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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Construction waste: getting rid of "skip culture"
August 19, 2021 21:31 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBLocal councils estimate that 40 to 50 per cent of total waste going to landfills is construction and demolition waste. Much of this could be diverted if it were sorted at the start. Susie speaks with Joe Youssef, founder and "chief encourager" of All Heart New Zealand, which partners with corporates to redirect and repurpose redundant and unwanted items. So far it has diverted 3 million kilograms of redundant materials from the corporate sector away from landfills. Susie also speaks with...
Rodney Jones: will the nationwide lockdown be extended?
August 19, 2021 21:07 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBCabinet will decide this afternoon whether to extend the nationwide lockdown as the Delta outbreak continues to grow. Another positive case has been announced by the Associate Health Minister Ayesha Verrell this morning. He's a young man in his 20s who tested positive after he went to Waitakere Hospital yesterday - he had been receiving treatment for an unrelated condition at North Shore Hospital earlier this week. North Shore Hospital is diverting patients elsewhere in response to the d...
Modern Love, Deceit, Coda, Tina
August 18, 2021 23:51 - 7 minutes - 6.81 MBFilm and TV reviewer James Croot joins Susie to talk about Modern Love, a star-studded anthology of romance, gritty new British crime drama Deceit, Apple's Sundance-winning movie CODA and new documentary Tina.
Babies and sleep
August 18, 2021 23:30 - 18 minutes - 25.8 MBAs any parent of a new baby knows, sleep can be elusive and the abundance of advice about it can be overwhelming. Sleep specialist Dr Bronwyn Sweeney shares some insight.
Tech: Skills crunch, Aussies try encryption
August 18, 2021 23:07 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBThe tech industry in New Zealand is approaching breaking point, with closed borders seriously exasperating an already stretched massive specialist skills shortage. Is New Zealand’s future economic prosperity at risk? The Australians are consulting on a set of new rules that have another go at breaking encrypted communications, in an effort to gain access to private conversations. Where’s the balance between privacy and crime-fighting? And Covid-19 conspiracy groups are getting more o...
Quentin Johnson reviews In love with Hell by William Palmer
August 18, 2021 22:38 - 7 minutes - 6.81 MBQuentin Johnson reviews In love with Hell by William Palmer, published by Hachette.
Covid outbreak: What does the latest modelling tell us?
August 18, 2021 22:31 - 7 minutes - 6.48 MBCovid modeller Michael Plank from the University of Canterbury Mathematics department joins Susie to explain what the latest modelling looks like.
Lost in Translation? The impact of translators on world history
August 18, 2021 22:07 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MBWould Hiroshima have been bombed if the Japanese language contained a phrase meaning 'no comment'? Did a mistaken translation of the Italian "canali" -- or channels -- shape the space race to Mars? Translator Anna Aslanyan delves into these questions in her new book Dancing on Ropes, a popular history of how translators have altered the course of world events. She shows the tightrope translators walk in their work, and what can happen when the balance tips and just how far a simple misun...
Reserve Bank leaves interest rates on hold....for now
August 18, 2021 21:35 - 8 minutes - 8.11 MBThe Reserve Bank was widely expected to lift rates in its review of the Official Cash rate yesterday, but decided against it due to the latest Covid-19 lockdown. Susie speaks with ANZ Chief Economist Sharon Zollner about the decision not to move, and how the latest Covid outbreak might impact the economy.
Air NZ boss - more time needed to fly Kiwis home
August 18, 2021 21:21 - 9 minutes - 8.53 MBSusie speaks with Air New Zealand Chief Executive Greg Foran about the scramble to get thousands of New Zealanders home before the 48 hour window closes at midnight tonight. Also the latest on the Air New Zealand flight attendant who has tested positive for the virus.
