Nine To Noon
6,273 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 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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Book Review - Theroux the Keyhole by Louis Theroux
November 14, 2021 21:35 - 5 minutes - 4.72 MBSally Wenley reviews Theroux the Keyhole by Louis Theroux, published by Macmillan.
Global human rights campaigner and Chinese political activist Ai Wei Wei
November 14, 2021 21:05 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBAi Wei Wei has been described as the most important artist working today, and an `unsilenceable voice of freedom'. His sculptures and installations have been viewed by millions around the world. His architectural achievements include helping design the iconic Bird's Nest Olympic Stadium in Beijing , although he later disowned the Games as state propaganda. His political activism has made him a target of Chinese authorities, and in 2011, around the time of the Arab Spring uprising in the ...
Global human rights campaigner and Chinese political activist Ai Weiwei
November 14, 2021 21:05 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBAi Weiwei has been described as the most important artist working today, and an `unsilenceable voice of freedom'. His sculptures and installations have been viewed by millions around the world. His architectural achievements include helping design the iconic Bird's Nest Olympic Stadium in Beijing , although he later disowned the Games as state propaganda. His political activism has made him a target of Chinese authorities, and in 2011, around the time of the Arab Spring uprising in the M...
Law Commission reviews decision making capacity law
November 14, 2021 20:30 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBSome key areas of the adult decision making capacity law have been standing for decades and the Law Commission says it's time for a refresh. This aspect of law affects tens of thousands of New Zealanders, whose decision making capacity is compromised and is particularly relevant for people with acquired brain injuries, mental health needs, neurodisabilities and also for an increasingly ageing population. Law Commission/Te Aka Matua o te Ture Commissioner/ Kaikomihana Geof Shirtcliffe say...
Unacceptable and frightening aspects of Covid patients' home isolation
November 14, 2021 20:05 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBA former Health and Disability Commissioner,Ron Paterson is concerned that some people isolating at home, because there's no room at MIQ, are falling through the cracks and not being adequately monitored. 4264 people are isolating at home in this outbreak, including just 1855 Covid cases. In some cases very ill people have not received emails for phone calls to check on their condition and are being asked to report oxygen levels with no pulse oximeter and being offered throat lozenges an...
Covid in Stratford
November 11, 2021 22:05 - 2 minutes - 2.3 MBCovid testing centres are getting set up this morning in the Taranaki town of Stratford after the discovery of six positive cases.One patient is in hospital....all six are linked to the Auckland outbreak. RNZ reporter Jimmy Ellingham is in Stratford.
Just Like That: Kevin Ireland New Poems by Kevin Ireland
November 11, 2021 21:35 - 6 minutes - 5.87 MBHarry Ricketts reviews Just Like That: Kevin Ireland New Poems by Kevin Ireland, published by Quentin Wilson Publishing.
Epic Kiwi tramping tales told in new book Across the Pass
November 11, 2021 21:05 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBShaun Barnett is an outdoors author, editor and photographer who began tramping as a teenager in the mountains of Hawke's Bay - and has tramped the length and breadth of the country since. He's co-authored multiple award-winning books, among them: Classic Tramping in New Zealand, Shelter from the Storm: The story of New Zealand's backcountry huts and Tramping, A New Zealand History. For his latest work, however, it's the words of others he's brought to the fore. Across the Pass: A Collec...
Horses for courses on a Marlborough vineyard
November 11, 2021 20:30 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBA family of winemakers in Marlborough are building an equine solution to the tricky problem of sustainably working the land. The Weaver family has run Churton Wines for decades and over the last 15 years have been working hard to make their wine organic and biodynamic. The latest step in that process is training two massive Clydesdale horses to take over from tractors and machines between the vines. It's a bit of a slow process and they're currently fundraising to help train the two hors...
