Nine To Noon

Election 2023: Labour leader Chris Hipkins

October 12, 2023 20:05 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MB

Labour party leader, Chris Hipkins joins Kathryn Ryan for an interview on all the issues this election and why his party should form the next government.

Screentime: Anatomy of a Fall, Shepherdess

October 11, 2023 22:45 - 9 minutes - 8.94 MB

Film and TV commentator Tamar Munch joins Kathryn to talk about new thriller Anatomy of a Fall (cinemas), which looks at what happens when a woman is accused of her husband's murder and the only witness is their blind son. She'll also profile a new local series, Shepherdess.

Renee White: how to be a more peaceful parent

October 11, 2023 22:30 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MB

When Renee White had kids she was determined to raise them how she wished she had been raised. But when her son Eli was one and a half, in the middle of a tantrum, Renee found herself saying things she swore she'd never say to her own kids. The guilt that followed started her on a journey to better understand her emotional responses, and she discovered the peaceful parenting approach. Now, her business, Little People, Big Emotions offers resources for parents and kids to develop their em...

Tech: FTX crypto fraud trial, generative AI and how much

October 11, 2023 22:05 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MB

Technology correspondent Peter Griffin joins Kathryn to talk about the trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried as his ex-girlfriend takes the stand. What lessons have been learned in the crypto industry following the scandal? There are concerns about how much energy is required to run computer processing for generative AI, as a new report suggests Microsoft is losing money on one of its flagship AI products because it's so resource intensive to run.

Book Review - The Observationalist: A handbook for mounting very small expeditions

October 11, 2023 21:35 - 4 minutes - 3.94 MB

Louise Ward of Wardini Books reviews The Observologist: A handbook for mounting very small scientific expeditions by Giselle Clarkson published by Gecko Press

Las Meninas mystery: New book imagines secret behind famous painting

October 11, 2023 21:05 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MB

In 1656 Spanish painter Diego Velázquez completed a work depicting life at the Spanish court under Philip IV. Its intriguing composition led it to become one of the most famous paintings in the world: 300 years later Picasso created a series of work dedicated to it. That fascination, and a visit to the museum housing Las Meninas when she was young, led Andrea Hotere to pen her novel The Vanishing Point. She's woven a treacherous trail through the art world, as her main character Alex see...

UK: Reaction to Israel-Gaza, Starmer glitter-bombed, Luton

October 11, 2023 20:45 - 10 minutes - 9.66 MB

UK correspondent Matthew Parris joins Kathryn to look at the UK's reaction to the violence in Israel and Gaza, as 17 Britons are thought to be among the missing and dead. A protester has been arrested after throwing glitter over Labour leader Keir Starmer at the party's conference. Starmer made a direct appeal to moderate Conservative voters to back Labour at the next election and "face down the age of insecurity". London's Luton airport was shut down for hours following a large fire in ...

New Zealand Liberation Museum finally opens in Le Quesnoy, France

October 11, 2023 20:35 - 9 minutes - 8.79 MB

After years of campaigning, a memorial museum has officially opened in the northern French town of Le Quesnoy, celebrating the role of New Zealanders who fought across Europe in both world wars. The New Zealand Liberation Museum - Te Arawhata features major pieces from Weta Workshop, and is now a permanent fixture in the small town, where one of the final commemorative events of World War One took place. On November 4, 1918, Kiwi soldiers scaled the ancient walls of the town with a ladde...

Study warns AI industry could use more energy than The Netherlands by 2027

October 11, 2023 20:25 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MB

A new study warns the artificial intelligence industry could use as much energy as a country the size of the Netherlands, by as soon as 2027. Tech firms have been leaping into the AI race since ChatGPT entered the scene last year. The systems typically use more power than conventional applications as it requires more powerful hardware. Report author Alex De Vries is a PhD candidate at the VU Amsterdam School of Business and Economics. He warns AI's growth is poised to make it a significa...

