Nine To Noon
6,372 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 13 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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How fostering and deepening male friendship can aid wellbeing
August 22, 2022 22:05 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBIn his academic and professional career Australian Clinical Psychologist Zac Seidler has focused on understanding men's mental health and masculinity, reducing male suicide and the benefits of mateship. Through his research, he advocates for a change in the way we think about treating men's distress, and also stresses the need to create mental health services that account for masculinity. This has lead to the groundbreaking training program Men in Mind for mental health clinicians, aimed...
Strawberries all year round: The potential of vertical farming
August 22, 2022 21:30 - 11 minutes - 11 MBVertical farming company 26 Seasons is one of just a handful of companies worldwide that has successfully grown strawberries year-round, in an indoor vertical farm. An industrial site in Foxton houses vertically stacked beds, with optimal conditions set for growing strawberries 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year. The controlled indoor environment removes external factors that can affect growth such as weather, seasons, pests and disease. Kathryn speaks with Grant Leach, the chief execu...
Who's in and who's out of the Auckland mayoralty?
August 22, 2022 21:20 - 10 minutes - 9.41 MBWith local elections just over six weeks away, it's time to check in with the race to lead our biggest city. Twenty-three people are contesting the Auckland mayoralty, with polling showing it's a tight race between two-term Manukau councillor Efeso Collins, Heart of the City chief executive Viv Beck, businessman and former Far North Mayor Wayne Brown and freelance media operator Craig Lord. Outspoken publican Leo Molloy pulled out at the 11th hour. For a closer look at who's in the runni...
Plunket CEO "We're selling off the family silver"
August 22, 2022 21:05 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBThe outgoing Chief Executive of Plunket says the organisation is having to sell off the family silver and cut services because of inadequate funding. Amanda Malu is about to leave the top job after six years. In that time, she's presided over the controvertial sale of Plunket assets and the shutting down of services - in order to balance the books. She says before the financial year even begins, Plunket is already in deficit to the tune of $3 million, and if it were to pay Plunket nurses...
How to make a fabulous cheese scone with Ash Tapsell
August 21, 2022 23:34 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBThe cheese scones are an extremely popular baked item at Wellington's Pravda Cafe. Not only are the scones in demand, but people have been signing up to Cheese Scone Classes at Wellington on a Plate. Pravda chef, Ash Tapsell talks to Kathryn about what makes their cheese scones so moreish.
Book Review - Seven Sisters by Rikki Swanell
August 21, 2022 22:35 - 4 minutes - 3.91 MBDana Johannsen reviews Seven Sisters: How a people-first culture turned silver into gold by Rikki Swanell, published by Upstart Press Pub by Upstart Press RRP: $39.99
Bringing hospitality into the digital age
August 21, 2022 22:05 - 24 minutes - 22 MBWhen third generation greengrocer Sanjay Dayal decided to close his family business after a 63 year run, he was quick to make sure his talents weren't left to rot. The family's shop - Cuba St Fruit Mart in Wellington - had been supplying some of the city's best restaurants including neighbouring Logan Brown. His insight into how wholesale produce is sold, and his relationships with local chefs was the starting point for HospoConnect - a digital marketplace he set up with childhood friend...
Why the NZ Superfund sold its stake in Kiwi Bank
August 21, 2022 22:05 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBThe government has announced this morning it is taking direct control of Kiwibank, buying the holding company which owns the bank from the Superannuation Fund, ACC, and NZ Post. The Super Fund is being paid 527-million dollars for its 25 percent stake. The Super Fund's chief executive Matt Whineray says it considered buying some or all of NZ Post's stake but the government would not agree to having private money in Kiwibank nor give the Fund a free hand on whom it might sell its stake to...
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney - Has the Ukraine war reached the streets of Moscow?
August 21, 2022 21:45 - 9 minutes - 8.71 MBThe daughter of a key political ally of the Russian president has been killed in a suspected car bomb attack in Moscow, with her father thought to have been the intended target. If confirmed as being linked to the war in Ukraine, the explosion would be the first time the violence of the war in Ukraine has reached the streets of Moscow. Senior Russian figures have suggested that Ukraine could be behind the killing, but Ukraine denies that. The woman killed in the Moscow bombing, Darya Dug...
