Nine To Noon
6,372 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 11 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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Book review: The Wrong Weather by Lucy Hawking
July 26, 2022 22:35 - 4 minutes - 4.36 MBJoanna Ludbrook from Chicken and Frog Books in Featherston reviews The Wrong Weather, a 6 - 10 year old chapter book in the Princess Olivia Investigates series by Lucy Hawking. Published by Penguin Puffin.
Geoff White on North Korea's prolific cyber-criminals
July 26, 2022 22:05 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBGeoff White is an author and investigative journalist who has been tracking the exploits of North Korean cyber criminals the Lazarus Group. He's examined how a reclusive country where the internet is banned for ordinary citizens has managed to spawn one of the world's most effective hacking groups - and looked at their targets. It includes the 2014 hack of Sony Pictures, which was in retaliation for the movie The Interview - which depicted the assassination of North Korea's leader Kim Jo...
Australia: New Parliament, cautious travellers, Pride debacle
July 26, 2022 21:45 - 10 minutes - 9.77 MBAustralia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about the diversity of the new Parliament sitting for the first time since the federal election, why some international flights out of Australia are only 10 per cent full but flights to New Zealand are chokka, an apology from the Manly Rugby League club leadership over a plan to have the Sea Eagles players wear rainbow-striped pride jerseys and why Canberra is excited by its new US ambassador.
Jobs for Nature: keeping West Coast businesses afloat
July 26, 2022 21:20 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBSouth Westland businesses involved in a Jobs for Nature programme where the government pays their staff to work on conservation projects, are determined to find a way to keep it going after the funding runs out. As well as helping to keep the businesses afloat during the Covid disruptions, more than 70,000 hours have been spent trapping, weeding, maintaining tracks - and even finding an endangered bat species. The government has committed $3.78 million to the scheme and that'll end in Ju...
Are plans for a mega-polytech in serious trouble?
July 26, 2022 21:05 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBAre the governments plans for a mega-polytech in serious trouble? Te Pukenga - or the New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology - is supposed to be up and running by the January 1 2023, bringing together the all of the country's polytechnics, institutes of technology and Industry Training Organisations. But the entity is facing a deficit of up to $110 million, $53.5 million more than budgeted, partly due to lower enrolments. The Chief Executive is on unexplained leave, an acting CE ...
Financial Planner Liz Koh
July 25, 2022 23:45 - 10 minutes - 9.71 MBMoney expert Liz Koh discusses the roller coaster ride household net worth has had over the past 2 to 3 years, why it's declining and why feeling wealthy - or not, can make a huge difference to your financial outcomes. Liz Koh is a money expert. This discussion is of a general nature, and does not constitute financial advice.
Business: Why rent seeking costs us all, vertical farming
July 25, 2022 23:05 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBBusiness commentator Rebecca Stevenson joins Kathryn to talk about rent seeking - the act of a business or individual increasing their wealth without adding any value. She'll look at who's doing it, how they're doing it and why we're all paying for it. She'll also talk about the giant hydroponic vertical farm that's opened its doors in Dubai. Rebecca Stevenson is a senior writer at interest.co.nz.
Book review - Giving for Good
July 25, 2022 22:35 - 6 minutes - 5.58 MBHarry Broad reviews Giving for Good: The History of the J R McKenzie Trust by Stephen Clarke, published by J R McKenzie Trust.
Rain hammers South Island
July 25, 2022 22:30 - 8 minutes - 8.1 MBTorrential rain in Christchurch overnight has now burst the banks of Christchurch's Avon and Heathcote Rivers. The council says 30 to 50 mm of rain has fallen across the city and a further 40 to 60 mills are expected. There's surface flooding in many city suburbs and the risk of slips on Banks Peninsula, with heavy rain warnings and watches in place for most of the South Island's east coast. Kathryn speaks with Helen Beaumont, head of three waters for the Christchurch City Council and RN...
Animator Chrissy Metge on her new book
July 25, 2022 22:05 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBChrissy Metge is a London-based Kiwi who has been working as an animator and author for a number of years. She's worked with animation studios from Pixar to Weta, Marvel, and George Lucas's ILM - and on plenty of big films ...like Ironman, the Hobbit 1, 2 and 3, Hunger Games, Ron's Gone Wrong...the list goes on. Chrissy has a couple of new projects on the go: one is a new Netflix adult-animated music series called Entergalactic, with some big names in the cast, that will launch at the en...