Questions over effectiveness of child support system

October 11, 2023 20:05 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MB

Close to half of what New Zealanders owe in child support is made up of late payment penalties, prompting questions from tax and budgeting experts over its effectiveness for both halves of the family it serves. Inland Revenue, which acts as an intermediary collection if no private agreement can be reached, says as of the end of August outstanding debt amounted to $1.079 billion dollars. 488 million dollars of that was made up of penalties incurred from not paying on time. In 2021, the IR...

Creative ways of getting some extra cash together

October 10, 2023 22:45 - 10 minutes - 9.3 MB

The first step towards spending less is to pause and check in with yourself each time you make an individual purchase, says financial advisor Lisa Dudson. "Is this the best use of my hard-earned dollars or can I spend it a bit more wisely somewhere else?"

What should you feed your pet?

October 10, 2023 22:20 - 22 minutes - 21 MB

Massey University Lecturer in Animal Welfare and Veterinary Specialist Dr Kat Littlewood discusses what you should feed your pet. Dry biscuits? Canned food? Is a vegan diet healthy for household pets?

Around the motu : Matthew Rosenberg in Gisborne

October 10, 2023 21:45 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MB

Matthew Rosenberg is a local democracy reporter based out of the Gisborne Herald's newsroom

Book review: Light Over Liskeard by Louis de Bernieres

October 10, 2023 21:35 - 3 minutes - 2.93 MB

Quentin Johnson reviews Light Over Liskeard by Louis de Bernieres published by Penguin Random House

The life of pioneering conservationist Richard Henry

October 10, 2023 21:05 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MB

A trip into Dusky Sound in 1974 led to Victoria Jaenecke's lifelong connection with Richard Henry. Appointed in 1894 as caretaker of Dusky Sound's Resolution Island, Henry spent 14 years - much of it by himself - in the remote landscape where he fiercely defended kakapo and kiwi against a tide of mustelids sweeping the mainland. Jaenecke's parents John and Susanne Hill used Richard Henry's notes and letters to navigate their way through the sounds in the 70s - with a young Victoria in to...

Australia: Mideast fallout, referendum nears, the President and the paper baron

October 10, 2023 20:45 - 12 minutes - 11 MB

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about how events in the Middle East are spilling onto the streets in Australia, with pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli supporters clashing at the Sydney Opera House. It's just three days until the country's referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, what are the polls suggesting will happen? Australian paper and packaging mogul Anthony Pratt has been drawn into the latest travails of former US president Donald Trump with r...

Climate change and its impact on our deadliest natural hazard

October 10, 2023 20:25 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MB

Landslides are our country's deadliest and most costly natural hazard. Landslides triggered by the cyclone ultimately killed two volunteer firefighters Muriwai, condemned hundreds of homes, and left thousands of scars on the landscape. Months of painstaking work has since revealed the scale of the cyclone's devastation, with scientists mapping more than 140,000 slips. According to researchers at University Canterbury landslides have caused more deaths in New Zealand than any other natura...

Auckland sinkhole: What's the fix and long-term damage?

October 10, 2023 20:05 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MB

It's being called Auckland's worst pollution event in nearly 50 years. It's two weeks since a massive sewer line collapsed in Auckland, leaving hundreds of litres of human waste pouring into the inner harbour every second. Kathryn is joined by Watercare's head of service delivery Sharon Danks to talk about the bypass solution that could be in place in a week - will be a complete fix to the sewage overflow? Also marine scientist Dr Andrew Jeffs from Auckland University on the long term da...

Untold stories: Tom Clarke on the missing pieces of NZ history

October 09, 2023 22:30 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MB

A new book from retired journalist Tom Clarke pulls together some of the lesser-known stories of New Zealand's past. It has its roots in a service he provided to New Zealand radio stations in the early 80s, called Today in History New Zealand. The well-researched book includes some gems, including the tale of the survivors of the wrecked General Grant, who spent 18 months on sub-Antarctic Islands waiting for rescue. There's the burlesque dancers who horsewhipped a newspaper editor who im...

