Nine To Noon
6,365 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 23 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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Police continue to move in on protesters
March 01, 2022 21:28 - 5 minutes - 4.81 MBRNZ reporters Charlotte Cook and Charlie Dreaver provide an update on the police operation at Parliament grounds in Wellington.
Witches of Scotland: A long wait for justice
March 01, 2022 21:07 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBKathryn spoke with historian, witch expert and co-creator of the BBC's Witch Hunt podcast Dr Louise Yeoman, about the 300 years that saw massive loss of life. What did it take to be accused, and was there any hope at all once you were?
Prolactin: the hormone bringing harmony to new mothers
March 01, 2022 20:40 - 7 minutes - 6.98 MBNew research reveals Prolactin, the hormone aiding lactation, is also an important modulator of maternal aggression. Most new mothers are primed to protect her new baby vigilantly.
License scheme for property managers 'simplistic & tick-box'
March 01, 2022 20:22 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBThe government's plans to licence rental property managers has been criticised as a 'simplistic tick box exercise' by an industry association. The proposed scheme would see property managers subject to a code of compliance and a "fit and proper" person test.
Police move in on protesters at Parliament
March 01, 2022 20:07 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBPolice have moved in on the three-week old protest camp at Parliament, clearing out tents and making arrests.
Affordable build to rent developments
February 28, 2022 22:30 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBHouse prices soared in 2021, rental housing stocks are low in some areas and affordability is beyond the reach of many first home buyers and low income earners. Bipartisan legislation was passed in Parliament late last year in favour of housing densification, to counter urban sprawl and boost supply by up to 105,000 new homes in the next eight years. Construction and property entrepreneur Shane Brealey is the managing director of Simplicity Living, and his firm is partnering with the Sim...
Book review: A Very Nice Girl by Imogen Crimp
February 28, 2022 21:35 - 4 minutes - 4.54 MBRebecca Jones from Scorpio Books in Christchurch reviews A Very Nice Girl by Imogen Crimp, published by Bloomsbury.
Jo Morgan: a life of adventure
February 28, 2022 21:05 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBJo Morgan is a mountaineer, avid motorcyclist, adventurer, trader, philanthropist, grandmother, and now author. She's written a memoir about her adventure-filled and unconventional life, which begins with the terrifying avalanche she was caught in three years ago, which killed her two guides. She had taken up mountaineering at the age of 57 had herself the goal of summiting all 24 of New Zealand's peaks over three thousand metres, and was close to attaining that goal when tragedy struck....
The need to get teenage girls moving
February 28, 2022 20:30 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBResearch by Sport New Zealand shines a light on the steep drop off in girls' participation in sport and active recreation. By the age of 16, there is a 17% gap between male and female participation and by age 17, the gap is 28%. The research also shows that the vast majority of teen girls want to be active and understand that it's good for them, but a range of things are standing the way. Sport New Zealand's Chief Executive Raelene Castle talks to Kathryn about a new campaign to get girl...
IPCC issues "dire warning", brief window still exists
February 28, 2022 20:05 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBThe IPCC has issued a dire warning about the consequences of inaction on climate change, with many of the impacts of global warming already "irreversible". But the report authors say there is still a brief window of time to avoid the very worst, and preparing fast could seriously limit the damage. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released its Working Group II report, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Coordinating lead author of the New Zealand a...
Wellington goats milk venture Brooklyn Creamery
February 27, 2022 22:30 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBAfter a decade working in the construction industry, Naomi and Frans Steenkamp now run Wellington's first fresh goat milk creamery. The Steenkamp's 15-acre hillside property is likely "the only goat farm in a capital city in the whole world", Naomi tells Kathryn Ryan.
Political commentators Mills & Hehir
February 27, 2022 22:05 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBThe Parliament's protest has been going three weeks and frustration grows on all sides, what will it take to end it?. Also, will the government move faster on MIQ now Covid cases in the community are skyrocketing, and we'll examine New Zealand's response to the Ukraine invasion.
Book review: The Frog Prince by James Norcliffe
February 27, 2022 21:35 - 4 minutes - 3.73 MBDavid Hill reviews The Frog Prince by James Norcliffe, published by Penguin Random House NZ.
The 'brew kid on the block'
February 27, 2022 21:05 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBAt just 30, Wellingtonian Charlotte Feehan is one of the youngest head brewers in the country. After completing her brewing apprenticeship at Aro Street's Garage Project, she also qualified as a cicerone. Now, since returning from a stint working in breweries in Melbourne, she's been headhunted by Abandoned Brewery in Lower Hutt, where she's been putting her mind to creating recipes for some classic brews, to the more funky blends. She talks to Kathryn about how she first discovered the ...