Turning back a silent invasion of weeds
November 11, 2021 20:05 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MBA major new report on the threat of exotic plants is warning that if left to their own devices, they will transform our ecosystems beyond recognition. The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment is now calling for the Government to lift its game in protecting native ecosystems from the thousands of exotic plants spreading across Aotearoa. Since colonisation, more than 25,000 plant species have been introduced to New Zealand, with over 1,800 of these now surviving in the wild witho...
Film and TV: Dexter, Insecure, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Finch
November 10, 2021 22:45 - 8 minutes - 7.49 MBFilm and TV reviewer Chris Schulz joins Susie to talk about the new season of Dexter (Neon) - after eight years and what's considered by many to be one of the worst endings of all time, can it deliver? Insecure and Curb Your Enthusiasm have returned for their fifth and 11th seasons respectively, and Finch (Apple+) is a new apocalyptic movie starring Tom Hanks and a robot.
Helping kids prepare for NCEA exams and cope with stress
November 10, 2021 22:30 - 15 minutes - 14 MBWith a little under two weeks until NCEA exams kick off, you might have an anxious teenager in the house. Of course, Covid has thrown a curveball into this year's preparations - particularly for students in the upper North Island. Covid's also meant that many children in Auckland and Northland may be approaching the end of their primary, intermediate or high schooling without the normal farewells. So how can parents help their kids get ready for exams, or help their child cope with big c...
Tech: My Vaccine Pass, out of control AI and South Island cable
November 10, 2021 22:05 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBTechnology commentator Bill Bennett joins Susie for a look at how My Vaccine Pass will work, whether humans will really be able to control super-intelligent AI and plans by Auckland-based submarine cable operator Hawaiki for a new 22,000km cable linking South-East Asia, Australia and the US with a connection to the South Island.
Book Review - Treasure and Dirt by Chris Hammer
November 10, 2021 21:35 - 5 minutes - 4.74 MBRalph McAllister reviews Treasure and Dirt by Chris Hammer published by Allen and Unwin.
Growing up in Europe's last communist state: Albania
November 10, 2021 21:05 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBLea Ypi grew up in one of the most isolated countries on earth. Albania was Europe's last outpost of communism; nearly impossible to visit, and even more difficult to leave. It was a place of queuing and scarcity, and of political executions and secret police.... But to Lea it was home. Her new book Free: Coming of Age at the End of History is a memoir about growing up in the last days of the last Stalinist outpost. She uncovers the trauma of discovering the truth about her family, her c...
Wool sector merger but will it deliver higher prices?
November 10, 2021 20:30 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBHow will a major merger in the wool sector help prices and farmers out of the doldrums? Wools of New Zealand and Primary Wool Co-Operative, which have about 700 and 14-hundred grower shareholders respectively, have agreed to merge, and shareholders gave the deal the green light earlier this week. Strong wool prices have been depressed for many years now, currently selling for about $2 a kilogram, which is less than the cost of shearing for most farmers. There's also concern from many in ...
New flood risk insurance pricing "just the beginning"
November 10, 2021 20:05 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBA climate economist says the introduction by Tower Insurance of a new pricing model for flood risks is just the beginning. Tower is the first insurance company to offer customers a low, medium or high flood risk rating for their home. It says 90 percent of its customers will receive an average reduction in the flood risk portion of their premium of $25, and 10 percent will see an average price rise of around $50. Susie speaks with Tower Chief Executive Blair Turnbull, and climate economi...
Arts: How have dance companies pivoted in this Delta outbreak?
November 09, 2021 22:55 - 5 minutes - 4.66 MBPerforming arts commentator Lyne Pringle joins Susie to talk about the challenges dance companies have faced, and decisions they've made, in the Delta outbreak with shows cancelled or postponed. Many companies, including Black Grace, have upped their online offerings, and she'll talk about how the Royal New Zealand Ballet's truncated season of A Midsummer Night's Dream can still be viewed by fans.
Night Ride: Filmmaker captures his mum's night time cat ritual
November 09, 2021 22:30 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBSince Todd Karehana's brother died 21 years ago, the Auckland filmmaker has reflected a lot on how the loss has affected his family. When his mother Alma said she couldn't come to his graduation because she had to look after some stray cats. To try and understand why Todd joined Alma on her night-time missions. The result is the short film Night Ride.
Book review: Walking With Ghosts by Gabriel Byrne
November 09, 2021 21:35 - 5 minutes - 4.81 MBQuentin Johnson reviews Walking With Ghosts by Gabriel Byrne, published by Pan Macmillan.
Booker Prize winning author Bernardine Evaristo on her new memoir
November 09, 2021 21:08 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBBernardine Evaristo won the Booker Prize two years ago for her novel Girl, Woman, Other, but she has been writing plays, poetry, short stories and novels for over four decades. She's just published her memoir called Manifesto: On Never Giving Up. She describes her childhood in south east London - the fourth of eight children, to her English mum and Nigerian dad and the racism they regularly experienced. She also writes about the freedom she found in the theatre as a young woman, the tumu...
Australia: Covid latest, PM's green campaign, Jones ditched
November 09, 2021 20:50 - 10 minutes - 9.97 MBAustralia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Susie to talk about rising Covid case numbers in schools and how Canberra is at 90 per cent double vaxxed, meaning restaurants and nightclubs can reopen. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has begun campaigning, reinventing himself as environmentally conscious. Controversial broadcaster Alan Jones is off the airwaves with his last media gig cancelled and the country has recorded its first fatal shark attack of the season.
Blackout for endangered native black seabirds
November 09, 2021 20:35 - 11 minutes - 11 MBWest Coast street lights are turning off at night again this summer to protect the Westland Petrel - or taiko. Waka Kotahi has settled on darkness on a short section of State Highway 6 through Punakaiki from this week until January. The Westland petrel breeding colony is just south of Punakaiki. Fledglings nesting in burrows there can get disoriented by bright lights under their flight path, causing them to crash land. This phenomena is known as fallout. Last year was the first season Wa...
Covid surge, Auckland GP 'We are not ready, we have no pulse oximeters'
November 09, 2021 20:08 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBA South Auckland doctor is concerned the death rate of people with Covid isolating at home will rise, as many GPS don't have the resources or equipment to monitor them. Around 2000 people with the virus are living at home, and with hospitals in Auckland already struggling to cope, Dr Maryann Heather from the Pasifika Medical Association says it falls back on primary care. Currently her practice which has more than 5000 patients, has no pulse oximeters, which are key to monitoring the oxy...
Financial planner Liz Koh - The Great KiwiSaver Move
November 08, 2021 22:45 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBLiz talks to Kathryn about the impending massive shift of KiwiSaver funds on 1 December. In particular, those people in default funds need to be aware of what is happening to their investment, and it is timely for every KiwiSaver member to review the fund they are in.
Limbering up - Bart de Vries
November 08, 2021 22:30 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBA Wellington-based former physiotherapist turned entrepreneur has been hailed for making "the world's healthiest desk". Bart De Vries' attractive and easily adjustable birchwood Limber desks help create a work space where he says we can move more - and possibly live longer. Bart is on a mission with his new company Limber to prevent back pain, having honed his experience as a professional hockey player and his time working as a physio with professional sports people into furniture that k...
Book Review - The Joy of Gardening by Lynda Hallinan
November 08, 2021 21:35 - 5 minutes - 4.82 MBSonja De Friez reviews The Joy of Gardening by Lynda Hallinan, published by Allen & Unwin.
Chronicling a forgotten coast
November 08, 2021 21:05 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBWhile the Ministry of Education works on a new curriculum to teach Aotearoa's history in schools, the fight is on for what that taught history should be. Dr Richard Shaw is a Professor of Politics at Massey University and has been grappling with the legacy of his family in a short memoir titled The Forgotten Coast. It's a memoir of his own life, but also an investigation into how his families ended up where they did, with what they had. It's a story that tracks from Parihaka to Palmersto...