Book review: The Running Grave by Robert Galbraith

October 09, 2023 21:35 - 4 minutes - 4.37 MB

Elisabeth Easther reviews The Running Grave by Robert Galbraith published by Hachette.

Our fascinating, yet forgotten forest

October 09, 2023 21:05 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MB

Glow-in-the-dark fungi, parasitic orchids, slime moulds that hunt the forest floor for prey - it's a lost world hiding in plain sight. According to ecologist Robert Vennell our forests are overflowing with peculiar organisms. Specimens responsible responsible for providing us with fire, food, and medicine - they have had an outsized impact on human history and lives, yet remain, largely, in obscurity. In his latest book, The Forgotten Forest, Robert takes the reader on a bushwalk unlike ...

Southland man's journey to read in his late 50s

October 09, 2023 20:20 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MB

Until his late 50s, Invercargill man Michael Kingpotiki would tell a "wee while lie" when he was given something to read, saying he didn't have his glasses handy. The truth was that the former farm manager didn't know how to read or write. At the age of 57, with a desire to connect with his grandkids over bedtime stories, Michael reached out for help and connected with volunteer literacy teacher Linda Davies. Now, three years and countless video chats later, Michael has self-published th...

Nurse training facility sits empty, despite sector shortages

October 09, 2023 20:05 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MB

For over a year the $2m Healthcare Academy of New Zealand run by Yoobee Colleges has been sitting empty - even as thousands of more nurses are needed in the health sector. It's down to what operator Yoobee Colleges describes as a 'technicality' that requires education providers to offer a Bachelor of Nursing as well. The Nursing Council, the body which regulates nurse training told Nine to Noon it wouldn't comment on individual providers' accreditation processes, but it did say a review ...

Urban issues with Bill McKay

October 08, 2023 22:45 - 7 minutes - 6.74 MB

Bill McKay discusses Te Matawai, Kainga Ora's new 276 apartment complex in central Auckland. Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland.

Tina Duncan: 60 years of cooking for others and still loving it

October 08, 2023 22:25 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MB

Tina Duncan is a self-taught cook, caterer, cooking school tutor and the author of Plated: A lifetime love affair with food.

Political commentators Morton and Jones

October 08, 2023 22:05 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MB

With five days to go til the election, our political panelists discuss the campaign so far. Neale Jones was Chief of Staff to Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern, and prior to that was Chief of Staff to Andrew Little. He is the director of public affairs firm Capital. Brigitte 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 ...

Book review: Cheri by Jo Ann Beard

October 08, 2023 21:30 - 6 minutes - 6.24 MB

Melanie O'Loughlin from Lamplight Books reviews Cheri by Jo Ann Beard published by Serpent's Tail

Julian Dennison and Erana James on their new film Uproar

October 08, 2023 21:05 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MB

Laughter is not usually something associated with the 1981 Springbok Tour but a new film manages to inject some lighter moments into a seminal period in Kiwi history. Uproar is a coming-of-age film starring Hunt for the Wilderpeople's Julian Dennison as 17-year-old Josh Waaka. As a Maori kid in Dunedin in the '80s, he's treated as an outsider at his school until his talent as an actor is discovered by his drama teacher - played by Rhys Darby. He's introduced to a young Maori woman, Saman...

Buyout for flood-hit Auckland homes

October 08, 2023 20:25 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MB

Auckland Council has unanimously voted to buy out about 700 flood-damaged properties, as part of a $2 billion cost-sharing storm package alongside Government. Category 3 homes, deemed uninhabitable and unfixable from the Auckland floods and Cyclone Gabrielle will be purchased at 95 per cent of market valuation. The largest cluster of affected homes is in the West Auckland suburbs of Ranui, Swanson and Henderson and coastal communities of Piha, Karekare and Muriwai. West Auckland Muriwai ...