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney - growing unity against Russia
February 27, 2022 20:45 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MBSeamus says there's been an historic shift as Germany sends weapons to Ukraine and the taps have been turned off on the Russia to Germany gas pipeline project. Hungary's Prime Minister who is normally seen as a Putin supporter, agrees to back sanctions, And normally close Russia ally, Turkey has called the invasion a 'war' and 'unacceptable', raising possibility of blocking Russian ships to Black Sea.
Plea for city workers to return to the office, as CBDs turn into ghost towns
February 27, 2022 20:30 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBOne of the country's largest commercial landlords wants to see businesses encourage workers back into central city offices, before it's too late. Many CBD employees have been working from home in the omicron outbreak, but Scott Pritchard of Precinct Properties, which includes Commercial Bay in downtown Auckland in its portfolio, is concerned about the long-term impact that could have on the business hubs of Auckland and Wellington.
Ukraine: Day four post-invasion, Putin raises nuclear spectre
February 27, 2022 20:05 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBWestern powers have condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin's order to put nuclear forces on "special alert" - in response, he says, to NATO "aggression". The United States is calling it "totally unacceptable", and NATO's chief describing it as "dangerous" and "irresponsible". Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has confirmed a meeting is set to take place on the border of Belarus, between Ukrainian and Russian delegations, four days into the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Kathryn g...
The week that was for 25 February 2022
February 24, 2022 22:50 - 10 minutes - 9.19 MBComedians Irene Pink and James Elliott with a few laughs.
Book review: Mothers, Fathers, and Others by Siri Hustvedt
February 24, 2022 21:33 - 7 minutes - 6.94 MBJohn Duke from Unity Books reviews Mothers, Fathers, and Others by Siri Hustvedt, published by Sceptre.
Desire : Why we want what we want
February 24, 2022 21:10 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBWe imitate other people's behaviour but we also subconsciously imitate what they desire, says entrepreneur Luke Burgis. In the new book Wanting, he argues that by "desiring differently" we can become more independent and find more meaning in our lives.
Omicron sweeping through universities
February 24, 2022 20:45 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBUniversities are steeling themselves for Omicron outbreaks within their student populations, with an outbreak already tearing through Otago University's student precinct. All of the country's eight universities have adopted vaccine mandates in some form for the coming year, and lectures will largely be online. The University of Otago is in the grips of an outbreak in its student population, with 955 active cases of Covid in the city. Dunedin is currently reporting a positivity rate of 21...
Russian-American cyber security and geopolitical analyst
February 24, 2022 20:32 - 10 minutes - 9.45 MBKathryn speaks with Dmitri Alperovitch, a US-Russian cybersecurity specialist and geo-political analyst based in Washington DC. He says the West must tailor its sanctions to forestall economic devastation and a spiralling conflict.
Ukraine under full-scale Russian attack, West responds
February 24, 2022 20:10 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBUkraine is under full-scale Russian attack - with troops reportedly advancing from the north, east and south. The Russian Defence Ministry claims to have "neutralised" all Ukraine's airbases and air defences, including an airbase just 30 kilometres from the capital Kyiv. Many Ukrainians are fleeing and those who aren't are seeking spaces in temporary bomb shelters. The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky says a new iron curtain is falling in eastern Europe. He has declared martial la...
Film & TV: Raised by Refugees, Raising Dion, Downfall
February 23, 2022 22:45 - 10 minutes - 9.68 MBFilm and TV reviewer Laumata Lauano joins Kathryn to talk about Pax Assadi's new comedy Raised by Refugees (Prime, Neon, Sky) based on his family's experiences of moving to New Zealand. She'll also look at second season of Raising Dion (Netflix) and the new documentary Downfall: The Case Against Boeing (Netflix) which examines the actions of the company in the lead-up to, and the aftermath of, two deadly crashes.
Kids and covid: minimising risk and maximising resilience
February 23, 2022 22:33 - 14 minutes - 19.3 MBNeuroplasticity educator and parenting expert, Nathan Wallis discusses children and Covid. What is the impact on children of having to wear face masks at school? And what are the common features we would expect to see in children who are resilient and not negatively impacted by covid?
Technology: Is Google search dying, and careful with your DNA
February 23, 2022 22:10 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBTechnology commentator Mark Pesce joins Kathryn to talk about whether Google search has optimised itself to deliver ads, rather than worthwhile search results. What happens if Google continues to decline - will we be unable to access decent information because money has been prioritised over functionality? And should you rethink that ancestry test? Mark has some concerning examples of where DNA has been used in ways the person it belongs to didn't expect.
