talks to a former White House ethics lawyer, Richard Painter. He is now a Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota.