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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Episodes
Music reviewer Jeremy Taylor
June 06, 2024 23:05 - 26 minutes - 24 MBJeremy Taylor brings new releases from recent tourist Arooj Aftab and Bat For Lashes, plus a reissue of an underrated REM classic.
Around the motu: Tim Brown in Christchurch
June 06, 2024 22:45 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBThe Christchurch City Council had resurrected its fight for tougher alcohol controls in the city after bailing out of its previous almost million dollar attempt in 2017.
Book review: Take What You Need by Idra Novey
June 06, 2024 22:35 - 3 minutes - 3.52 MBJenna Todd of Time Out Bookstore reviews Take What You Need by Idra Novey published by Daunt Books
US astronomer Dr Michael Brown's search for Planet Nine
June 06, 2024 22:05 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBUS astronomer Dr Michael Brown's theory of a ninth planet, lurking on the very edge of our Solar System, is gaining momentum.
What role could NZ's billion dollar space industry
June 06, 2024 21:30 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBAs space gets busier - and more crowded - New Zealand's space industry is drawing interest from our traditional allies.
Cheap outlawed single use vapes hooking children
June 06, 2024 21:05 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBAn audit of vape stores show most aren't checking ID and some recently outlawed products are being flogged off at bargain basement prices.
Baby Food Bible: Parents' go-to guide for the start of baby's food journey
June 05, 2024 23:30 - 16 minutes - 22.7 MBStarting baby on solids can be a daunting prospect, no matter how many kids you have - since every child's food journey is different. Baby led weaning or spoon feeding? How to introduce potential allergens into their diet? How much is enough? Australian-based duo Julia Tellidis and Lauren Skora are a clinical nutritionist and baby nutrition consultant who have have teamed up to create what they've called 'Baby Food Bible'. In addition to extensive information about the whens and hows of ...
Tech: Upcycled Nissan Leaf batteries, bundle bother
June 05, 2024 23:05 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBTechnology correspondent Juha Saarinen joins Kathryn to look at a new EV charger that has been made from used Nissan Leaf batteries. Juha also looks at bundling - are consumers really getting a better deal by having all their utilities in one place?
Around the motu : Alisha Evans in Tauranga
June 05, 2024 22:50 - 10 minutes - 9.59 MBThe race to Tauranga's first election in five years is heating up with 86 people vying for a spot at the council table.
Book review: The Wrong Shoes by Tom Percival
June 05, 2024 22:35 - 4 minutes - 4.03 MBRoger Christensen of Unity Books Auckland reviews The Wrong Shoes by Tom Percival published by Simon & Schuster
BNZ u-turns on physical branches
June 05, 2024 22:30 - 7 minutes - 6.55 MBThe Bank of New Zealand has done a u-turn in its position on physical branches - saying customers want more face-to face interactions. BNZ closed 38 branches across 2020 and 2021 - and it reduced opening hours at many branches since in recent years. BNZ now says it is bringing back the 'branch experience' and touting that all of its stores will be open at least five days a week from April next year. It says while there's been a shift to banking online and over the phone, following the pa...
Kaliane Bradley on her debut novel The Ministry of Time
June 05, 2024 22:05 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBKaliane Bradley's debut novel began as a bit of fun to entertain friends during lockdown in London. The Ministry of Time is both a time travel/sci fi novel, a romcom and a mystery with a twist.
Modellers find decades-long megadroughts on the way for Australia
June 05, 2024 21:35 - 7 minutes - 6.6 MBAustralia needs to be prepared for 'megadroughts' lasting more than 20 years, according to climate modellers.
Modellers find decades-long megadroughts on the way for
June 05, 2024 21:35 - 7 minutes - 6.6 MBAustralia needs to be prepared for 'megadroughts' lasting more than 20 years, according to climate modellers. Scientists at the Australian National University used data from computer simulations of the Earth's climate over the past 1150 years. They found it is only a matter of time before parts of Australia would experience megadroughts lasting potentially decades. Variability in rainfall shows it has happened in the past and is going to happen again. ANU postdoctoral fellow Dr Georgy Fa...
Auckland bus drivers 'fear for their lives' as violence and intimidation escalates
June 05, 2024 21:20 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBA union representing bus drivers in Auckland says many are going to work fearing for their lives, as aggressive behaviour and intimidation reaches crisis point.
Auckland bus drivers 'fear for their lives' as violence
June 05, 2024 21:20 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBA union representing bus drivers in Auckland says many are going to work fearing for their lives, as aggressive behaviour and intimidation reaches crisis point.
