Nine To Noon
6,372 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 5 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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Plans to let an unknown goldminer finally rest in peace
April 21, 2022 21:15 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBForty years ago a grave was excavated on the banks of the Clutha River - inside, a middle aged man in a simple wooden coffin, his leather shoes still tied to his feet. The excavation was done as part of archaeological work ahead of the Clyde Dam's completion, and the lone grave had been reported by the landowner. What made the man's grave unusual is that it had clearly been dug up earlier - he'd been robbed and his remains disturbed. The bones were taken to Otago University and remained ...
Shanghai lockdowns: supply chain issues to worsen
April 21, 2022 21:05 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBImporters are warning of "acute" supply chain issues to New Zealand caused by Covid lockdowns in China. Shanghai is starting to ease its lockdown of the city's 25 million people, with factories slowly returning to production. But disruption at Shanghai port - the world's largest - has caused a backlog of over 500 ships waiting to dock, which is unlikely to be resolved quickly. Importers say shipping lines are cutting out ports and canceling some air freight services here. Lynn speaks wit...
Film & TV:How I Met Your Father, The First Lady, Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed
April 20, 2022 23:45 - 8 minutes - 8.25 MBLaumata Lauano joins Lynn to talk about new comedy series How I Met Your Father (Disney+), political drama The First Lady (Neon) and documentary Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed (Sky, Channel ID).
Building boys into men: Navigating the tricky teenage years
April 20, 2022 23:25 - 15 minutes - 20.7 MBLynn speaks to Garth Wynne, who's been involved in educating teenage boys for decades and is now executive principal of Christ's College in Christchurch.
Tech: Union moves grow, Google exec plugs into NZ solar project
April 20, 2022 23:15 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBTechnology commentator Peter Griffin joins Lynn to talk about moves in the US by Apple and Amazon workers to unionise and the resistance they're facing from Silicon Valley.
Inflation tipped to hit 30-year high
April 20, 2022 23:05 - 8 minutes - 7.41 MBRNZ business editor Gyles Beckford joins Lynn to discuss the new inflation figures, released this morning.
Book Review: The Museum of Whales You Will Never See
April 20, 2022 22:35 - 5 minutes - 5.45 MBQuentin Johnson reviews The Museum of Whales You Will Never See by Kendra Green, published by Penguin Random House
Delia Ephron: loss, love and second chances
April 20, 2022 22:05 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBIn her latest book novelist and screenwriter Delia Ephron chronicles a time of extreme loss in her life: the deaths of her beloved sister and her husband of 32 years, both to cancer.
UK: Partygate apology, Archbishop row, Boris' India trip
April 20, 2022 21:45 - 8 minutes - 7.95 MBUK correspondent Matt Dathan joins Lynn to talk about the increasing pressure Boris Johnson is facing over Partygate, despite his apology.
Teen rugby players in major study into concussion
April 20, 2022 21:30 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBLynn talks to Dr Vickie Shim at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute about how the data will be used in a simulation model she's working on and Dr Samantha Holdsworth, CEO and director of research at Matai who explains why they hope to set up a gold standard - and objective - test for concussion.
Darwin's 'stolen' notebooks returned to Cambridge University
April 20, 2022 21:20 - 7 minutes - 6.5 MBLynn speaks with Professor Jim Secord, a world authority on Darwin, and Director of the Darwin Correspondence Project at the Cambridge University Library.
Wellbeing in NZ: better if you're older
April 20, 2022 21:07 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBIf you're over 65, New Zealand is a good place to be but it's a different story if you're under 25, according to new research. On average, younger Kiwis are more lonely and less wealthy than their elders, says Dominick Stephens, Chief Economic Adviser to the NZ Treasury.
Science: How to harness the sun's energy more efficiently
April 19, 2022 23:45 - 9 minutes - 8.8 MBScience commentator Dr Allan Blackman joins Lynn to look at new reseach into how the sun's energy can be converted into electricity more efficiently. At the moment silicon solar cells can only manage 10 - 15 % conversion, so the hunt is on for more efficient materials. And April 20 marks a big day for science: in 1862 Louis Pasteur demonstrates the process we've come to know as pasteurisation and in 1902 Marie and Pierre Curie successfully isolate radioactive radium salts. Allan Blackman...
Anzac Day Parade: Timely lessons from children's book
April 19, 2022 23:20 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBWhen Glenda Kane saw a small boy run up to talk to a veteran who'd been standing alone and staring out to sea after an Anzac Day event, it made her curious.