Michael Baker on growing Delta outbreak
August 18, 2021 21:10 - 10 minutes - 9.99 MBHealth officials are expecting more cases will have been detected in Auckland's outbreak overnight, and will be briefed once the results are back later this morning. Ten community cases have been identified so far. Three more cases were revealed last night, two of them young people linked to the first group of seven.The third is a woman in her 60s with no connection to the others but a link to the border. The list of places of interest in Auckland and Coromandel now sits at almost 70 and...
How to approach writing a memoir
August 17, 2021 23:35 - 10 minutes - 9.18 MBIf you are a budding author, or would like some advice on how get started putting pen to paper, author and teacher, Diane Brown has some handy tips. She is the founder of Creative Writing Dunedin and was an inaugural fellow at the Michael King Writer's Studio. Her poetry has appeared in journals including Landfall, Poetry NZ and NZ Listener. Next month she is hosting a memoir writing session at Create book and art festival, held in the Mackenzie region.
Book review: Ten Acceptable Acts of Arson
August 17, 2021 22:42 - 3 minutes - 3.48 MBLuke Finnegan reviews Ten Acceptable Acts of Arson, and other very short stories by Jack Remiel Cottrell, published by Canterbury University Press.
Big demand for testing centres in Coromandel
August 17, 2021 22:32 - 6 minutes - 6.4 MBTe Korowai Hauora o Hauraki, is a rural, Iwi-based, not-for-profit health provider in the Hauraki rohe, and it's set up a number of swabbing centres across the Coromandel this morning. The centre in Coromandel Town opened at 9am - and had about one hundred cars lined up at the Thames-Coromandel District carpark just after it opened. Riana Manuel is chief executive of Te Korowai, and joins Susie from the swabbing front line.
The Big Bike Trip: from Bali to Buckingham Palace
August 17, 2021 22:07 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBWhat's the biggest bike trip you've done? Whether it's a few hours or a few days, it likely doesn't compare to the epic bike ride of Freddie Gillies. Alongside his brother and two friends, they cycled 23,000 kilometres, from Bali to Buckingham Palace in 2017. Passing through more than twenty countries, they battled extreme heat, sub-zero temperatures, injury, illness and heartbreak... and had the time of their lives. And in doing so, they also raised almost $35,000 in support of Leukaemi...
Sounds Air to fly electric passenger planes
August 17, 2021 21:41 - 9 minutes - 8.95 MBElectric passenger planes are set to feature on departure boards in NZ within five years. Blenheim based Sounds Air is unveiling plans to be the first Australasian airline offering electric-powered flights. It plans to have a fleet of at least three 19-seater aircraft set for take-off by 2026, and eventually to fully-convert to an all-electric fleet. Susie Ferguson speaks with Sounds Air Chairman and Director, Rhyan Wardman.
Nationwide nurses strike action suspended
August 17, 2021 21:31 - 9 minutes - 8.94 MBThe community spread of the Delta variant in Auckland has resulted in nurses immediately calling off their strike. Around 30,000 nurses, midwives and health care assistants from the Nurses Organisation and 1500 midwives from the MERAS union were due to walk off the job tomorrow, after failing to reach agreements over pay and conditions with district health boards. NZNO manager of industrial servicers Glenda Alexander says they remain frustrated with chronic, understaffing, but withdrawin...
Delta outbreak in NZ - what can we learn from NSW?
August 17, 2021 21:10 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBThere are now five cases of the highly infectious delta strain of Covid 19 confirmed. One of them is a nurse at Auckland City Hospital, where internal lockdown measures are now under way. The first case detected in Auckland yesterday is a 58 year old Devonport man, who also travelled to the Coromandel. It's still unclear whether the cases are linked to people coming over the border, and genomic sequencing is underway. The entire country is at alert level four. But is this hard, fast lock...
How to pay off your mortgage faster
August 16, 2021 23:50 - 9 minutes - 8.66 MBWith mortgage interest rates widely tipped to about to rise, Liz Koh has advice on how to get your mortgage paid off faster. She says it's all about structuring your loan the right way. Liz is a financial planner specializing in retirement planning. This discussion is of a general nature, and does not constitute financial advice.
