Nine To Noon
6,273 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 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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The Taranaki couple serving up classic Pacific Island cuisine
February 18, 2024 22:30 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBMarama Moore and James Ionatona Su'a were at a work rugby game when they first locked eyes. Now the Taranaki couple have built a young family and a Pacific-inspired food business Island Style Kitchen. In the early days, to test out the quality of their food, Marama and James got feedback from their many Pacific colleagues at Tegal Foods. "Sometimes cooking for our own people is the most difficult because they're the most critical, but what better advice to get than from your own people?"...
Political commentators Gareth Hughes and Brigitte Morten
February 18, 2024 22:05 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBBrigitte Morten is a director with public and commercial law firm Franks Ogilvie and a former senior ministerial advisor for the previous National-led government, a National Party member and currently volunteering for the party's deputy leader, Nicola Willis.
Book review: The Singularity by Balsam Karam, translated by Saskia Vogel
February 18, 2024 21:35 - 4 minutes - 3.86 MBCynthia Morahan reviews 'The Singularity' by Balsam Karam, translated by Saskia Vogel published by Text Publishing.
Game for the challenge: Fish and Game's new chief executive Corina Jordan
February 18, 2024 21:05 - 26 minutes - 23.8 MBIn August 2022, Fish and Game announced Corina Jordan as its new chief executive, a role many would have considered a poisoned chalice.
Foreign correspondent Debora Patta
February 18, 2024 20:45 - 10 minutes - 9.55 MBThe International Court of Justice has rejected a South African request to impose urgent measures to safeguard Rafah in the Gaza Strip.
The Hollywood music producer helping Kiwis connect
February 18, 2024 20:30 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBKaryn Rachtman has worked on music for Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and with Baz Luhrmann for Romeo & Juliet, among others.
Property buyers losing deposits after signing on uninsurable houses
February 18, 2024 20:05 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MBThe Law Society is warning some property buyers are losing their deposits after unknowingly entering agreements on flood-damaged houses.
The week that was with Elisabeth Easther and Irene Pink
February 15, 2024 22:45 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBElisabeth and Irene bring some of the lighter moments of the week.
Book review: The Fury by Alex Michaelides
February 15, 2024 21:35 - 4 minutes - 3.74 MBJessie Bray Sharpin reviews The Fury by Alex Michaelides published by Penguin Random House NZ
The extraordinary survival story of heritage advocate Dame Anna Crighton
February 15, 2024 21:05 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBDame Anna Crighton's efforts to preserve old buildings in her hometown of Christchurch and in other parts of the country have resulted in many being saved from a wrecking ball.
Abstract honouring of forest giant at Kauri Museum
February 15, 2024 20:30 - 8 minutes - 8.05 MBProvincial Growth Fund money has been used to create a permanent forest walkway exhibit at Matakohe's Kauri Museum. Museum director Jason Smith joins Kathryn.
From disaster to sweet success: Pauariki Honey's cyclone recovery
February 15, 2024 20:20 - 7 minutes - 6.85 MBPauariki Honey owner Cate King joins Kathryn to talk about how a terrible year has brought unexpected opportunities.
Port Hills Fire update with RNZ reporter Tim Brown
February 15, 2024 20:20 - 4 minutes - 4.5 MBPort Hills Fire update with RNZ reporter Tim Brown.
GPs are accruing large debts and pulling back services
February 15, 2024 20:05 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBDr Tim Malloy and Dr Paula Mathieson talk to Kathryn about the multitude of issues general practice is facing.
Screentime: The New Look, Strife, Curb Your Enthusiasm
February 14, 2024 22:45 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBFilm and TV reviewer Tamar Munch joins Kathryn to talk about The New Look (AppleTV), Strife (ThreeNow), and Curb Your Enthusiasm (Neon).
How to help with back-to-school anxiety
February 14, 2024 22:35 - 15 minutes - 21.9 MBKathryn speaks with parenting coach Dayna Galloway about strategies for parents and caregivers.
Technology: Angry Waymo mob, Right to Disconnect
February 14, 2024 22:05 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBBill Bennett looks at why an angry mob set fire to a Waymo self-drive car and the penalties Australian employers must pay for contacting employees after hours.