Casting a critical eye over development in Auckland's city centre
August 21, 2022 21:30 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBAuckland's CBD has hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons in recent times. It's been plagued by a number of issues kicked off by the pandemic, a keenly felt absence of international tourists, workers reluctant to return to the office, an exodus of retailers from the midtown and Aotea Square area and ongoing, noisy and ugly disruption caused by the construction of the City Rail Link. The CBD is home to 45,000 residents - but has development been piecemeal and lacking in cohesion and ...
Venue operators say urban intensification is killing live music
August 21, 2022 21:10 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBLive music venue operators say urban intensification is sounding the death knell for their sector. As more and more people move into apartments and other developments in our urban centres - tension over noise is rising with existing local live performance venues. The Dunedin City Council has recently approved an application for apartments to built next to the Crown Hotel, one of the city's few live music venues, but after a backlash from music fans, has agreed to review planning rules ar...
Government buys back Kiwibank
August 21, 2022 21:05 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBThe government is buying back Kiwibank to take full ownership. It has just announced the purchase of Kiwi Group, the parent company of Kiwibank, valuing it at $2.1 billion. Until now Kiwi Group Holdings had been owned by NZ Post, ACC and the NZ Super fund. The NZ Superfund had expressed an interest in buying a majority holding in Kiwi Group Hodings but the government's pledge to keep the bank fully locally-owned made that impossible. Kathryn speaks with business commentator, editor and c...
Book review: Worn - A People's History of Clothing by Sofi Than
August 18, 2022 22:35 - 7 minutes - 7.23 MBStella Chrysostomou of VOLUME Books reviews Worn: A People's History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser, published by Allen Lane - Penguin Random House NZ
Australian tech entrepreneur David Shein shares his recipe for success
August 18, 2022 22:05 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBTech entrpreneur David Shein has has extraordinary business success in Australia. He migrated there from South Africa in 1986, where he founded and built up Comtec Communications into Australia's largest network integration company with 1400 staff. 14 years later, he sold the business for just over $1 billion - becoming the first Australian so-called "unicorn" - a privately owned start up valued by shareholders at over $1 billion. Since then he's become a start-up mentor and venture capi...
More evacuations can't be ruled out in flood-soaked Nelson
August 18, 2022 21:20 - 7 minutes - 7.06 MBThe rain has eased in Nelson but the flooding emergency is far from over and another round of heavy rain is set to come in later today. 411 homes have now been evacuated with some residents forced to leave their homes overnight. People are being asked to conserve water due to damage to the main pipe, roads are closed and thousands are without power. Rain-soaked hillsides have given way with slips continuing to threaten many properties. Nelson MP Rachel Boyack was with Emergency Managemen...
Sweeping climate moves by capital's regional councils
August 18, 2022 21:05 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBWellington's regional council has unanimously backed a proposal to set a binding emissions target and, if passed, will become the first regional council to do so. It's new Regional Policy Statement was voted on yesterday and is out for consultation now. On Monday, Auckland Council released an ambitious proposal to reduce the city's transport emissions by two thirds over the next eight years. If the Wellington region plan is passed, it will see more so-called 15 minute suburbs, where ever...
Film & TV: Good Luck To You Leo Grande, Bad Sisters, Five Days at Memorial
August 17, 2022 23:45 - 10 minutes - 9.45 MBFilm and TV correspondent James Croot looks at Emma Thompson's new film Good Luck to You Leo Grande, which is out in cinemas today. You can listen to Nine to Noon's interview about the movie here. And Apple TV has two new offerings: Bad Sisters and a haunting look at the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: Five Days at Memorial.
Parenting: dealing with whining, fighting, meltdowns
August 17, 2022 23:30 - 20 minutes - 19 MBParenting educators Julie King and Joanna Faber take on whining, fighting and meltdowns in the new book How To Talk When Kids Won't Listen.
Tech: AI sentience, self-drive cars v kids, cameras and phone use
August 17, 2022 23:05 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBTechnology correspondent Mahsa Mohaghegh looks at artificial intelligence use in natural language processing and how close it is to being sentient. She'll also look at how safe pedestrians are from self-driving cars after a campaign group claimed the software was potentially lethal to children. Cameras are being used to detect errant mobile users while driving and the first female-led hackathon is due to be held next month.