Invisible: New book exposes prejudice toward NZ Indians
August 16, 2021 23:30 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBAt various stages in the mid-20th century there was a notion that New Zealand's race relations held up better than other comparable countries, say - Australia and South Africa. But in her new book Invisible: New Zealand's History of Excluding Kiwi-Indians, Jacqui Leckie digs deep into the myriad of legislative and societal methods used to discriminate against Indian immigrants to New Zealand - and their descendants. Jacqui joins Susie to talk about her warts-and-all book, which is an exa...
Long Long Players, Writers on the Albums That Shaped Them
August 16, 2021 22:37 - 5 minutes - 5.01 MBChris Tse reviews Long Long Players, Writers on the Albums That Shaped Them by Tom Gatti, published by Bloomsbury
Health Minister gives green light to nurses' pay equity talks
August 16, 2021 22:32 - 4 minutes - 3.83 MBThe Health Minister Andrew Little has written to DHBs and unions to invite them to start pay equity negotiations as soon as possible. Cabinet yesterday decided on the mandate under which DHBs will negotiate and also decided on funding to meet the cost of the agreement. Meanwhile thousands of nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants around the country will strike tomorrow. RNZ Political Reporter Katie Scotcher has been at a media conference held by the Health Minister.
Matt Chisholm: my battle with the booze and depression
August 16, 2021 22:06 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBTo the outside world, Matt Chisholm had it all: a successful career as a TV journalist and host of the popular reality TV programmes Survivor and Celebrity Treasure Island. He had loads of friends, a great sense of humour, a happy marriage and two lovely sons. But behind the broad smile for the camera, Matt Chisholm was depressed, anxious, crippled by perfectionism and imposter syndrome. And he had a problem with the booze. Matt Chisholm has written a candid memoir about his mental healt...
Why are port workers' vaccination rates falling short?
August 16, 2021 21:36 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBDelta is looming large on the horizon, so why are so many workers at our ports - one of the most vulnerable entry points - so reluctant to get the vaccine. Just last week the Port of Tauranga faced a real Delta scare, yet many of the affected workers hadn't been vaccinated. Susie Ferguson talks to Tauranga Port CEO Leonard Sampson about this, along with Port Company CEO chair Charles Finny. What happens if there's a core group of workers who refuse the vaccine?
Joe Biden defiant as chaos and fear grips Afghanistan
August 16, 2021 21:09 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBThere are chaotic and harrowing scenes at Kabul airport as civilians and foreign nationals try to flee Afghanistan, now controlled by the Taliban. At least five people have reportedly been killed at the airport, where foreign military troops are attempting to repatriate their citizens and Afghan nationals who've worked with them. Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden has spoken publicly for the first time since Kabul fell yesterday, saying he stands squarely behind his decision to withdraw U...
All taste no waste vegies
August 15, 2021 23:30 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBWellington chef and restaurateur Max Gordy's zero-waste philosophy should inspire us to use of every last bit of the vegetable, save money and waste, and expect delicious results. Max has already delivered a sold-out zero-waste veggies workshop for Wellington On A Plate.
Book review: The Turnout by Megan Abbott
August 15, 2021 22:39 - 5 minutes - 5.27 MBLisa Finucane reviews The Turnout by Megan Abbott, published by Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand.
Shortage of building timber "worst in living memory"
August 15, 2021 21:31 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBA building industry leader says the shortage of structural timber in New Zealand is now the worst in living memory - and it could still get worse. Imports have slowed due to disruptions in the supply chain from Covid-related shipping delays. Meanwhile New Zealand's own supply is struggling to keep pace with high demand, both domestically as result of a post-Covid building boom, and internationally - particularly from our biggest buyer, China. Recent timber mill closures means the country...