Around the Motu
February 14, 2024 21:45 - 9 minutes - 8.59 MBCompletion of the long waited, sometimes maligned Sarjeant Gallery redevelopment is drawing near. At this stage, the total cost will be somewhere around $68 million. Whanganui District Council has unveiled three rates options for the the next three years. And local medical identity, Dr Alan Mangan is retiring after 44 years. Mike Tweed is a Multimedia Journalist for the Whanganui Chronicle
Firefighters now tackle second blaze near Christchurch
February 14, 2024 21:05 - 6 minutes - 5.84 MBEmergency services have confirmed a second fire near Christchurch threatening buildings in Rolleston.
UK: House-build boost, Labour anti-semitism row
February 14, 2024 20:45 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBUK correspondent Lara Spirit talks about the government's plan to encourage more housing development and Labour's investigation into antisemitism.
Oyster vaccine set to save multi-million dollar industry
February 14, 2024 20:30 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBResearch is underway to combat a virus that's devastated New Zealand's multimillion-dollar Pacific oyster industry.
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown demands action to fix city's rail system
February 14, 2024 20:05 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBAuckland mayor Wayne Brown is demanding aggressive action to fix the supercity's rail system after multiple failures this week.
Personal finance: 5 things to talk to your Valentine about
February 13, 2024 22:45 - 10 minutes - 9.21 MBSimran Kaur joins Kathryn to talk about five important money issues to raise with your partner; including shared goals, budgets, addressing debt and respecting differences. Simran Kaur is the co-host of the podcast Girls That Invest. This discussion is of a general nature, and does not constitute financial advice.
Freddie Gillies' new book details a European road-trip gone wrong in Because All Fades
February 13, 2024 22:20 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBThis Valentine's Day, if you're not feeling the love, we've got just the story for you. It comes from Freddie Gillies, and it's his second book - Because All Fades.
Around the motu : Jimmy Ellingham covering Manawatu
February 13, 2024 21:45 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBPalmerston North hospital is flying in a doctor from Australia, there are more cuts at Massey University, Whakapapa Holdings has pulled out of taking over Mt Ruapehu skifield assets, and Jimmy has an update on teenager, Carson Harvey who required costly specialist surgery in London.
Book review: Build For Eternity by Selwyn Katene
February 13, 2024 21:35 - 4 minutes - 3.75 MBDavid Hill reviews Build For Eternity by Selwyn Katene and A.Keith Thompson published by Huia
Bank Of Dave: The little guy who took on the UK banks
February 13, 2024 21:05 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBBurnley businessman Dave Fishwick took on the UK banking establishment, seeking to become the first new bank in 150 years and help his own community. His battle is told in the movie Bank of Dave.
Australia: Dox law, drunk Barnaby, grim swim warning
February 13, 2024 20:45 - 8 minutes - 8.14 MBAustralia correspondent Karen Middleton talks about the federal government's move to upgrade privacy law to criminalise 'doxxing' and Taylor Swift hitting town.
John Carnegie on the energy transition and his new role
February 13, 2024 20:20 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBJohn Carnegie is the first New Zealander to sit on the World Energy Council board after his appointment last month.
Fletcher Building posts huge loss
February 13, 2024 20:20 - 8 minutes - 8.06 MBThe country's biggest construction company, Fletcher Building, has posted a loss of $120 million for the six months to December - much worse that predicted.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Wairoa mayor reflects one year on
February 13, 2024 20:05 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBWairoa's mayor Craig Little reflects on the first anniversary of Cyclone Gabrielle, where the town's scars remain raw, and rebuilding is challenging.
Auckland Uni: gardening with past, present, future in mind
February 12, 2024 22:30 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBThe cultural, historical, environmental and educational significance of the plants and trees gracing the University of Auckland's campuses is explained by Jason Fell. He's the University's Horticulturist Team Leader and talks to Kathryn about the planning, planting and maintaining of trees and plants across different sites. The City campus alone has more than 400 trees.
Around the motu: Lauren Crimp in Napier
February 12, 2024 21:45 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBOne year on from Cyclone Gabrielle's devastating effect on Hawkes Bay, Lauren examines where recovery is at.
Book review: Masquerade: The Lives of Noel Coward
February 12, 2024 21:35 - 4 minutes - 4.38 MBRalph McAllister reviews Masquerade: The Lives of Noel Coward by Oliver Soden published by Orion Publishing.