US: Jan 6 hearing hiatus, Biden Covid recovery, big week for economic data
July 25, 2022 21:45 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBUS correspondent Ron Elving joins Kathryn to talk about the last January 6 hearing ahead of the summer break, and why it may have done more damage to Donald Trump than the previous seven. Will his waning influence be evident in the August primaries? President Biden is recovering from Covid and this week the central bank will make a decision on a rate hike - the big question: has inflation peaked? Ron Elving is Senior Editor and Correspondent on the Washington Desk for NPR News.
US: Jan 6 hearing hiatus, Biden Covid recovery
July 25, 2022 21:45 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBUS correspondent Ron Elving joins Kathryn to talk about the last January 6 hearing ahead of the summer break, and why it may have done more damage to Donald Trump than the previous seven. Will his waning influence be evident in the August primaries? President Biden is recovering from Covid and this week the central bank will make a decision on a rate hike - the big question: has inflation peaked? Ron Elving is Senior Editor and Correspondent on the Washington Desk for NPR News.
Record floods in Yellowstone National Park bring nature reset
July 25, 2022 21:30 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBRecord breaking floods which caused major damage in the Yellowstone National Park in the US have highlighted the challenges of climate change for park managers but have also forced a natural reset which is tipped to bring an abundance of new life. The Northern Director of American Rivers Scott Bosse joins Kathryn to discuss the lasting impact of the floods.
Inadequate consultation with Māori over changes to digital identity
July 25, 2022 21:05 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBMaori data specialists say government agencies are ignoring them while carrying on extending the reach of facial recognition technology. An advocate of Maori data sovereignty, Janelle Riki-Waaka says crucial protections have been left out of a bill before Parliament. The Digital Identity Services Trust Framework Bill sets up a legal framework for how a person is identified online. Janelle Riki-Waaka tells Kathryn Ryan a requirement for partnership with Maori to be added to the accreditat...
Bringing a love of chocolate to the deep South
July 24, 2022 23:30 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBArgentinians Alex Gimenez and Lorena Giallonardo emigrated to New Zealand for their love of adventure sports. But after arriving in Queenstown they realised how similar it was to a Patagonian ski resort famed for its amazing chocolates. Alex explained to Kathryn that they recognised a gap in the market and Patagonia Chocolates was born.
Book review: The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser
July 24, 2022 22:40 - 6 minutes - 5.76 MBLaura Caygill reviews The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser, published by Penguin Random House NZ.
Wild Weather hits upper North Island
July 24, 2022 22:35 - 4 minutes - 3.81 MBA new storm bearing down on the country is already affecting Northland. Heavy rain and wind is lashing the very top of the country, thanks to a low-pressure system lying to the west of the North Island. Several roads in the Far North have been affected by fallen powerlines and flooding, two schools have been forced to close - yes, on the first day of the new term - and flights to Whangarei, Bay of Islands and Whitianga in the Coromandel, have been abandoned. In the past 24 hours up to 10...
Dr Sarah Bendall: Were corsets really that bad to wear?
July 24, 2022 22:05 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBThink of a corset and your mind probably settles on something tight and uncomfortable. Almost the antithesis of the stretchy pants we've all got used to in the pandemic! Kathryn speaks to Dr Sarah Bendall from Australian Catholic University , an expert in early modern dress, how it was made and traded and how it differed between the sexes. She's written a book about this that focuses on what women wore in the period from 1500 to 1800 called Shaping Femininity: Foundation Garments, the Bo...
Women on the tools: fewer barriers to the building site?
July 24, 2022 21:30 - 14 minutes - 13 MBAmid a skills shortage, there's concern more needs to be done to increase the number of women working in construction. As of mid last year, 2.6% of building roles and 8% of trade and technical roles within infrastructure sectors are held by women. Coming down the pipe-line, women were awarded 15% of construction and infrastructure apprenticeships. A recent survey showed 60% of women spoken to expressed an interest in entering the trades, while 79% of trade employers said they'd like to h...
