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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Business Commentator Rebecca Stevenson
April 11, 2022 23:05 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBRebecca looks at how the Russian invasion of Ukraine has provided a backdrop for the arms industry to advertise its wares. And also she talks to Kathryn a new report on Forbes which has a roundup of the studies probing whether women are good for business in leadership positions.
Book review: Meat Lovers by Rebecca Hawkes
April 11, 2022 22:35 - 5 minutes - 5.47 MBAsh Davida Jane reviews Meat Lovers by Rebecca Hawkes, published by Auckland University Press
Former gymnast Angela Walker on telling Yvette Williams' story
April 11, 2022 22:05 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBWhen Yvette Williams stepped onto the victory rostrum at the 1952 Helsinki Games it was remarkable for two reasons. She'd just become the first New Zealand woman to win an Olympic Gold medal - something that wouldn't be repeated for another 40 years. It was also the first time 'God Defend New Zealand' - not yet the official anthem - had been played at the Olympic Games. The moment is beautifully captured in a new book called "Ideals are like Stars: The Yvette Williams story". It's writte...
US correspondent Kelsey Snell
April 11, 2022 21:45 - 6 minutes - 5.93 MBThe Senate has confirmed judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court. Jackson, Biden's first pick for the nation's high court, will become the first black woman justice on the nine justice panel. The US justice department is investigating potential mishandling of government secrets by former President Trump. And a group of US lawmakers is currently in Poland, assessing the situation at the border with Ukraine. Kelsey Snell is a congressional correspondent f...
Needle Exchange Programme- finances show success
April 11, 2022 21:30 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBA balance sheet shows treatment for HIV is our most successful public health programme ever. The bottom line of some new data is that the New Zealand Needle Exchange Programme has doubled its return over the last 20 years, indicating less is spent now than it was in the early 2000s on treating HIV, also hepatitis B and C, and other injection-related injuries. 34 years ago, in 1988, New Zealand was the first country in the world to introduce a national, government-funded needle exchange p...
Will Putin be held responsible for war crimes in Ukraine?
April 11, 2022 21:05 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBReports of war crimes being committed by Russian soldiers in Ukraine have been met with global outrage and horror World leaders have condemned the atrocities, some going as far to call it genocide. US President Joe Biden has called for Vladimir Putin to face a war crimes trial for his actions, and the International Criminal Court has already launched an investigation, with an unprecedented number of countries backing the move. So what possible consequences could Mr Putin face for the war...
Urban issues - upgrading and adapting the built environment
April 10, 2022 23:45 - 9 minutes - 8.53 MBBill discusses 'hybrid architecture': innovative ways of adapting buildings and sites. Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland.
Sweet treats with Schoc Chocolates
April 10, 2022 23:30 - 10 minutes - 9.99 MBWith Easter nearly upon us, lots of chocolate-eating is on the horizon. But did you know the flavour and shape of the chocolates you prefer can reveal your personality type? "Chocologist" Murray Langham tells Kathryn Ryan about the psychology of chocolate selection.
Political commentators Mills & Morten
April 10, 2022 23:05 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBStephen Mills is an executive director at Talbot Mills research limited which is the polling firm used by Labour. He is a former political adviser to two Labour governments. 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.
Book review: Harbouring by Jenny Pattrick
April 10, 2022 22:35 - 4 minutes - 4.57 MBRalph McAllister reviews Harbouring by Jenny Pattrick, published by Penguin
Australia - the lucky country's strengths and challenges
April 10, 2022 22:05 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBAcademic, writer, journalist and editor Julianne Schultz's book The Idea of Australia takes looks at what her country represents. She asks some critical questions including : What defines the soul of the nation? Is it an egalitarian, generous, outward-looking country? Or is Australia a nation that has retreated into silence and denial about the past and become selfish, greedy, and insular? Julianne Schultz is an emeritus professor of media and culture from Queensland's Griffith Universit...
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney - Is France and Europe in for a massive far-right shock?
April 10, 2022 21:45 - 10 minutes - 9.27 MBIn what's turned out to be a tight, nail-biting French presidential election, the gap has closed between the far-right and incumbent President Macron in the race for the Elysee Palace. After the first round of voting, exit polls put Macron on 28.1% and far-right leader Marine Le Pen on 23.3%. It'll be a fierce fight in the second round in two weeks' time, on April 24. Seamus reports from Paris.
Will closure of scallop fishery reverse the decline?
April 10, 2022 21:30 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBWill the recent closure of scallop fisheries in Northland, most of Coromandel and the Hauraki Gulf be enough for the shell fish populations to recover? In the past nine years, scallop biomass in the Coromandel fishery, which includes the Hauraki Gulf, has declined by 77-percent, while biomass in the Northland fishery has fallen 63 percent over 14 years. From April 1, the Fisheries Minister David Parker closed almost all the scallop fisheries in Coromandel and Northland, while two areas a...