US reaction to the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
August 15, 2021 21:22 - 7 minutes - 6.6 MBUS correspondent Ron Elving with how Washington is responding to the unfolding situation in Kabul.
Taliban take Kabul, Afghan president flees
August 15, 2021 21:08 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBExtraordinary scenes from Kabul, as 20 years of history was erased in a matter of hours. The Taliban capped off a week of swift advances across much of Afghanistan to take over the capital, with footage of Taliban soldiers appearing to seize the presidential palace. The president, Ashraf Ghani, fled the country earlier is now reported to be in Uzbekistan. All commercial flights out of the city's airport have been suspended, with only military aircraft allowed to operate, according to Nat...
The week that was with Te Radar and Karen O'Leary
August 12, 2021 23:50 - 8 minutes - 7.41 MBComedians Te Radar and Karen O'Leary on the weird and wonderful stories of the past week, including the library book returned after half a century and goats on the run in Hawkes Bay.
Book Review from Unity Books - Assembly by Natasha Brown
August 12, 2021 22:40 - 3 minutes - 3.61 MBBriar Lawry of Unity Books Auckland reviews Assembly by Natasha Brown, published by Hamish Hamilton.
What culture does with women's bodies
August 12, 2021 22:10 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBBritish art historian Catherine McCormack has been casting a critical eye over the way women have been portrayed in art across the ages. Her book, Women in the Picture: Women Art and the Power of Looking aims to challenge what is depicted, what is valued and how it is seen. Dr McCormack is an independent curator based in London and also a consultant lecturer at Sotheby's Institute of Art.
10,000 pairs of shoes for children in the Pacific
August 12, 2021 21:45 - 6 minutes - 5.74 MBAn Auckland man has donated 10,000 pairs of shoes to children in the Pacific. Frazer Mataitonga has been continuing the charitable work that his mother used to carry out in Tonga. Together with his brother and sister and together they've set up the Akanesi Mataitonga Trust in her memory. And shoes are just the beginning, they have donated hospital beds, medical supplies and Covid-19 testing machine, helped rebuild schools and renovate houses.
Air NZ delays capital raise....again
August 12, 2021 21:35 - 4 minutes - 4.54 MBAir New Zealand has deferred its plans to raise capital until 2022, after the government says it is unable to support the equity raise in the current economic environment.
Sir David Skegg - how we can gradually re-open to the world
August 12, 2021 21:09 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBA plan for New Zealand to gradually re-open to the world was outlined by the Prime Minister yesterday. The four phase approach starts with a ramping up of the vaccine rollout, to get first doses into more people - with earlier start dates for the remaining age bands, and a lengthening the time between doses from three to six weeks.
What really grinds your gears? Top five consumer complaints
August 12, 2021 02:10 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBGemma Rasmussen from Consumer NZ tells us the top five complaints that come their way from the New Zealand public - including one winter-specific suburban gripe.
Why do some children have imaginary friends?
August 11, 2021 23:25 - 18 minutes - 25.3 MBImaginary friends - why do kids have them and what do they mean? We're still not quite sure, psychologist Sarb Johal tells Kathryn Ryan, but it's very common and usually nothing parents should worry about.
Technology commentator Mark Pesce
August 11, 2021 23:15 - 9 minutes - 8.34 MBTechnology commentator Mark Pesce joins Kathryn to talk about a well-intended move that’s ended up being controversial for Apple. It was to enable the scanning of people’s photos for child sex abuse imagery â€" but it opens the door for snooping for other things and privacy advocates are outraged.
Book review - What You Made of It by C.K. Stead
August 11, 2021 23:07 - 8 minutes - 7.7 MBHarry Ricketts reviews What You Made of It by C.K. Stead, published by AUP.
Covid vaccine for eligible ages from 1 September
August 11, 2021 22:35 - 8 minutes - 8.11 MBThe Government has set out its plan to reconnect New Zealand with the world in the Covid-19 pandemic. It plans to speed up the vaccination roll out and prioritise getting first doses into more people. The Prime Minister has also outlined a phased approach to reopening the border. RNZ Political Editor Jane Patterson.