Kelsey Snell - Joe Biden's infrastructure bill passes
November 08, 2021 20:45 - 7 minutes - 6.57 MBIn a political win for the US President, Congress has approved $1 trillion in spending on infrastructure. It is also proof that Democrats can overcome some of the divisions that have prevented them from completing work on Joe Biden's agenda. But it is not all positive for the Democrats. The party has seen significant losses in recent elections with voters in key states like Virginia narrowly choosing Republicans for a wide range of offices.
Rod Oram at COP26 summit
November 08, 2021 20:30 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBJournalist Rod Oram joins Susie from the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow.
"We need covid boosters now" - health professionals
November 08, 2021 20:05 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBHealth professionals say they need covid boosters shots rolled out immediately and they are frustrated at delays by the Ministry of Health. Medsafe has granted consent for Pfizer booster vaccines for people aged 18 and over, who had their second dose more than six months ago. Thousands of doctors and nurses working on the front line had their second dose more then six months ago, and as Covid spreads in the community, fear their immunity is waning. Unions for medical specialists, residen...
Wellington's House of Dumplings
November 07, 2021 22:30 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MBWellington chef Vicky Ha had a "strong vision" when she started her own dumpling company back in 2012. This year, House of Dumplings took out the Supreme Award at the NZ Artisan Awards.
Book review: Kurangaituku by Whiti Hereaka
November 07, 2021 21:35 - 5 minutes - 5.36 MBLuke Finnegan reviews Kurangaituku by Whiti Hereaka published by Huia Publishers.
Darcy Nicholas: taking Māori art to the world
November 07, 2021 21:05 - 23 minutes - 22 MBTaranaki born, Darcy Nicholas (Te Āti Awa, Ngāi Te Rangi, Taranaki, Ngāti Ruanui and Ngāti Hauā) has been at large in Aotearoa's and the international arts scene since the 1960's.
The public library will never die
November 07, 2021 20:30 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBHow are libraries reinventing themselves to stay relevant and continue to serve and embrace their communities? Jane Stratton leads the Sydney-based non-profit Think+DO Tank Foundation, which tries to make life "easier, better and more affordable" and which works through the arts to elevate the voices of low-income and excluded community members. Jane is addressing this week's LIANZA conference.
Assisted dying explained
November 07, 2021 20:05 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBThe End of Life Choice Act has come into force and assisted dying is now legal in New Zealand. The first assisted death here is expected to happen sometime in December. Eligible patients can now begin the process - which takes four to six weeks. Hundreds of people are expected to apply to choose how and when to die.
Book review: The Country of Others by Leïla Slimani
November 04, 2021 21:35 - 5 minutes - 4.82 MBBriar Lawry of Unity Books Auckland The Country of Others by Leïla Slimani, published by Faber & Faber.
She's a Killer: Imagining an Aotearoa overrun by 'wealthugees'
November 04, 2021 21:05 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBIn the near future, the climate emergency has forced the wealthy to seek refuge in Aotearoa. Water is rationed, and things like coffee and beer are now luxury items - prohibitively expensive for most people. This is the setting for Kirsten McDougall's new novel 'She's a Killer'.
NZ Sculpture on Shore
November 04, 2021 20:40 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBIn amongst the many events dealt the Delta blow this summer is NZ Sculpture OnShore - a major art exhibition held in Takapuna, Auckland. The exhibition is not only the country's largest sculpture event, it's also the biggest fundraiser for Women's Refuge.
How websites are manipulating you to spend more
November 04, 2021 20:05 - 26 minutes - 24 MBMore than half of the most popular New Zealand websites may be unfairly manipulating you, often into spending more money, or giving away your personal information.