Petition to prevent foreign-owned carbon sink replacing East Coast farmland
April 10, 2022 21:05 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBA petition is gathering pace to prevent a swathe of treasured East Coast agricultural farmland being converted to overseas-owned pine forestry. Almost 6,686 signatures have been gathered from a target of 7,500. The petition was set up by farmer and provincial president of Federated Farmers Gisborne-Wairoa region Toby Williams. Mr Williams is intent on saving some six-thousand hectares at Huiarua and Matanui stations. Toby tells Kathryn he's determined this fine agricultural land doesn't ...
Book review: Harrow by Joy Williams
April 07, 2022 22:35 - 7 minutes - 6.71 MBMartene McCaffrey of Unity Books Auckland reviews Harrow by Joy Williams, published by Allen and Unwin NZ Martene says: Harrow is "A darkly funny story of a teenage girl navigating the post apocalyptic landscape brought about by the corporate destruction of the natural world".
Seldom seen scenes of Auckland
April 07, 2022 22:05 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBMatt Davison has a day job at a desk, but in his spare time he goes on expeditions all over Tāmaki Makaurau to photograph secret places. When the pandemic put the kaibosh on his passion to travel the world photographing live volcanoes, he turned his lens on stunning local examples of bioluminescence, rock formations and other natural beauty.
The business of decluttering
April 07, 2022 21:30 - 9 minutes - 8.39 MBWhen New Plymouth woman Dianne Dobson was made redundant in her 50s, she started up her own business decluttering houses and selling people's unneeded belongings on their behalf. Now she can't keep up with the demand.
Marsden Point's newly-rebranded owner on refinery closure
April 07, 2022 21:05 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBLast week the country's only oil refinery based at Marsden Point ceased operations and became an import-only terminal for already-refined products. The company that runs it, Refining New Zealand has rebranded to Channel Infrastructure. It will utilise the existing site to receive, store and distribute transport oils to its customers. There have been concerns the change alters the country's security of fuel supply, although those fears have been downplayed by the government. Kathryn is jo...
Film and TV reviewer Tamar Munch
April 06, 2022 23:50 - 9 minutes - 8.89 MBFilm and TV reviewer Tamar Munch joins Kathryn to talk about Amy Schumer's tender new comedy series Life & Beth (Disney), the second season of reo Maori historical action drama Kairakau (Maori Television) and darkly comedic spy drama Slow Horses (Apple+) about a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents.
Developing kids into great learners
April 06, 2022 23:35 - 20 minutes - 27.8 MBHow can parents best develop their children to become great learners? Kathryn speaks with father and son educators John and Kyle Hattie, who've co-authored a book setting out ten steps for encouraging curiosity and intellectual ambition. They say it all starts with parents demonstrating to their child an openness to new ideas and thinking - and not to be afraid of failure.
Tech commentator Paul Matthews
April 06, 2022 23:07 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBTech commentator Paul Matthews joins Kathryn to talk about kids and data collection. Many companies have brought out kid-friendly apps, but what information are they really collecting and what do they plan to do with it? And the Government has been consulting on a draft Industry Transformation Plan for the tech sector - outlining what the future might look like for tech, and really for the economy as a whole. So where's it all heading?
Book review: The Stranger Times by CK McDonnell
April 06, 2022 22:35 - 7 minutes - 6.78 MBLouise Ward of Wardinis Bookshop in Havelock North reviews The Stranger Times by CK McDonnell (2nd in This Charming Man series), published by Penguin.
Microbial jungle: discovery under the Ross Ice Shelf
April 06, 2022 22:07 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MBA newly discovered "microbial jungle" deep under the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica, hundreds of kilometres from the open sea, that thrives without light, has been discovered by Kathryn's guest, Sergio Morales, Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Otago.
Watching from space: keeping pests and diseases out of NZ
April 06, 2022 21:35 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MBSpace-age efforts are underway to keep pests and diseases, including Covid, out of New Zealand. MPI's recent Ko tatou Biosecurity Supreme Award Winner is Central Otago-based Xerra Earth Observation Institute.
AUKUS ramps up: first nuclear subs, now hypersonic missiles
April 06, 2022 21:07 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBThe newly-formed AUKUS defence pact is expanding its cooperation to high-speed , so called hypersonic missiles. Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States formed the alliance in September last year, announcing the building of a class of nuclear-propelled submarines.