Music with Jess Fu
April 19, 2022 23:05 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBMusic reviewer Jess Fu joins Lynn to share a new track with a sci-fi theme from Automatic, one from electronic-soft-rock artist Jack J and a song from relative newbie Hanbee, a Korean-New Zealander indie-pop artist based in Tamaki.
Book review: The Boy from Gorge River by Chris Long
April 19, 2022 22:35 - 7 minutes - 6.99 MBShaun Barnett reviews The Boy from Gorge River by Chris Long, published by HarperCollins NZ
The Hebridean Baker, Coinneach MacLeod
April 19, 2022 22:05 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBHis recipes are hardy, traditional and heavy on the booze - and they've made the self-styled Hebridean Baker, Coinneach MacLeod, an international culinary sensation.
Australia: Polls tight, Covid rules relaxed, cruise ships back
April 19, 2022 21:45 - 7 minutes - 7 MBAustralia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Lynn to look at the election campaign, as opinion polls tighten and Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese battle it out. Covid isolation rules are to be relaxed further, with household contacts no longer needing to isolate. Cruise ships have been welcomed back into the country, and could Ash Barty be set to take on the golfing world?
Up close to the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano
April 19, 2022 21:40 - 9 minutes - 8.65 MBVolcanologist Shane Cronin has just returned from a survey of all Tonga's northern islands, trying to piece together what led to the largest volcanic explosion ever recorded there.
New laws to protect apartment owners
April 19, 2022 21:30 - 9 minutes - 8.29 MBNew rules soon to pass into law will give more protection to people who own apartments or are looking to buy one.
Venturing overseas? Check your Covid insurance cover
April 19, 2022 21:05 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBTravelling overseas may not be as straightforward as you remember - particularly when it comes to travel insurance. Are you covered for Covid?
Are you 'eating your money'?
April 18, 2022 23:45 - 9 minutes - 8.95 MBFood is one of our biggest household expenses. At a time when thousands of New Zealanders are going hungry, there are also many people spending money on food they'd be better off saving, says financial planner Liz Koh.
Are you Eating Your Money?
April 18, 2022 23:45 - 9 minutes - 8.95 MBFood is your biggest expense after rent or mortgage payments, but how much you spend on food is a personal choice and can vary greatly depending on what you put in your supermarket trolley. Financial Planner, Liz Koh says it's not hard to save several thousand dollars a year through being more careful about what you spend on food Liz Koh is a financial planner and specialising in retirement planning. This discussion is of a general nature, and does not constitute financial advice.
Dogs in Early New Zealand Photographs
April 18, 2022 23:30 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBJournalist Mike White is also a life-long dog lover. A new book, Dogs in Early New Zealand Photographs has put together some of New Zealand's earliest dog photographs, with an introduction written by Mike White. The photos take us back to the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with a range of photos from carefully staged studio portraits, to more relaxed photos taken on the family farm. Lynn Freeman speaks to Mike about the enduring love we have for our dogs, and taking their pict...
Politics: FPAs, Ukraine 'neutrality', PM's overseas trip, Louisa Wall's exit
April 18, 2022 23:05 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBPolitical commentators Shane Te Pou and Liam Hehir join Lynn to discuss Fair Pay Agreements and the impact on business, business sentiment and confidence, the Prime Minister's first overseas trip and the candour of Louisa Wall upon her exit. Shane Te Pou is a former candidate, campaign manager and executive member of the Labour Party, and a former union official. He is no longer a member of any political party. Liam Hehir is a Palmerston North lawyer, political commentator and a National...
Book review - Wellington Architecture: A Walking Guide by John Walsh and Patrick Reynolds
April 18, 2022 22:35 - 8 minutes - 7.73 MBPaul Diamond reviews Wellington Architecture: A Walking Guide by John Walsh; photographer Patrick Walsh published by Massey University Press
Listening to a world we can't see: Lawrence English
April 18, 2022 22:05 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBFor Australian artist, composer and curator Lawrence English listening is very different to hearing. He is interested in "relational listening", the relationship between our internal thinking and the external sounds we are most interested in and tune into - and how to communicate that to an audience.
US: Biden's war of words over Ukraine, inflation depression, Musk's Twitter saga
April 18, 2022 21:45 - 9 minutes - 8.83 MBUS correspondent Ron Elving joins Lynn to look at how Joe Biden has been turning up the heat in his rhetoric on Russia, energy-driven inflation is making Americans depressed, Republicans are looking strong ahead of the November mid-terms and what will the next chapter be in the Elon Musk Twitter saga?