Book review: Bolla by Pajtim Statovci
August 17, 2022 22:40 - 4 minutes - 4.31 MBRalph McAllister reviews Bolla by Pajtim Statovci, published by Allen and Unwin. [picture id="4LN5Z9Z_Bolla_cover_jpg" crop="16x10" layout="full"]
A Nazi or a KGB agent? Linda Kinstler's search for her grandfather
August 17, 2022 22:15 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBJournalist Linda Kinstler grew up not knowing much about her Latvian grandfather, other than he'd disappeared after World War Two. It was only later, as an adult, that she learned her paternal grandfather, Boris Kinstler, had been a Nazi collaborator and member of the SS in Latvia. After the war, he became a KGB agent, and then vanished. In search of answers about her grandfather, Linda Kinstler uncovers his links to a man called Herbert Cukurs, known as the "Butcher of Riga", implicated...
Severe flooding in Nelson, more rain to come
August 17, 2022 22:05 - 7 minutes - 6.64 MBKathryn gets an update from Tasman Region Civil Defence Emergency Management group controller Alec Louverdis about the situation in Nelson, where 233 homes have been evacuated and a state of emergency declared after the Maitai River burst its banks yesterday afternoon.
Rise of Instascams: How to protect your business from being hacked
August 17, 2022 21:35 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBFalling victim to an online scam is bad enough, but what if someone hijacks your business's social media account, pretends to be you - and then successfully scams other people? It happened to Sarah, who runs a floral business called Print and Petal. She lost control of her Instagram account, and later discovered her followers had been encouraged into click on links for cryptocurrency scams - which some of them did, and lost a lot of money over. Last year Netsafe had almost 15,000 complai...
Evacuated Nelson residents return to assess flood damage
August 17, 2022 21:30 - 6 minutes - 5.7 MBSome Nelson residents evacuated from their homes yesterday due to flooding are returning to look at the damage. 223 homes near the city centre were evacuated yesterday when the Maitai River broke its banks as relentless rain hammered the region. Another ten homes had to be evacuated in the Tahunanui Hills overnight due to a slip. Maggie Gray was one of those evacuated from her Nile Street home yesterday afternoon - she joins Kathryn as she returns to her property to find out how it has f...
Electricity Authority puts restrictions on very large electricity contracts
August 17, 2022 21:15 - 9 minutes - 8.72 MBThe Electricity Authority says very large electricity contracts will only be allowed under certain conditions, under a new interim restriction just announced this morning. The move targets very large, discounted wholesale contracts such as that of the Tiwai Aluminium Smelter - which it says has the potential to make small consumers pay more. Last year the Authority estimated the impact of Tiwai's discounted power, could potentially lead to households paying up to $200 extra on their elec...
Is inflation on the turn?
August 17, 2022 21:08 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MBThe Reserve Bank hiked interest rates once again yesterday - taking the official cash rate up half a percet to 3 percent - part of its agressive campaign to tackle inflation which has hit a 30 year high. The central bank says higher interest rates are needed to cool the economy, the strong rise in wages and other domestic cost pressures. It also signalled two more hikes to come, in October and November, topping out at four per cent. So is inflation on the turn? And what is the liklihood ...
Law: How the consent defence is used in child cases
August 16, 2022 23:45 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBIn the legal slot today we look at how consent can be used as a defence by someone accused of serious sexual offending against a child.
Hundertwasser's 30 year love affair with Aotearoa
August 16, 2022 23:20 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBFriedensreich Hundertwasser was an artist, architect, environmentalist and intellectual, born in Vienna but for whom New Zealand was home for 30 years. He is best known for the unique public toilets in Kawakawa, and now the Hundertwasser Art Centre in Whangarei - opened 22 years after his death. Hundertwasser called New Zealand "the promised land" and his deams began early, when his mother would tell him stories as they hid from the Nazis in Second World War Vienna. A new book on Hundert...
Book review: Diana, William and Harry, by James Patterson
August 16, 2022 22:35 - 5 minutes - 5.1 MBGina Rogers reviews Diana, William and Harry by James Patterson, published by Penguin Random House NZ
Heavy rain hits Golden Bay, fears for high tide
August 16, 2022 22:30 - 4 minutes - 4.22 MBA red MetService warning is in place for Buller and Westland, and a state of emergency has been declared in Westland. Further north, orange level warnings are in place for the Tasman, Marlborough and Nelson regions. Flooding in Golden Bay is leaving some residents stranded, as roads become impassable, and there is concern for river levels once high tide arrives this afternoon. Collingwood has had 100mm of rain in the last 5 hours, with up to 30mm per hour. Kathryn hears more about the fl...