Science correspondent Dr Siouxsie Wiles
April 05, 2022 23:45 - 9 minutes - 8.28 MBScience correspondent Dr Siouxsie Wiles shares some quirky studies with Kathryn. Today: how bright is too bright when it comes to lighting and its impact on our health? Can you teach a fish to count? Turns out, yes you can. And what impact can including smell in the VR experience have?
How to be a good partner
April 05, 2022 23:30 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBWe get no training for intimate relationships and often don't look at our own behaviour within them until things go wrong. Psychologist Karen Nimmo has written a do-it-yourself guide for anyone who wants to better understand their own reactions and vulnerabilities to become – and be a match for – a good partner.
Book review: Threads of Caring
April 05, 2022 22:40 - 5 minutes - 4.95 MBLisa Finucane reviews 'Threads of Caring, A History of the Anglican Trust for Women and Children' by Ruth Greenaway and Megan Hutching, published by the Anglican Trust for Women and Children.
Fighting for the consumer's right to repair
April 05, 2022 22:07 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBGay Gordon-Byrne has been described as the most important political advocate for consumer rights in the United States. In her role as executive director of the Repair Association, she's spearheaded the Right to Repair movement in the US, focusing on some of the world's biggest corporations.
Single test identifies 50 genetic diseases
April 05, 2022 21:35 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBA DNA test has been developed to screen patients for a range of neurological and neuromuscular genetic diseases quicker and more accurately than existing tests. The technology is able to identify over 50 hard-to-diagnose diseases, including Huntington's disease, muscular dystrophies and fragile X syndrome. It's hoped the test will end the 'diagnostic odyssey' for patients, which can sometimes take decades.
From the frontline: from lawyer to soldier
April 05, 2022 21:07 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBJust over a month ago, Roman Shulyar was leading a busy life as a partner at a law firm in Kyiv. He's a transaction lawyer, and was largely concerned with everyday tasks; finance projects, mergers and acquisitions, billable hours, and financial KPIs. But on the 24th of February, his life was turned upside down when Russia invaded Ukraine. Roman Shulyar tells Kathryn how he has had to temporarily leave his old life behind, and is now serving with the territorial defense unit in his hometo...
Three tiny bookshops deep in Fiordland
April 04, 2022 23:30 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBRuth Shaw is a bibliophile from way back and she started with one bookshop in Manapouri, but that's now multiplied to three, to cater to readers with different interests. She believes there's a right book for every person. Her memoir, The Bookseller at the End of the World, contains stories of her adventures at sea, musings about her favourite books and the reader gets to know some of the characters who visit her bookshops. But it is also a memoir with deeply personal and painful happeni...
Book review: Matrix by Lauren Groff
April 04, 2022 22:35 - 7 minutes - 6.5 MBSonja de Friez reviews Matrix by Lauren Groff, published by Penguin Random House NZ
Agatha Christie's greatest mystery - her own 11 day disappearance
April 04, 2022 22:05 - 25 minutes - 23 MBIt remains a mystery fit for the Queen of Mystery herself - the question of what happened to Agatha Christie during her 11 day disappearance in 1926.
Agatha Christie's greatest mystery
April 04, 2022 22:05 - 25 minutes - 23 MBIt remains a mystery fit for the Queen of Mystery herself - the question of what happened to Agatha Christie during her 11 day disappearance in 1926.
The community programme helping youth to lead
April 04, 2022 21:30 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBThe Hyundai Pinnacle Programme is an outdoor experience course which focuses on helping young people to explore and to achieve their potential. It has three stages, a Spirit of Adventure voyage, Outward Bound and also an outdoor experience Kai Waho. Former Silver Fern Bernice Mene has led the programme for eight years. She says it allows student to learn about themselves, their place in the world through the lens of Te Ao Maori, and the environment. And Aimee Elliott, is a graduate of th...
The cost of covid on important neurological research
April 04, 2022 21:05 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBFrom brain recovery and sleep research to epilepsy in tamariki Maori - nearly 100 neurological research projects have been disrupted due to Covid. 1 in 5 Kiwis are affected by conditions like dementia, stroke, epilepsy, Parkinson's, brain injury, and over 700 more. The pandemic has disrupted researchers working on preventions, treatments and cures in 92 different projects, with some losing a year's worth of lab work. The Neurological Foundation has come up with over $1.2m to support rese...
Preserving Central Otago's bounty
April 03, 2022 23:30 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBBack in 2013, Gus Hayden was working as a chef in Wānaka when he saw an ad for spray-free apricots in the local newspaper. He bought a couple of banana boxes full, looked up preserving on the internet and got to work. This year, Gus gave up cheffing and went full-time at his award-winning preserves business Augustines of Central.