Book review: Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes
February 23, 2022 21:35 - 1 minute - 1.85 MBElisabeth Easther reviews Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes, published by Penguin Random House NZ.
Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr on rising interest rates
February 23, 2022 21:30 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBThe Reserve Bank Governor joins Kathryn to discuss interest rates, inflation and the economy following yesterday's increase in the official cash rate.
Davos Man: the billionaires who looted the world's economies
February 23, 2022 21:10 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MB"Davos Man: a member of the global billionaire class that controls the majority of the world's wealth". In his new book, New York Times global economics correspondent Peter S. Goodman contends that those billionaires have spent the past fifty years systematically looting the world's economies, starving societies of much needed tax revenues, profiting from the Covid-19 pandemic and destabilising democracy, all under the guise of a new, more socially conscious form of capitalism. Mr Goodma...
Three generations of the Hitchings family's work on mayflies
February 23, 2022 20:33 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBThree generations of the Hitchings family have helped collect and document more than 50,000 specimens of mayflies, including 15 previously undiscovered species.
Concern over film studio's fast-tracked consent process
February 23, 2022 20:10 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBA $280 million plan to build the country's first purpose-built large-scale film studio complex near Wanaka has the green light - but the fast-tracked process has raised concerns. The complex, by Silverlight Studios will include10 sound stages, production facilities and the backlots of Venice, a medieval village, Paris and New York all set around an artificial lake. In addition to being a working film set, it'll include a film school and operate as a tourist destination. The fast-tracked ...
Science with Siouxsie Wiles
February 22, 2022 22:45 - 8 minutes - 7.37 MBScience commentator Dr Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to talk about why a booster shot is important in this omicron outbreak, and the differences between the BA.1 and BA.2 strains of omicron. Associate Professor Dr Siouxsie Wiles is the head of Bioluminescent Superbugs Lab at the University of Auckland.
The basics of planting a garden
February 22, 2022 22:35 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBLandscape designer and gardener Xanthe White provides some tricks and tips relating to planting, pruning and harvesting.
Book review: 30 Queer Lives by Matt McEvoy
February 22, 2022 21:35 - 8 minutes - 8.04 MBPaul Diamond reviews 30 Queer Lives by Matt McEvoy, published by Massey University Press.
In Amber's Wake: Christine Leunens' new novel
February 22, 2022 21:10 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBThe last time Christine Leunens joined Nine to Noon it was from LA, just hours ahead of the Oscars, where Taika Waititi would win Best Adapted Screenplay for JoJo Rabbit. It was adapted, of course, from Christine's book Caging Skies. In the two years since then, she's been busy researching a particularly tumultuous time in New Zealand's history - the 1980s and the impact the Springbok Tour, nuclear testing in the Pacific and bombing of the Rainbow Warrior had at the time. The result is a...
Australia: Borders reopen, AGL takeover, China flashpoint
February 22, 2022 20:50 - 9 minutes - 8.59 MBAustralia commentator Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about the reopening of Australia's borders after 704 days, who are the first arrivals likely to be? Australian tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes is determined to persist with a bid to takeover energy giant AGL and retire some of Australia's key coal plants early, and there's a new flashpoint in the soured relations between Australia and China - this time literally - following an incident in which Chinese military ship aimed a...
Pilots warn of fatigue
February 22, 2022 20:30 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBFatigue among pilots, air traffic control and other aviation workers could lead to an aviation disaster - according to a leading union.The Airline Pilots Assocation or NZALPA - which represents which represents more than 2,600 New Zealand pilots, all air traffic controllers and the majority of flight service operators, says fatigue in the sector is a serious issue. It says the Civil Aviation Bill, currently going through parliament, does nothing to address the problem. NZALPA president C...
Crossroads: What to do with Dunedin's one-way street system
February 22, 2022 20:10 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MBThe new hospital being built on the former site of Dunedin's Cadbury factory has resurrected the thorny issue of what to do with the city's one-way street system.
Preparing for financial volatility
February 21, 2022 22:46 - 9 minutes - 8.5 MBFinancial Planner Liz Koh discusses the best investment strategy when markets are volatile, how investors can best protect themselves from losses and the implications for KiwiSaver especially for those KiwiSaver members nearing retirement.
Shelter: Douglas Lloyd Jenkins' love story in, and of, Auckland
February 21, 2022 22:30 - 15 minutes - 14 MBDouglas Lloyd Jenkins is a well-known design writer and his landmark book At Home: A Century of New Zealand Design was the Montana Book Awards Non-Fiction Winner in 2004. He was a co-author of The Dress Circle: New Zealand Fashion Design since 1940, which was shortlisted for the same prize in 2011. Shelter is his first novel, and it's a love story spanning two decades set in Auckland, between builder Joe and the enigmatic Leo, who teaches him an appreciation for music and literature. It'...