Tā Mark Solomon - leadership and life
August 11, 2021 22:10 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBTā Mark Solomon spent 18-years at the helm of Ngāi Tahu. He was elected to the role in 1998 just as the iwi was about to sign its $170 million historic Treaty of Waitangi settlement. Today Ngāi Tahu's asset base stands at $1.2 billion with investments in property, fisheries, tourism farming and much more.
Patients lose as private health insurers take control - senior specialist
August 11, 2021 21:35 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBA senior medical specialist says patients are losing out as insurance companies use heavy-handed tactics to control what they can and can't receive from providers. Dr Dean Corbett is an Auckland based Ophthalmologist working in the public and private systems and also serves as Chairperson of Ophthalmology NZ.
Farmers frustrated over unreliable pollution tool
August 11, 2021 21:09 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBFederated Farmers says New Zealand's farm environment management system has been rocked to the core by the release of a report criticising the widely used farm nutrient modelling system Overseer. Overseer was originally developed as a tool to help farmers to use fertiliser and other inputs more efficiently, but as it also estimates the nutrient loss from farms, over time it came to be used by regional councils to help inform regulations around water quality.
Gut bug transfer, Covid's effects on the brain
August 10, 2021 23:50 - 8 minutes - 7.8 MBScience commentator Siouxsie Wiles looks at new research that's found transplanting gut bugs from old to young mice can counteract age-related changes in the brain, another survey that's found how IQ scores were affected by Covid infections and who's the most Covid-resistant of them all....people less open to new ideas, the extroverts and the narcissists, that's who. Associate Professor Dr Siouxsie Wiles is the head of Bioluminescent Superbugs Lab at the University of Auckland.
Enough: Children's book focuses on community and giving back
August 10, 2021 23:25 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBNearly enough, sort of enough, almost enough...what happens where there is not enough? Sarah Johnson and Deborah Hinde have written and illustrated a children's book that is based around Hana, who is concerned about whether people on her street have enough - and her efforts to help them when she finds that they don't. The pair have collaborated on a number of works - but the production of this one was a little different. It was made possible through a grant from Copyright Licensing New Z...
Music with RNZ's Charlotte Ryan
August 10, 2021 23:06 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBCharlotte joins Kathryn to mark three years since Aretha Franklin's death just as a new movie into her life is released. It's music award season: Waiata MÄori, Pacific, Silver Scroll and Aotearoa Music Awards. She'll preview the finalists in the Waiata MÄori Awards. And Luke Buda from The Phoenix Foundation has a new solo album out, his first in 12 years.
Book review: The Enemy Within by Tim Ayliffe
August 10, 2021 22:38 - 5 minutes - 5.11 MBSally Wenley reviews The Enemy Within by Tim Ayliffe, published by Simon & Schuster.
Tracing the origins of handshaking
August 10, 2021 22:07 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBShaking hands hasn't been so popular in social distancing Covid times, but it is a widely accepted gesture that has existed for thousands of years. The handshake ritual Is deeply embedded in a range of cultures and it's not just the exclusive domain of humans. Chimpanzees and bonobos also shake hands. The ancient social gesture has so captivated paleoanthropologist and evolutionary biologist, Ella Al-Shamahi, that she's written a book about it - The Handshake - A gripping history.
Wellington's electric ferry to launch next month
August 10, 2021 21:42 - 8 minutes - 7.84 MBThe Southern Hemisphere's first fully electric ferry is about to be launched on Wellington waters next month. The East by West Ferry company operates between Queen's Wharf in Wellington's CBD and Days Bay in Lower Hutt. After being delayed by a year due to the Covid pandemic, the electric ferry, built by Wellington Electric Boat Building Company, will under go a series of final trials this month before launching in September. Kathryn speaks with East by West managing director Jeremy Ward...