Drugs, guns and money: the escalation of gangs in NZ

October 08, 2023 20:05 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MB

Why is gang membership growing and how are gangs changing? Most recent figures from the police Gang Harm Insights Centre suggests there are 8900 gang members in New Zealand. This compares with 10,700 frontline police officers. National is promising a crackdown on gangs if it forms the next government, including banning gang patches in public, and giving police powers to stop gang members gathering in public. NZ Herald investigative reporter Jared Savage has for years now been exploring t...

Book review: The Book Collector: Reading and Living with

October 05, 2023 22:05 - 6 minutes - 5.97 MB

Dean Bedford reviews The Book Collector: Reading and Living with Literature by Tony Eyre published by Mary Egan Publishing

Tess Brunton in Queenstown on airport bomb threat

October 05, 2023 21:45 - 5 minutes - 5.12 MB

Tess Brunton is in Queenstown where a potential bomb threat has evacuated the airport earlier this morning. The airport said it activated its emergency security protocols shortly after 8.30am and emergency services were called. Also, the latest on the cryptosporidum outbreak plaguing the resort town.

No-fly climate scientist faces sack over long trip home

October 05, 2023 21:40 - 9 minutes - 9.04 MB

A climate scientist whose pledge not to travel by plane - leaving him with a long trip back to Germany from where he's been working - has put him at odds with his employer.Dr Gianluca Grimalda is a senior researcher at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) and has spent most of the year in Papua New Guinea studying the relationship between globalisation, climate change and social cohesion. He started his journey to PNG in February overland and by sea and had intended to go back ...

Sir Wayne Smith on new memoir about his rugby career

October 05, 2023 21:05 - 34 minutes - 32 MB

Sir Wayne Smith took some convincing to write a memoir, but recently – over two months at his Waihi Beach bach – the legendary rugby mentor detailed his life to sportswriter Phil Gifford. The resulting book Smithy: Endless Winters & The Spring of '22 is out now.

Independent bookstores hail new sales hub

October 05, 2023 20:20 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MB

In what's being hailed as a first for the English speaking world - the country's independent bookstores will now have a collective website for sales. BookHub launches tomorrow, and it'll allow readers to buy from the 70 or so independent booksellers around the country. Booksellers Aotearoa says it'll be a major disrupter to online bookselling - pushing back against the giant global retailers. Joining Kathryn is Tony Moores, Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand's project manager for BookHub a...

Privacy Commission: facial recognition technology not justified

October 05, 2023 20:05 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MB

The Privacy Commission says it is not yet convinced that facial recognition technology is a "justified and proportionate response" to combat retail crime. Retail NZ is calling for a coordinated and "sector-wide" rollout of the technology in a bid to cut down on repeat offences. Its latest survey found almost all respondents have experienced crime at their businesses in the past year, costing an estimated $2.6b. Supermarket giant Foodstuffs is set to begin a trial of the technology next m...

Screentime: Henry Sugar, Who Killed Jill Dando, Uproar

October 04, 2023 22:45 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MB

Film and TV correspondent Chris Schulz joins Kathryn to talk about The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Netflix), directed by Wes Anderson and based on the Roald Dahl story of the same name. He'll also talk about new Netflix documentary series Who Killed Jill Dando and new Kiwi flick Uproar starring Julian Dennison.

Helping your kids do their best in exams

October 04, 2023 22:25 - 19 minutes - 26.9 MB

When a teen lacks confidence in studying for their exams, a "leadership nudge" from a supportive parent becomes essential, says parenting coach Joseph Driessen.

Tech: AT hack, boost to Aussie ID app, Digital Health Week

October 04, 2023 22:05 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MB

Technology correspondent Paul Matthews looks at the cyber attacks that have hit Auckland Transport, causing chaos for commuters. What's happening and what is the organisation doing to stop it? The Australian Government is proposing a big boost to their Digital ID service MyGovID, turning it into a form of digital ID and opening it up for adoption by the private sector. Will it work and what are the risks? Lastly, Digital Health Week is coming up at the end of next month, with a big focus...