Seafood companies floundering for lack of staff
July 24, 2022 21:10 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBThere's disarray in the fishing industry with massive under-staffing affecting the processing of wet fish. It's hoki season and despite efforts to hire more people, the labour is just not there One of the country's largest seafood exporters, Sealord is bracing for multi-million dollar losses as it doesn't have enough staff on the factory floor. Chief Executive Doug Paulin says last year they'd hope to recruit 450 more staff but ended up only being able to attract 300 and the situation ha...
The week that was with Te Radar and James Elliott
July 21, 2022 23:45 - 8 minutes - 7.96 MBTe Radar and James join Lynn for a look at the highlights in news from the week, including a sign war between a Missouri McDonald's and Dairy Queen, Philippines' workers who'll be fined if they don't smile, a lifetime warranty for socks that wasn't and why you should never, ever put your parents' ashes in your checked luggage.
Sport: Foster's future, Athletics World Champs and Adams' humble homecoming
July 21, 2022 23:30 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBSport correspondent Dana Johannsen joins Lynn to talk about pressure for changes at the top of the All Blacks, how Kiwi athletes are faring at the Athletics World Champs in Oregon and how NBA star Steven Adams is back home in New Zealand during the off-season - and is impressing folks. Dana Johannsen is Stuff's National Correspondent specialising in sport.
Music with Jeremy Taylor
July 21, 2022 23:05 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBThe sixth album from Kiwi/ Canadian treasure Tami Neilson is a kaleidoscope of ideas, guitarist Brett Adams conjures moody soundscapes, and Norwegian trio a-Ha are still making the magic.
Book review: The Life and Art of Lynley Dodd by Finlay Macdonald
July 21, 2022 22:35 - 7 minutes - 6.61 MBHolly Walker reviews The Life and Art of Lynley Dodd by Finlay Macdonald, published by Penguin Random House NZ
Book Review - The Life and Art of Lynley Dodd
July 21, 2022 22:35 - 7 minutes - 6.61 MBHolly Walker reviews The Life and Art of Lynley Dodd by Finlay Macdonald, published by Penguin Random House NZ
Bitch: debunking female animal stereotypes
July 21, 2022 22:05 - 25 minutes - 22.9 MBLucy Cooke is an award-winning zoologist, broadcaster, filmmaker, and author. Her latest book Bitch: A Revolutionary Guide to Sex, Evolution and the Female Animal breaks down "sexist stereotypes" of female animals peddled by the scientific patriarchy for at least 150 years. From polyamorous chimps, to alpha-female hyenas, menopausal killer whales and lesbian lizard, Lucy dismantles the male scientific bias and discovers female animals are just as promiscuous, competitive, aggressive, dom...
Asia correspondent Oliver Farry
July 21, 2022 21:45 - 9 minutes - 8.85 MBOliver Farry is a Hong Kong-based journalist, writer and photographer.
The Kiwi helming the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
July 21, 2022 21:30 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBAfter a two year Covid-19 enforced absence, the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is returning to the grounds of Edinburgh Castle. The new Creative Director is expat Michael Braithwaite who's promising some innovations as part of the massed bands spectacular. One of the crowd favourites, The New Zealand Army Band, returns this year to join the hundreds of other performers taking part.
The hunt for freshly fallen meteorites
July 21, 2022 21:20 - 12 minutes - 11 MBA recently formed citizen science project to track down freshly fallen meteorites is deploying specialised night-sky meteor cameras across the motu. Fireballs Aotearoa is a collaboration between the universities of Otago and Canterbury and the astronomy community. Two weeks ago a meteor lit up the sky during the day near Wellington and Fireballs Aeotearoa members swiftly got to work trying to pinpoint where it fell. Kathryn talks to Associate Professor of Geology at Otago University, Jam...
How nurses could be better supported to deal with
July 21, 2022 21:05 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBNew Kiwi-led research has looked at what nurses involved in the process of voluntary assisted dying have experienced, and how it could lead to better support - both procedurally and emotionally. Ministry of Health data out last week shows that between November 2021 and June 30 this year,143 people had sought an assisted death in New Zealand, with most - 79 per cent - choosing to die at home. The research, led by AUT, found nurses could benefit from clear policy, psychological support, an...