Review of census: how will we gather data in future
June 05, 2024 21:05 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBIt's the five yearly door to door survey that literally counts us up, and gives us a picture of who we are, where we live, and how we identify. But after two disappointing censuses - Stats NZ says it is looking to move beyond the traditional way it has done the official count.
Science: Tiny fern - big genome, Saudi stromatolites, giraffe necks
June 04, 2024 23:45 - 10 minutes - 9.5 MBScience commentator Allan Blackman joins Kathryn to talk about the New Caledonian fork fern which now holds the record for the largest amount of DNA stored in its nucleus of any living organism on the planet. He'll also look at the stromatolites found in Saudi Arabia that are believed to be the earliest geological record of life on Earth. And it turns out the evolution of the length of giraffe's neck was driven by food, not sex. Allan Blackman is a Professor of Chemistry, School of Scien...
Gardening with Xanthe White
June 04, 2024 23:30 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBLandscape gardener Xanthe White on the pros and cons of staking and garden frames.
Music with Kirsten Zemke: Songs about cities
June 04, 2024 23:05 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBMusic commentator Kirsten Zemke joins Kathryn to look at which cities have inspired songs of their own - including perhaps, a surprising New Zealand contribution. Kirsten Zemke is an ethnomusicologist at the University of Auckland's School of Social Sciences.
Around the motu : John Freer from the Coromandel Peninsula
June 04, 2024 22:45 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBJohn discusses the issues facing the Hauraki Gulf Forum and their response to last week's Budget.
Book review: Long Island by Colm Toibin
June 04, 2024 22:35 - 4 minutes - 4.09 MBSonja de Friez reviews Long Island by Colm Toibin published by Macmillan.
The M Word: Menopause
June 04, 2024 22:08 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBDr Ginni Mansberg is a GP who specialises in women's and children's health whose latest book takes a no-holds-barred look at menopause and how it can affect not only the women going through it, but also those around them.
Australia: Kiwi recruits, visa cancellations
June 04, 2024 21:50 - 7 minutes - 7.29 MBAustralia correspondent Karen Middleton talks about New Zealanders being able to join the Australian Defence Force as part of a solution to retention in the military. Who's eligible?
The Auckland startup making milk protein in a lab
June 04, 2024 21:35 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBAn Auckland startup has been approved to scale up its production of dairy proteins using genetically modified yeasts. Daisy Lab uses precision fermentation to make whey or casein products.
Te Whatu Ora respond to nurses' safety concerns
June 04, 2024 21:25 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBThe Nurses Organisation says its members fear the directive from Health NZ/Te Whatu Ora to save $105m across hospitals by July will put their own safety, and that of patients, at risk. Te Whatu Ora chief people officer Andrew Slater joins Kathryn Ryan.
Committee ponders full probe into rural banking
June 04, 2024 21:10 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBParliament's primary production select committee is considering a full inquiry into rural banking - with MPs from all sides concerned over what they've heard in preliminary hearings.
Gregory Hill: taking a train to Spain
June 03, 2024 23:30 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBForty years ago, Wellington man Gregory Hill had the idea to travel from New Zealand to the direct opposite part of the world by train. In 2019, he made it happen.
Around the motu: David Hill in North Canterbury
June 03, 2024 22:45 - 6 minutes - 6.14 MBEnterprise North Canterbury has been working with other regional tourism organisations to develop a Canterbury dark sky trail. The Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve was established in 2012, while the Kaikoura Dark Sky Trust is about to apply for dark sky sanctuary status and interest is growing in other Canterbury communities. Crunch time is fast approaching for two North Canterbury schools bulging at the seams. Woodend School and Te Kura o Tuahiwi are on the Ministry of Ed...
Book review: At The Grand Glacier Hotel by Laurence Fearnley
June 03, 2024 22:35 - 6 minutes - 5.51 MBLynn Freeman reviews At The Grand Glacier Hotel by Laurence Fearnley published by Penguin Random House NZ.
Coping with cancer: Comedian Dai Henwood
June 03, 2024 22:05 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBDai Henwood is well known to TV viewers, as a funny guy, but he's been going through some serious stuff.
Rural lines company tackles trees with heli-saw
June 03, 2024 21:35 - 8 minutes - 7.6 MBA central North Island lines company is dangling a giant saw off a helicopter in a bid to protect its infrastructure.