Book review: This Mortal Coil: A History of Death
February 21, 2022 21:35 - 9 minutes - 8.69 MBBronwyn Wylie-Gibb of University Book Shop Dunedin reviews This Mortal Coil: A History of Death by Andrew Doig, published by Bloomsbury. Bronwyn says: It's a fascinating history of how and why we've died in the past and how changing our lives has changed our deaths. Erudite, clear and surprisingly lively!
Powering Hollywood from Hamilton: online video platform Shift72
February 21, 2022 21:10 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBA small Hamilton company has been credited with saving hundreds of film festivals around the world since the outbreak of the pandemic. Shift72 provides a secure and personalised online video platform with a focus on the film festival market. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, Shift72 has helped almost 400 film festivals move online, and it counts some of the world's biggest festivals among its clients; including Sundance, London, New York, Cannes and Toronto Film Festivals. Kathryn spea...
Nuclear Fusion energy: harnessing the power of the stars
February 21, 2022 20:34 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBScientists are claiming a landmark in the process to create sustainable low carbon nuclear fusion energy, in an experiment which recreated the energy process that powers the stars. The experiment, conducted by a team in Oxford in the UK only lasted a few seconds and created just enough energy to boil sixty kettles. But in a JET reactor with a casing capable of withstanding temperatures fifteen times the heat of the middle of the sun (150 million degrees centigrade) a record-breaking 59 m...
Is home isolation stemming Covid spread? : Pasifika concerns
February 21, 2022 20:10 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBAs Omicron infections escalate, so is concern from Pasifika outreach organisations about whether Government and public health initiatives endorsing home isolation, and community care are going to keep Covid positive people, who live in large households, safe. Some hospitals services are strained, and then there's the sobering figure from Auckland's Middlemore hospital, that one in 10 patients presenting to the Emergency Department are testing positive for Covid. The hospital serves the S...
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne and kereru
February 20, 2022 22:50 - 9 minutes - 8.81 MBKennedy has the story of "Lucky," a kereru chick that is being raised by its parents on photographer Rod Morris's property in Broad Bay, on the Otago Peninsula. He also talks to Kathryn about a kereru restoration project being conducted in the Auckland suburb of Kohimarama.
Eating the right food for gut health
February 20, 2022 22:35 - 10 minutes - 9.66 MBFoods high in dietary fibre support gut health but most of us don't consume enough of them, says Australian research dietitian, Megan Rebuli. She tells Kathryn Ryan why fibre - especially resistant starches - are the focus of the new CSIRO Gut Care Guide.
Book review: Dark Horse by Gregg Hurwitz
February 20, 2022 21:34 - 4 minutes - 4.44 MBSally Wenley reviews Dark Horse by Gregg Hurwitz, published by Penguin Random House.
Dayna Grant: Real-life Wonder Woman
February 20, 2022 21:10 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBKathryn speaks with an accomplished horse rider, archer, martial artist, gymnast and sword fighter who can fall from high places and emerge from fire unscathed! If she sounds like a modern day Wonder Woman, that's actually fitting, because that's probably where you've seen her last. Dayna Grant is a Kiwi stuntwoman with multiple film and TV credits to her name: from the early days on Hercules and Xena: Warrior Princess to Max Max: Fury Road, Snow White and Huntsman, Underworld 3, The Meg...
Marae health centre stepped in to provide care during Delta
February 20, 2022 20:32 - 18 minutes - 17 MBA community health clinic in Auckland says during last year's Delta outbreak, it became the default provider of medical and welfare care for self-isolating patients, because the Ministry of Health was failing to provide adequate care. Papakura Marae Health Centre serves a community of more than 3,200 people, with at least 95 percent identifying as Maori or Pasifika. When the government moved to a mixed MIQ and Community Supported Isolation and Quarantine (CIQ) model, the Ministry of Heal...
Exporters shoring up against Covid cargo crisis
February 20, 2022 20:10 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBNew Zealand's key exporters are chartering private ships to ferry produce to foreign markets, amid a Covid-driven cargo crisis. Meat producers and fresh fruit and vege producers are struggling to get goods to overseas buyers because of on-going container ship congestion. As more goods are being shipped, and delays lay siege to best-by dates, meat company Affco has resorted to chartering private vessels to get exports - valued at close to $120m - to their overseas markets. The company's t...