How nurses could be better supported to deal with assisted dying
July 21, 2022 21:05 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBNew Kiwi-led research has looked at what nurses involved in the process of voluntary assisted dying have experienced, and how it could lead to better support - both procedurally and emotionally. Ministry of Health data out last week shows that between November 2021 and June 30 this year,143 people had sought an assisted death in New Zealand, with most - 79 per cent - choosing to die at home. The research, led by AUT, found nurses could benefit from clear policy, psychological support, an...
Film & TV: Where the Crawdads Sing, Persuasion, WWDITS
July 20, 2022 23:45 - 10 minutes - 9.35 MBFilm and TV reviewer James Croot looks at the film adaptation of Delia Owens' novel Where the Crawdads Sing (cinemas), a new and controversial adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion (Netflix), and seasons four of What We Do in the Shadows (Neon) and Virgin River (Netflix).
Deb Rewiri: traditional Maori parenting practices, part 2
July 20, 2022 23:25 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBNeuroscience educator Deb Rewiri returns with why it has never been so important to get on board with traditional Maori parenting practices, and what help is at hand to support struggling whanau to embrace indigenous parenting approaches.
TikTok's data collection, VR & productivity
July 20, 2022 23:10 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBTech correspondent Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about new Australian research into how much data is being collected about users of Chinese-owned TikTok and why it's concerning, what's behind a decision by Spark and Vodafone to sell their mobile towers and whether virtual reality actually increases productivity.
Book review: No Other Place to Stand
July 20, 2022 23:05 - 4 minutes - 4.47 MBPhil Vine reviews No Other Place to Stand: An Anthology of Climate Change Poetry from Aotearoa New Zealand, Edited by Jordan Hamel, Rebecca Hawkes, Erik Kennedy and Essa Ranapiri, published by Auckland University Press.
10-point action plan to enhance athletes' well-being
July 20, 2022 22:30 - 10 minutes - 9.23 MBHigh Performance Sport has released an action plan following a critical independent inquiry finding the organisation's high performance model is broken and needs to be "reimagined". Commissioned after the suspected suicide of Olympic cyclist Olivia Podmore in August last year, the findings and recommendations of the 104-page report were released in May. Kathryn speaks with Stuff's National Correspondent specialising in sport Dana Johannsen.
Alex Duff: Le Fric - the Business of the Tour de France
July 20, 2022 22:05 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBA multi-millionaire octogenarian widow and her two children who have kept tight control of the Tour de France despite numerous hostile takeover bids, are the focus of a new book. The world's most famous cycling event generates an estimated $160 million New Zealand dollars a year, with a fifth being paid out in dividends for the Amaury family. Business journalist Alex Duff investigates the family in his book Le Fric or The Money: Family, Power and Money: The Business of the Tour de France...
UK: Tory leadership race narrows, extreme heat continues
July 20, 2022 21:45 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MBUK correspondent Harriet Line touches on the Tory leadership race and the heatwave raging across the country which led the Fire Service in London to have its busiest day since World War II. Harriet Line is Chief Political Correspondent Daily Mail.
What is your credit score saying about you?
July 20, 2022 21:35 - 9 minutes - 8.36 MBCredit reporting agencies gather and sell information about individual's credit histories to get a sense of how risky you are in relation to money. This information can be used by lenders, landlords, insurance companies, even employers. Many people don't realise they have a problematic score. Kathryn speaks with Citizen's Advice Bureau's Andrew Hubbard.
Tim Bale on the final two in the Tory leadership race
July 20, 2022 21:20 - 9 minutes - 8.57 MBRishi Sunak and Liz Truss are the last candidates left standing following the final vote by Conservative MPs on who will replace Boris Johnson as their leader. Sunak, the former Chancellor, topped the final ballot with 137 votes and Truss, the Foreign Secretary, overturned a narrow lead held by Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt in the latest vote, securing her place in the run-of by 113 votes to 105. Tim Bale, Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London, joins Kathryn to talk th...
Cost of living threatening retirees' financial future
July 20, 2022 21:05 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBConcerns the high cost of day-to-day living is seeing people taking an eye off their financial future, threatening the ability to afford to retire. This week we saw a thirty-two year inflation high, increasing 7.3 percent since the June 2021 quarter. The Retirement Commission has been gathering insights into the cost of living's impact on long term savings, finding a steady decrease in people actively saving for retirement, from 52% in 2021 to 47% in 2022. 93% of Kiwis' rank 'cost of liv...