Kiwi earthquake tech goes global
April 18, 2022 21:30 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBKiwi technology that can warn of an earthquake is going global. EQC and Massey University scientists have tested low cost early warning sensors, which gives notice of a quake. The project has made significant steps from a vision to hard data, and has successfully developed algorithms that can drive an early warning system.The findings were published recently in Informatics, a leading Swiss open access journal on information and communication technologies, in an article titled "Saving Pre...
Families struggle to keep up with rising cost of living
April 18, 2022 21:05 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBWith the rising cost of living, many people are struggling to pay the bills, particularly over winter as the cost of power rises. New research from the University of Otago finds that the cost of heating a child's bedroom through the night in a Wellington winter would eat up nearly half of the government's Winter Energy Payment. The Winter Energy Payment is paid to qualifying beneficiaries and all superannuitants to help with heating costs. Lynn speaks with Otago University researcher Dr ...
Film & TV: Pachinko, Snack Masters, Everything Everywhere All at Once
April 13, 2022 23:45 - 9 minutes - 8.96 MBFilm and TV correspondent Chris Schulz joins Kathryn to talk about AppleTV's new show Pachinko, which spans generations and continents to tell the story of one woman from her birth in Korea in 1915, through the Japanese occupation, war and finally her move to Japan. He'll also look at new Kiwi reality show Snack Masters (TVNZ2) and tries to unravel new movie Everything Everywhere All at Once (in theatres). Chris Schulz reviews
Tips for Reluctant Readers
April 13, 2022 23:30 - 19 minutes - 26.8 MBPrimary school teacher-turned writer Aaron Topp talks about his latest Young Adult book and shares tips on how to coax reluctant readers to pick up a book.
Tech: Apple AirTags - a stalker's best friend?
April 13, 2022 23:05 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBTechnology correspondent Mark Pesce joins Kathryn to look at Apple's AirTags, a device that can turn every iPhone in the world into a detector for your lost luggage or keys - but they're also being used for nefarious means. A new report says a bug in Facebook's newsfeed algorithm was rating Russian state sources above others until it was picked up by the company's engineers. And how 500 drones Rick Rolled Dallas on April Fool's Day. Mark Pesce is a futurist, writer, educator and broadcas...
Book review: Tangata Ngai Tahu Vol 2, from the Ngāi Tahu Archive Team
April 13, 2022 22:35 - 4 minutes - 4.56 MBJonathan West reviews Tangata Ngai Tahu Vol 2, from the Ngai Tahu Archive Team, published by BWB
Book Review - Tangata Ngai Tahu Vol 2
April 13, 2022 22:35 - 4 minutes - 4.56 MBJonathan West reviews Tangata Ngai Tahu Vol 2, from the Ngai Tahu Archive Team, published by BWB
Raised in the wilderness to global adventurer
April 13, 2022 22:05 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBChris Long grew up in New Zealand's remotest family, living more than 42 kilometres from the nearest road. In his book, The Boy from Gorge River he writes about how the solitude of his extraordinary childhood in the southern wilderness of Gorge River has shaped his life. Now aged 30, it equipped him for a life of adventuring and doing a diverse range of jobs from the Arctic circle to Antarctica.
UK: PM under pressure to stand down after Partygate fines
April 13, 2022 21:45 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBHarriet Line is Chief Political Correspondent Daily MailUK correspondent Harriet Line joins Kathryn to talk about the fines slapped on the Prime Minister Boris Johnson, his wife Carrie and the Chancellor Rishi Sunak for a birthday bash at Number 10 during lockdown. A life sentence has been handed down to Ali Harbi Ali for the murder of veteran MP Sir David Amess and Home Secretary Priti Patel is in Rwanda today to announce plans to send illegal immigrants who arrive in the UK to the Afri...
Mum and 7 year old near end of Te Araroa
April 13, 2022 21:30 - 7 minutes - 7.14 MBVictoria Bruce and her seven year old daughter Emilie are about to reach Bluff having started Te Araroa trail last October. They've been raising money for the Mental Health Foundation and Federated Mountain clubs.They talk to Kathryn about their epic 2300 kilometre adventure.
King Country School celebrates success
April 13, 2022 21:20 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBA high school in a small King Country town has scrapped traditional class schedules- a move it says has significantly improved the learning outcomes of its students. They have also noted their school has been far less disrupted than others during the covid pandemic. Taumarunui High School moved from having one of the highest suspension rates in the region, to now no longer needing detention.
Why is food so expensive?