Book review: The Fish by Lloyd Jones
April 03, 2022 22:35 - 6 minutes - 6.33 MBBruce McKenzie of Bruce McKenzie Booksellers in Palmerston North reviews The Fish by Lloyd Jones, published by Penguin Random House
Intensive market gardening the sustainable way
April 03, 2022 22:05 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBSustainable intensive gardening might sound like a contradiction in terms, but small-scale market gardener Jodi Roebuck and his partner Tanya are proving it can be done. They farm a half acre block 12 kilometers outside of New Plymouth and provide top-end microgreens and salads to a select number of restaurants and shops, but have also expanded to Pak N Save Supermarket. Jodi says when they set up it was important for them to find the perfect site.
Australian federal anti-corruption commission needed now: ex judge
April 03, 2022 21:15 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBStephen Charles is a former judge of appeal in the Victorian Supreme Court, QC, member of the Accountable Round Table and the Centre for Public Integrity making the case for a Federal anti-corruption commission in Australia. He says pork barreling and other forms of corruption are common in Australian politics and are undermining trust in democracy. Scott Morrison's coalition government did propose the establishment of an anti-corruption commission in 2018, but when the idea finally reac...
Vaccine mandates lifting in education: what happens now?
April 03, 2022 21:05 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBVaccine mandates end in schools and early childhood centres at midnight, as they do in many settings, including Police, Defence Force and businesses operating vaccine passes. An estimated 96% of school and early childhood staff complied with the rule when it was introduced last year, but a few thousand teachers and other staff refused to be vaccinated against the virus and lost their jobs. Some may now seek re-employment and principals may be looking to re-employing them. Schools have be...
Book review: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
March 31, 2022 21:35 - 5 minutes - 5.23 MBCarole Beu of the Women's Bookshop in Ponsonby reviews Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, published by Penguin Random House
Teach for All: a global education mission
March 31, 2022 21:05 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBWendy Kopp is the founder of Teach for All - an international network placing graduates and professionals in schools and communities where they're needed most. Established over 30 years ago, there are currently more than 15,000 teachers in the midst of their initial two year teaching placement - reaching more than a million students in 60 countries, including in New Zealand. Wendy Kopp is the author of two books, holds honorary doctorates from 15 universities, and has been named among Ti...
AUT's new Vice-Chancellor's vision for tertiary education
March 31, 2022 20:30 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBProfessor Damon Salesa is the country's first Pasifika Vice-Chancellor. He has begun his new role leading AUT this week, previously he was the University of Auckland's Pro Vice-Chancellor (Pacific). During his long career in academia he has specialised in Pacific politics, history, technology, culture and society. He's also an author, Rhodes Scholar and Fellow of the Royal Society Te Aparangi. Professor Salesa says the Covid 19 pandemic has illuminated just how much access and opportunit...
50 years old: the Dunedin Study's amazing life-span
March 31, 2022 20:05 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MBFifty years ago today, University of Otago researchers began to study over 1,000 Dunedin babies born in 1972 and 1973. The Dunedin Study, as its known, is now the world's longest-running multidisciplinary human health and development research project.
50 years old: the Dunedin study's amazing life-span
March 31, 2022 20:05 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MBThe Dunedin Study celebrates its 50th anniversary today, marking five decades of internationally welcomed research, and becoming a jewel in Dunedin's crown. The University of Otago's Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study was conceived on 1 April 1972. The first baby to be a member of the study turns 50 today. One thousand and thirty-seven babies born in Dunedin in 1972 or 1973 were enlisted. Age 45, 94% of members were still participating. The study was recognised in Sci...
Film & TV: Bridgerton, The Duke, The Newsreader, Lady Boss
March 30, 2022 22:50 - 8 minutes - 7.38 MBFilm reviewer James Croot joins Kathryn to talk about the second season of Bridgerton (Netflix), The Duke (in cinemas), The Newsreader (ThreeGo) and Lady Boss (Rialto, rentals).
How not to repeat the mistakes of your parents
March 30, 2022 22:30 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBHow often do you hear your mum or dad's words come out of your mouth when you talk to (or shout at) your kids? Words you swore you would never say to your own child. One of Australia's foremost parenting experts, Maggie Dent says no matter how many parenting books you read, the biggest influence on your parenting style will be your own upbringing. Maggie is the mother of four boys, a former teacher and counsellor whose latest book is called Parental As Anything: Toddlers to Tweens. She i...
Tech: US eye on Russian cyber firm, teen hackers arrested
March 30, 2022 22:06 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBCybersecurity expert Tony Grasso joins Kathryn to look at why Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab has been added to the national security threat list by the FCC. He'll also talk about a Chinese threat actor known as Scarab that has been associated with a campaign against Ukraine, the seven teens arrested in the UK as part of cyber-crime gang Lapsus$ and US charges laid against Russian government employees over their hacks of critical energy infrastructure.