Law: What happens if you're running out of sick leave?
July 19, 2022 23:45 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBThis year's winter illnesses are really starting to bite across a number of industries - but what happens if you're sick, and you've maxxed out your leave? Most employees - if they're on wages or salary - are entitled to at least 10 days' sick leave per year. It was increased last year by the government from five days' minimum entitlement. But it excludes those who are in a job less than six months, or those who are considered contractors. Nine to Noon's legal commentator today is Helen ...
ilabb: garage gear goes global
July 19, 2022 23:20 - 11 minutes - 11 MBThe popular ilabb brand started out fifteen years ago, in a garage in Picton. It's expanding, again, into Europe and further into Canada. It has teamed up with the world's largest mountain bike festival organiser, Crankworx, to supply a line of clothing for Kiwi and Canadian athletes. ilabb's got the attention of some pretty cool backers and is about half way to raising several millions of dollars to get the brand deeper into the northern hemisphere. Kathryn speaks with ilabb co-founder ...
Review: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
July 19, 2022 22:35 - 6 minutes - 5.68 MBLouise O'Brien reviews Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, published by Penguin Random House NZ.
Fiona Barton: Local Gone Missing
July 19, 2022 22:05 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBBest-selling British author Fiona Barton's new who-dunnit is Local Gone Missing. A cast of characters keep secrets and the reader guessing when a charismatic local man vanishes without trace from a small seaside town in southern England. It's being described as a "dark and twisty read". Fiona turned to fiction-writing in her early fifties, after a distinguished career in British newspapers (including The Mail on Sunday where she won Reporter of the Year at the British Press Awards), foll...
Australia: Sydney teen killed in Syrian jail, wildlife loss
July 19, 2022 21:45 - 7 minutes - 6.81 MBAustralia correspondent Chris Niesche joins Kathryn to talk about the death of a Sydney teen in a Syrian jail and whether it might spark renewed interest in the plight of Australian families stuck in Syria following the fall of Isis. He'll look at how Covid is tracking in the country and a new State of the Environment Report finds Australia has lost more mammalian wildlife than any other continent.
Is working from home all it's cracked up to be?
July 19, 2022 21:30 - 17 minutes - 16 MBWorking from home has become the new normal for many since the Covid pandemic, and many tout it as being a game changer for employees mental and physical wellbeing. No more long commutes, the ability to do school pick-ups or more easily care for family members, fitting work in and around those commitments. But some new research suggests the reality is more complicated. Microsoft's 2022 New Future of Work studied 31,000 employees in 31 countries. It found while working from home can impro...
Concerns dentists will pull out of free care for under-18s
July 19, 2022 21:05 - 21 minutes - 20 MBToday Nine to Noon looks at the way free dental care is provided to under-18s in New Zealand, amid concerns it's failing to keep up with greater needs and spiralling treatment costs. Children under the age of 18 are entitled to receive free standard dental care, with dentists who enter into a Combined Dental Agreement funded between $130 and $220 per patient. Costs for any additional treatments are also fixed. But some dentists say a new three-year contract which came into force on July ...
Nobel winner's harassment, Fiji journalist's utu
July 18, 2022 23:45 - 7 minutes - 6.94 MBMedia commentator Andrew Holden joins Kathryn to look at the harassment experienced by Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa in the Philippines, while her fellow winner Dmitry Muratov also had his independent newspaper shut down. A Fijian journalist expelled from a press conference during a visit of the Chinese foreign minister spotted two Chinese embassy officials pretending to be reporters at the Pacific Islands Forum, and ABC in Australia is to get a five-year funding model that the new Gove...
Reo inspired bushwear for all of Aotearoa
July 18, 2022 23:30 - 24 minutes - 22 MBTamati Rakena was on track for a career in the Moerewa meatworks, but ended up with a Masters degree and founding a bush clothing business. He left school with no particular direction and AFFCO was beckoning. Many of his Kaikohe based family have been employed there and for a time he worked as a meat processor. His direction changed when he met his partner who inspired him to enrol in University to train as a teacher. In 2019, Tamati was awarded a University of Auckland Kupe Leadership S...