Skipper honoured for decades of navigating rough seas
June 03, 2024 21:20 - 8 minutes - 7.6 MBStephen Kafka has been transporting conservation workers and researchers to remote sub-Antarctic islands for the past 25 years.
Nurses fear hospital budget cuts will put staff, safety at risk
June 03, 2024 21:05 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBNurses say they're at breaking point already, and fear cuts to hospital budgets demanded by Health NZ will put their own safety, and that of patients, at risk. This is despite the multi billion dollar injection for health in Thursday's Budget.
The week that was with Donna Brookbanks and Irene Pink
May 30, 2024 23:45 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBComedians Donna Brookbanks and Irene Pink wrap up the lighter moments of the week, including an Austrian man who found three mammoth skeletons in his wine cellar. And a US new anchor who is being applauded for his professionalism after he accidentally swallowed a fly live on air.
Music reviewer Grant Smithies
May 30, 2024 23:05 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBHefty new dubs From The Neighbourhood album by Auckland producer Christophe El Truento is released next week.
Around the motu: Kim Bowden covering Queenstown/Wanaka
May 30, 2024 22:45 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBAfter years of sitting unused due to earthquake risk, Cromwell's War Memorial Hall has been demolished in recent weeks. Kim talks to Kathryn about what will replace it. Also the reaction from Wanaka locals that McDonald's has the green light to buy land for a fast food outlet. Kim Bowden is a Crux editor/senior journalist.
Book review: BBQ Economics by Liam Dann
May 30, 2024 22:35 - 6 minutes - 6.34 MBHarry Broad reviews BBQ Economics by Liam Dann published by Penguin Random House NZ
Wojtek Czyz: the Paralympian making history
May 30, 2024 22:05 - 22 minutes - 21 MBWojtek Czyz was just 21 years old when a football accident resulted in him losing his lower leg. Now he's set to make history as the first ever para badminton player to represent New Zealand at the Paralympics in Paris later this year.
Pacific correspondent Eleisha Foon
May 30, 2024 21:45 - 8 minutes - 7.93 MBPacific correspondent Eleisha Foon joins Kathryn Ryan.
Trump guilty of cover up
May 30, 2024 21:40 - 6 minutes - 6.02 MBDonald Trump has been found guilty on all 34 counts he faced in the hush money criminal trial.
Christchurch airport disruption after Jetstar plane incident
May 30, 2024 21:35 - 3 minutes - 2.77 MBA Jetstar plane has had a difficult landing this morning, sliding off the runway.
Nicola Willis talks Budget 2024
May 30, 2024 21:05 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBFinance Minister Nicola Willis joins Kathryn in studio to discuss her first budget.
Screentime: Fallout, Ashley Madison doco, Bridgerton s3
May 29, 2024 23:45 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBFilm and TV correspondent Perlina Lau joins Kathryn to talk about the latest shows.
Parenting: How to help children make their own decisions
May 29, 2024 23:25 - 17 minutes - 24.3 MBHow do you encourage children to start making their own decisions? And at what age should they be able to do this with confidence? First off, it's all about helping them build "decision-making scaffolding", education specialist Mark Osborne tells Nine to Noon.
Tech: AI flaws - does any tech company want to know?
May 29, 2024 23:05 - 16 minutes - 15 MBTechnology correspondent Mark Pesce details the flaw he found in a number of AI systems and the difficulty he had in alerting the big tech companies to it.
Around the motu : Samantha Gee in Nelson
May 29, 2024 22:45 - 6 minutes - 6.31 MBAlmost two years on from the August 2022 storm, Nelson people who were left with uninhabitable homes are finally closer to knowing their fate.
Provincial Unions Reject Rugby Proposal
May 29, 2024 22:35 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBA proposal to radically revamp New Zealand Rugby's governance structure has failed to be approved.
Dee Glentworth: Wellington op-shop queen
May 29, 2024 22:05 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBDee Glentworth is carrying on her family tradition of sharing secondhand treasures at the Wellington op shop Free for All. Over 700 shoppers showed up on the opening day of their new Petone premises last week, Glentworth says. "There was a line from our front door right the way to the foreshore. I've never seen anything like it. And even when the shelves were low, people's spirits were high," she tells Kathryn Ryan
Op shop Queen Dee Glentworth
May 29, 2024 22:05 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBWhen Dee Glentworth was growing up, her dad's family ran second hand stores. In fact, when one of her uncles was dying, he refused to go to the hospice until he'd been to a particular garage sale.