Book review: Modern New Zealand Cricket Greats

October 04, 2023 21:35 - 7 minutes - 6.9 MB

Matthew Roche reviews Modern New Zealand Cricket Greats: From Stephen Fleming to Kane Williamson by Dylan Cleaver published by Upstart Press

Lessons from the United States' tertiary education system

October 04, 2023 21:05 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MB

Dr Karen Stout is an American educationalist who leads Achieving the Dream (ATD), a national network of more than 300 tertiary community colleges in the United States. She is visiting New Zealand to share her experience of how tertiary education organisations (TEOs) can redesign themselves around the needs of learners. She says the network has proved that innovative, evidence-based community college programmes, and interventions can produce and sustain improved student success. The Terti...

UK: Tory conference, HS2 scrapped, Braverman irks

October 04, 2023 20:45 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MB

UK correspondent Matt Dathan joins Kathryn to talk about the Conservative Party conference that is being held in Manchester, where Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivered an hour-long address outlining his plans for the Tories. He confirmed the HS2 link - high speed rail between Birmingham and Manchester would be ditched - saying it was due to huge costs and long delays. Meanwhile Home Secretary Suella Braverman's comments that UK child grooming gangs were "almost all British-Pakistani men"...

Two-thirds of NZ's monitored river sites rated poorly for harmful E. coli

October 04, 2023 20:20 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MB

Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (Lawa) has painted an alarming - albeit sadly familiar - picture of 1700 of the country's rivers and lakes. The data, published last week, revealed two-thirds of monitored river sites rated poorly for harmful E. coli, while nutrient pollution is turning 60 percent of our lakes into breeding grounds for algal and invasive plant growth. There is no quick fix, says Dr Roger Young. One of the scientists involved in the Lawa project, he is also the Cawthron Institute...

Using facial recognition technology to combat retail crime

October 04, 2023 20:05 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MB

Retail NZ is seeking a coordinated and "sector-wide" use of facial recognition technology in a bid to cut down on repeat crime. It says almost all retailers who responded to its latest survey have experienced crime at their businesses in the last year - costing the sector an estimated $2.6b - half of which is stolen goods. Chief Executive Carolyn Young says more businesses are expecting to incorporate AI facial recognition to identify offenders, with supermarket giant Foodstuffs running ...

Anti-matter falls 'down', first Nobel winners announced

October 03, 2023 22:46 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MB

Science correspondent Allan Blackman looks at how physicists at CERN have shown that antimatter falls down due to gravity just like regular matter. So why does that...matter? He'll also look at the Nobel Prizes being announced for 2023. The first, medicine, went to two scientists whose research led to the first MRA vaccines to fight Covid-19. The second, in physics, has been announced overnight.

Colourful and characterful fish of Aotearoa

October 03, 2023 22:32 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MB

Paul Caiger has spent much of his life in the depths chasing the fish of Aotearoa. A marine ecologist by trade, Caiger can usually be found at the University of Auckland's Marine Laboratory in Leigh, where he works as the dive safety officer and provides research support to academics and students. Caiger has also been an academic and holds a PhD on the evolutionary ecology of New Zealand triplefin fishes and he's also had post-doctoral positions in the USA researching fish acoustics and ...

Around the motu: Chris Hyde in Hawke's Bay

October 03, 2023 21:45 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MB

Chris joins Kathryn to talk about the other Hawke's Bay rugby team that's creating history - and it's not the Magpies. Instead all-girls team Mana Kotiro played their first game in the mainly-boys Wakely Shield tournament in Taradale and had a win 24 hours later. He'll also look at the number of red-zoned Category 3 properties in Hawke's Bay being finalised at 287 properties and how Hawke's Bay's fire services are looking at ways to deal with a dry season and heightened wildfire risk.

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