NZIFF offerings, The Harder They Fall, Dopesick
November 03, 2021 22:45 - 8 minutes - 7.91 MBFilm and TV reviewer James Croot joins Kathryn to look at what's on offer at the New Zealand International Film Festival, new Western The Harder They Fall starring Idris Elba (Netflix) and new series Dopesick (Disney+), which looks at America's opioid crisis and the drug company that helped fuel it.
Solving sibling rivalry and toxic relationships
November 03, 2021 22:25 - 19 minutes - 27.4 MBIt's easy for parents to become angry when children fight repeatedly but a strategic approach is needed to help restore the peace, says parenting coach Joseph Dreissen.
What is the metaverse? And why is Facebook rebranding?
November 03, 2021 22:05 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBTechnology commentator Mark Pesce joins Kathryn to talk about Mark Zuckerberg's announcement last week that Facebook would rebrand to Meta, to focus the direction of the company on the metaverse. Mark will explain what the metaverse is, something he knows quite a bit about as the founder of one of the first virtual reality companies. He'll look at the single biggest change that's led to a decline in Facebook's revenue, and maybe forcing a change of direction on the company. Mark Pesce is...
Book review: Three Summers by Margarita Liberaki
November 03, 2021 21:35 - 6 minutes - 5.94 MBJenna Todd of Time Out Bookstore reviews Three Summers by Margarita Liberaki, published by Penguin.
'We have enough land for a trillion trees'
November 03, 2021 21:10 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBThe first major deal of the COP26 climate summit was a pledge to end and reverse deforestation by 2030. Kathryn speaks with highly acclaimed and award-winning British science journalist Fred Pearce, who has written about environmental issues and climate change for 40 years; not least about how forests have been cut and burnt at a rate many are approaching a tipping point, where they can no longer thrive, also threatening their ability to moderate global warming. But Fred Pearce is an opt...
Concern for Queen's health, French-UK fishing debacle, Kenyan murder
November 03, 2021 20:45 - 7 minutes - 7 MBUK correspondent Matthew Parris joins Kathryn to look at how Conservative MP Owen Paterson has avoided punishment for using his position to benefit two companies he worked for. He'll also discuss the message from the Queen to world leaders at COP26 in Glasgow, amid concerns about why she has not attended in person. The French president has backed down over a row about new checks on British lorries and fishing boats after the UK threatened to sue the European Union. And British soldiers c...
Self-rehab for stroke patients significantly improves outcomes
November 03, 2021 20:35 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBA new study has found that self-rehabilitation after a stroke could make a significant difference to recovery outcomes for patients. Dr Harry McNaughton has been leading the research for the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, which involves a talking therapy programme called Take Charge. It encourages people recovering from a stroke to focus on what, and who, is most important to them in order to best plan their own rehabilitation. If the programme was implemented across New Zeal...
The great worker crunch: unemployment hits record low
November 03, 2021 20:10 - 25 minutes - 23 MBBusinesses across all sectors are seriously struggling to find staff and fill job vacancies, and latest unemployment statistics out yesterday paint the stark reality. The jobless rate dropped to 3.4% from 4% in the second quarter, the lowest rate since the start of the Global Economic Crisis in 2008. All sectors are experiencing the worker crunch - including construction, agribusinesses, healthcare, retail, hospitality and technology. And with borders closed and migrant worker inflows sl...
Bruce Hunt captures Aotearoa's timeless tussock grasslands
November 02, 2021 22:30 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBThe tussock grassland is a landscape unique to Aotearoa, once covering over 30 percent of the mainland about the time of European settlement. It's been used in innumerous paintings by Dunedin-based artist Bruce Hunt.
Book review: After Dark: Walking Into the Nights of Aotearoa
November 02, 2021 21:35 - 5 minutes - 5.15 MBBronwyn Wylie-Gibb of University Book Shop, Dunedin reviews After Dark: Walking Into the Nights of Aotearoa by Annette Lees, published by Bateman Books.