Kiwi actor and Mulan star Yoson An tackles a modern love story
February 12, 2024 21:10 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBLast year Yoson An starred in Plane alongside Gerard Butler where he tried to prevent a passenger jet crashing into a Philippine island overrun by murderous rebels. He speaks to Kathryn.
USA correspondent Danielle Kurtzlebenf
February 12, 2024 20:50 - 9 minutes - 8.67 MBDanielle discusses former President Donald Trump's scathing comments about NATO countries at a recent rally in South Carolina, which drew little surprise from the crowd. And President Joe Biden has hit back at a special counsel report which scrutinises his memory, and claims he can no longer remember major milestones from his life. Danielle Kurtzleben is a political correspondent assigned to NPR's Washington Desk.
Fears strained court system could be impacted by spending cuts
February 12, 2024 20:30 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MBBridgette Toy-Cronin, an associate professor from Otago University's faculty of law, warns if cuts impact the courts, it could become a constitutional issue.
Concern NZ is not on top of spread of exotic weeds
February 12, 2024 20:08 - 24 minutes - 22 MBThere's frustration at the rate of progress to enact a national action plan for managing invasive weed species.
Urban Issues with Bill McKay: Can we turn carparking into homes?
February 11, 2024 22:45 - 10 minutes - 9.47 MBAs more people work remotely New Zealand is seeing a hollowing out of inner cities which poses questions over how to sustain central area populations and the use of commercial buildings and carparking buildings.
Tea and cake in Akaroa with founder of The Cake Room, Katey Thew-Thin
February 11, 2024 22:35 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBIf you've been to Akaroa recently, you may have stopped at The Cake Room and tasted beautiful cakes baked by owner Katey Thew-Thin.
Book review: The Tui Has Landed by Jodie Shelley
February 11, 2024 21:40 - 2 minutes - 2.68 MBHarry Broad reviews The Tui Has Landed by Jodie Shelley published by Bank Street Publishing
New NZ-made doco series spotlights climate change in unique way
February 11, 2024 21:05 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBDynamic Planet, narrated by New Zealand's own Cliff Curtis, is the latest project from Natural History New Zealand and is more than three years in the making. Producer Ben Lawrie joins Kathryn to talk about the project.
Europe correspondent Thomas Sparrow
February 11, 2024 20:50 - 6 minutes - 6.01 MBEuropean Union member countries have unanimously reached a deal on the EU AI Act, the bloc's landmark legislation regulating artificial intelligence.
Coast to Coast done and won for another year
February 11, 2024 20:40 - 7 minutes - 6.43 MBWanaka-based athlete Hamish Elliott is the 2024 Kathmandu Coast to Coast Champion. He talks to Kathryn about the event.
Levin health advocates worried over vaping boom
February 11, 2024 20:25 - 8 minutes - 8.15 MBLocal health advocate and Te Ropu Tupeka Kore spokesperson Catherine Manning says vaping is a scourge on small towns.
Australian banks move on anti-scam measures
February 11, 2024 20:05 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBBanks in Australia are introducing anti-scam measures to better protect customers - but advocates here are way behind the 8-ball.
The week that was with Donna and Irene
February 08, 2024 22:45 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBDonna Brookbanks and Irene Pink bring some of the lighter moments of the week, including an Indian woman who has set the record for the most teeth, and another world record attempt in France - a man who painstakingly built a model Eiffel Tower using more than 700,000 matchsticks - only for it to be rejected.
Book review: Killer Rack by Sylvan Spring
February 08, 2024 21:35 - 4 minutes - 4.38 MBMelissa Oliver from Unity Books Wellington reviews Killer Rack by Sylvan Spring published by Te Herenga Waka University Press.
From meth addict to building apprentice: How a mother of two turned her life around
February 08, 2024 21:05 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBBex Chapman fell into meth addiction as a young mum but is now free of drugs and working as a building apprentice in Upper Hutt. After seeing many other women lose custody of their kids as a result of addiction, she hopes sharing her story can inspire others on the journey to recovery. "I feel very passionate about influencing other mothers to get clean for their children. Also, I'd like to encourage other women to give construction a go and just really show people who are stuck in addic...
Gaming industry growth slowing as Australia entices senior staff away
February 08, 2024 20:20 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBFierce competition from Australia's gaming industry has seen seen growth in the sector wane, and key talent lost.