Australian author Jessie Cole on her new book
August 16, 2022 22:05 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBDesire : A Reckoning is Jessie Cole's deeply personal second memoir. She examines her own experiences of longing, seeking answers on how and why women desire, and how external forces, and upbringing, affect our personal relationships. Her previous memoir Staying was about her surviving the suicide of loved ones, and finding a place to heal. She also writes about how climate change and natural disaster are woven throughout her life.
Australia: Fallout continues over Scott Morrison's mystery ministries
August 16, 2022 21:45 - 9 minutes - 9.11 MBAustralia correspondent Annika Smethurst joins Kathryn to talk about the bombshell revelation that former Prime Minister Scott Morrison had himself sworn in as Minister on a number of portfolios - without the knowledge of the Ministers themselves. There's now mounting pressure on him to resign as an MP. Victoria has become the first state to start treaty negotiations with indigenous Australians...and concern the country is in the grip of a "civic crisis" as people pull out of volunteerin...
Neurodiversity - unlocking the causes and dispelling the myths
August 16, 2022 21:20 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBWe are all wired differently. Dyslexia, dyscalculia, ADHD and autism spectrum conditions are all variations that can exist in our brains. Researchers are trying to gain a better understanding of the causes of neurodiversity through looking at genetic and environmental factors along with new scanning techniques which allow them to watch the brain at work. Professor Karen Waldie from Auckland University's School of Psychology and Centre for Brain Research is one of those leading the charge...
New agency goes into bat for consumers over their power bills
August 16, 2022 21:15 - 10 minutes - 9.88 MBLast week's cold snap had many around the country reaching to turn up the heat - putting pressure on the national grid and household power bills. Those higher bills are of great interest to the Consumer Advocacy Council - born out of a recommendation from the Electricity Price Review, which looked into how the market was working for residential consumers. Deborah Hart is chair of the Council - which has recently held its first board meeting. She joins Kathryn to talk about what the Counc...
Emergency operation in full swing on West Coast as rain pours down
August 16, 2022 21:05 - 7 minutes - 6.91 MBThe rain is pouring down on the West Coast and at the top of the South - with real fears about what's to come. A state of emegency is in place on the West Coast with 'red' severe weather warnings for Buller and Westland. Further north, emergency operations are gearing up at the top of the South Island, with orange level warnings in place in the Tasman, Marlborough and Nelson regions. In Golden Bay, rivers reached alarm levels early this morning - an emergency operation centre has opened ...
Media commentator Andrew Holden
August 15, 2022 23:45 - 8 minutes - 8.11 MBAndrew talks to Kathryn about Today FM host Tova O'Brien travelling to Ukraine for an extensive interview with President Zelenskyy and how it was funded. His marriage might be over, but Rupert Murdoch's doing ok. His company News Corp's annual profits have jumped by a third to a US $1.67 billion. And there's been glacial progress for most of NZ media in negotiating with Google and Meta for additional revenue.
Creating native topiaries with Xanthe White
August 15, 2022 23:30 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBLandscape gardener Xanthe White says the compact nature of topiaries can be put to good use to create space in even a small garden for natives.
Business commentator Pattrick Smellie : worker shortages and Te Pūkenga woes
August 15, 2022 23:05 - 23 minutes - 22 MBPattrick talks to the Kathryn about the staff hiring issues for a range of businesses desperate to hire people and fearing a recession. The often asked question is Why can't I hire anyone?. So where have all the workers gone?. Also the latest on the deficit ridden mega-polytech, Te Pukenga, which has just published its new transition plan.
Book review: Time is A Mother by Ocean Vuong
August 15, 2022 22:35 - 5 minutes - 5.07 MBChris Tse reviews Time is A Mother by Ocean Vuong, published by Penguin.
Gloriavale's secrets and the fight for justice
August 15, 2022 22:05 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBA new documentary gives an eye-opening look into the secrets of the Gloriavale Christian Community and the fight for justice by a group of former residents and supporters. Including never-before-seen home videos, Gloriavale features members of the Ready family as they mount a ground-breaking legal case against the sect's powerful leaders. Gloriavale has long been associated with allegations of sexual and physical abuse, human rights violations, corruption and fraud. The documentary lifts...