April 13, 2022 21:05 - 9 minutes - 8.72 MBFood prices were 7.6 per cent higher than in March last year, the highest annual rise in food prices in ten-years. The last time food prices rose so much in a year was July 2011 - that rise was 7.9 per cent but was influenced by the rise in GST the previous year. Stats NZ recorded increases in every food price category it measures - the most dramatic - an 18 per cent increase in the price of fruit and vegetables. Kathryn speaks with Stats NZ Senior Manager for pricing, social and populat...
Art: How artists help shape what we 'see'
April 12, 2022 23:45 - 10 minutes - 9.92 MBArts commentator Nina Tonga reflects on the role artists have in shaping how we perceive things and associate ourselves with a shifting sense of our place. She'll talk about a few of shows, including the knockout exhibition Declaration: A Pacific Feminist Agenda at Auckland Art Gallery, which opened last month, a new installation by Sione Monu and Manu Vaeatangitau Kindred: A Leiti Chronicle. Sione recently opened an exhibition in Poneke at Robert Heald Gallery entitled 'Volver'. She'll ...
A walking guide to Wellington's architecture
April 12, 2022 23:30 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBFrom Oriental Parade, to Cuba Street, Lambton Quay, The Terrace, Aro Street, Wellington is known as a very compact and walkable city. It's also packed full of interesting buildings which tell a story of the city's history. Architecture writer John Walsh has already published popular walking guides for Christchurch and Auckland, and Wellington is now in for the same treatment. Alongside photographer Patrick Reynolds, John Walsh has produced a pocket guide of one hundred and twenty of Well...
Book Review - Elizabeth Finch by Julian Barnes
April 12, 2022 22:35 - 6 minutes - 6.26 MBHarry Ricketts reviews Elizabeth Finch by Julian Barnes, published by Penguin Random House NZ
Weather update from Tairawhiti
April 12, 2022 22:35 - 3 minutes - 3.54 MBThe latest on the wild weather expected to hit East Coast from ex-Cyclone Fili from RNZ reporter Jimmy Ellingham.
Abbey and Money Singh on being The Modern Singhs
April 12, 2022 22:05 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBHow a video of Abbey and Money Singh's spectacular nuptials propelled them into social media stardom as The Modern Singhs.
Australia: Labor leader off to a shaky start in election campaign
April 12, 2022 21:45 - 9 minutes - 9.01 MBAustralia correspondent Annika Smethurst joins Kathryn to talk about the Australian federal election campaign, which got off to a rough start for Labor leader Anthony Albanese when he couldn't state the unemployment or official cash rates off the top of his head. Meanwhile Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended his education minister over bullying claims that led to a $500,000 payout to a former staffer.
Sports Brain Bank - head knocks impact on the brain
April 12, 2022 21:30 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBA University of Auckland-based research centre analysing the link between repetitive sports-related head injuries and degenerative brain diseases has received its first brain donations. The Sports Brain Bank is interested in former athletes who either during a game, or during training, experience repeated exercises that put pressure on their head. NFL, AFL and American football have already done some research into head injuries and the link to brain disease. Maurice Curtis is a Professor...
Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko on Russian aggression
April 12, 2022 21:20 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBRussian President Vladimir Putin says peace talks have reached a "dead-end situation" after Ukraine made allegations about war crimes. He dismissed images of dead bodies in the town of Bucha as "fake". Speaking at an awards ceremony in the Russian Far East, Mr Putin claimed he had been left with no choice but to launch the invasion in a bid to protect the Russian speaking Donbas region. In his speech, Mr Putin said his campaign in Ukraine would continue until its "noble" goals have been ...
Cook Strait ferry log jam: travellers forced to cancel at Easter
April 12, 2022 21:05 - 9 minutes - 8.47 MBHigh demand and a shortage of vessels are putting pressure on Cook Strait ferry services this Easter weekend and into next month. The Interislander's Aratere ferry is unavailable until Anzac weekend. It's in dry dock in Sydney for routine maintenance. The two remaining Interisland ferries, Kaitaki and Valentine, are operating at maximum capacity, forcing bookings to be canceled. BlueBridge has its Straitsman vessel in for "scheduled servicing" over the Easter period until the second week...
Nature Boy: The Photography of Olaf Petersen
April 11, 2022 23:30 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBOlaf Petersen is widely regarded as one of Aotearoa's finest nature photographers. Over his 50 year career, from the 1930s to 1980s, he documented the country's landscape and its people. His photography clearly demonstrated his love for nature; from the birds, sea, trees and wind-rippled sand on Auckland's wild west coast, to the flora and fauna from the far north to Stewart Island. The first-ever retrospective exhibition of Olaf Petersen's work is currently being held at Tamaki Paenga H...