Sustainability and technology in design: architect Mario Cucinella
August 15, 2022 21:30 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBMario Cucinella is an architect whose work is at the nexus of sustainability and technology. Based in Milan, Italy, some of his notable projects include an eco-residential 3D-printed building using clay, a hospital with 'smog eating' ceramic fins and a nursery school grounded in nature. He's is in Auckland for the Institute of Architect's conference this week.
Pressure on Waka Kotahi over Harbour Bridge cycle lane trial
August 15, 2022 21:15 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBA cycling group is threatening legal action against Waka Kotahi for putting the brakes on trialling a walking and cycling lane on the Auckland Harbour Bridge. And in an ironic twist - the action could be funded out of money the transport agency paid the group to purchase the SkyPath design three years ago.The issue of walk and cycle access over the Bridge has a long and contentious history. Most recently, calls for a trial were rejected by Waka Kotahi - now advocacy group Movement has th...
Auckland council's plan to get people out of their cars
August 15, 2022 21:05 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBAuckland Council has released an ambitious proposal to reduce the city's transport emissions by two thirds over the next eight years. The Transport Emissions Reduction Pathway will encourage people to use public transport, cycle or walk if they are travelling under six kilometres. It also aims to convert 30 per cent of the city's vehicles to electric, and make buses, trains and ferries low-emission. Auckland mayor Phil Goff says transport is the single biggest source of carbon pollution,...
Urban issues: Small towns with big carparks
August 14, 2022 23:45 - 10 minutes - 9.86 MBBill McKay joins Kathryn to talk about why airspace apartments above big carparks in small towns can be a good thing, and some examples of where he's seen it work well. Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland.
First nation cuisine and bush tucker
August 14, 2022 23:30 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBFood has taken Indigenous chef, Mark Olive around the world, he trained under a European chef and has promoted Australian ingredients in the US and Canada. He has starred, in a couple of his own television series The Outback Cafe and The Black Olive. Mark Olive's focus on fusing native food and culture with contemporary lifestyle cooking is on the menu at Wellington On A Plate this week.
Political commentators Morten & Te Pou
August 14, 2022 23:05 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBShane, Brigitte and Kathryn will talk about how the Prime Minister has responded to the latest developments in Labour MP Gaurav Sharma's allegations of bullying at Parliament, and also the case of a senior parliamentary staffer who worked with Labour MP Anna Lorck who has spoken of being the victim of bullying, Also what's happening with the latest polling numbers and the struggle for candidates in some parts of the country ahead of October's local body elections. And iss the Sam Uffinde...
Book review: Jumping Sundays: The Rise and Fall of the Counterculture in Aotearoa New Zealand by Nick Bollinger
August 14, 2022 22:35 - 6 minutes - 5.95 MBCynthia Morahan reviews Jumping Sundays: The Rise and Fall of the Counterculture in Aotearoa New Zealand by Nick Bollinger, published by Auckland University Press.
Chris Finlayson on National's chances and challenges
August 14, 2022 22:05 - 22 minutes - 21 MBFormer National party minister, Christopher Finlayson, served as one of the most senior members of the last National government, under Prime Minister John Key. He held the portfolios of Attorney General, Minister responsible for the two main intelligence agencies, Minister for Treaty Negotiations as well as Arts, Culture and Heritage. Since leaving politics, Chris Finlayson has returned to practising law, and has written a book about his time in parliament - in which he assesses his part...
Taliban takeover one year on: Yalda Hakim on the situation for girls
August 14, 2022 21:35 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBIt's been a year since the fall of Afghanistan's government, and the return to power of the Taliban. The lightning advance on Kabul prompted scenes of chaos at the airport as people tried to flee - over 120,000 were airlifted out of the country in the days that followed. In the year since, the UN has warned the combination of conflict, pandemic, drought and restriction of foreign aid has left 23 million people at risk of hunger and starvation. As feared, the Taliban's restrictions on wom...
The future of All Blacks coach Ian Foster : will he stay or will he go?
August 14, 2022 21:25 - 6 minutes - 6.4 MBWith the All Blacks breaking their losing streak and winning against the Springboks in Johannesburg, what is the future of beleagured All Black coach Ian Foster?. NZ Rugby boss Mark Robinson held an unusual media conference yesterday saying Ian Foster's coaching future would be announced later this week and he repeatedly apologised to journalists for not divulging any information. Sports Commentator, Sam Ackerman with his take on what's going on.