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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Sailors on the global hunt for conservation projects to share
July 20, 2021 22:11 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBFive years ago, while living in Amsterdam, Floris van Hees and Ivar Smits decided to quit their jobs - fix up their boat, and set sail on a trip around the world. More than a holiday, their plan was to find and share stories of people all over the globe working on projects to restore or protect the environment.
Downgrade in anti-trafficking rankings a 'wake up call'
July 20, 2021 21:30 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBNew Zealand being downgraded in a global ranking for our response to trafficking is no surprise to an anti-trafficking coalition, but still an international embarrassment.
Dairy farms face labour squeeze ahead of calving season
July 20, 2021 21:08 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBPandemic immigration restrictions and labour shortages are about to collide with the busiest time of the year on dairy farms - with concerns some workers are being poached to cover the shortfall, while others are working horrendous hours - leading to stress and burnout.
Financial Planner Liz Koh - The Bank of Mum and Dad
July 19, 2021 23:41 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBIt's every parent's dream to see their children succeed in life and sometimes that means helping them along the way. But how much help should children get? Financial planner, Liz Koh says people with adult children will tell you that children are a lifetime financial commitment.
Maybe Baby: the assisted fertility journey
July 19, 2021 23:27 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MBInfertility is something that affects one of every four heterosexual couples in New Zealand. Social infertility too affects people who are single, or in same-sex relationships but wanting to have a child. There are of course treatment options for infertility but the process can be incredibly stressful. Sue Saunders is a trained counsellor who has worked for a major fertility clinic in New Zealand for 19 years - and has faced the struggle of not being able to conceive naturally herself. S...
Rebecca Stevenson: MIQ blues
July 19, 2021 23:06 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBRebecca asks - Are the walls closing in on former rich lister, Eric Watson. He is potentially facing more legal action amid insider trading allegations. Rebecca Stevenson is BusinessDesk's head of news.
Book review - Brutal: The 100-year fight for world rugby supremacy
July 19, 2021 22:38 - 6 minutes - 5.73 MBDavid Hill reviews Brutal: The 100-year fight for world rugby supremacy by Ron Palenski, published by Upstart Press.
Soiled: our relationship with the ground
July 19, 2021 22:10 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBThe dirt beneath our feet can be easy to take for granted. But it's incredibly important for the food we eat, the air we breathe and the water we drink. Twelve years ago Australian chef and food writer Matthew Evans chucked in the city life and took on the running of the Fat Pig Farm farm in Tasmania. He's been getting down in the mud since moving on to the land and it's taken him on a journey of discovery. Matthew has written it down in a book titled Soil; the incredible story of what k...
Natural state? Water purity measure corrected
July 19, 2021 21:39 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MBThe equation for measuring water purity has been corrected but a freshwater ecologist questions whether this adjustment is sufficient to prevent pollution. The official equation measuring the human impact on groundwater has been revised to better reflect levels of pollution. Water scientist Dr Mike Joy has been campaigning for years to get the Ministry of the Environment to adjust the way they measure water purity. He has had something of a win. Admitting they had the figures wrong, Stat...
Insurance expert: Floods a wakeup call to two-thirds of Kiwis
July 19, 2021 21:28 - 7 minutes - 6.57 MBAn insurance expert says the weekend's flooding at Westport should be a warning to the two-thirds of New Zealanders who live on a flood plain. Melissa Heath is director of Residential Risk Analysis, which advises councils on climate change-induced disaster risk and helps would-be homebuyers with potential insurance and financial issues with a property before purchase. She says New Zealand is unique in that insurers still cover events that wouldn't be covered overseas - but premiums are s...
Flood protection won't work in climate-changed environment
July 19, 2021 21:08 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBA climate change researcher says local and central government must stop allowing houses to be built in at-risk areas and we should no longer rely on flood protection infrastructure such as stopbanks to protect against climate change-induced major weather events. Last weekend's devastating flooding has rendered 15 percent of Westport homes uninhabitable. Kathryn talks to Judy Lawrence from the Climate Change Research Institute about how we can better protect our infrastructure.
Feasting on recycled food
July 18, 2021 23:44 - 7 minutes - 7.03 MBGuests at a recent 3-course banquet in Dunedin made sure no food went to waste. Associate Professor Miranda Mirosa, from the University of Otago's Department of Food Science created a unique menu for 120 people using consumbable items that would overwise gone in the bin.
How is a 1 in 100 year event calculated?
July 18, 2021 23:06 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBWith the weekend's flooding events in Buller and Marlborough being the third in the country this year, questions are being asked what a 1 in 100 year event means. Kathryn speaks with Niwa Principal Scientist Chris Brandolino and Ilan Noy , Chair of Disaster Economics at Victoria University Wellington.
Book review: Things Are Against Us by Lucy Ellmann
July 18, 2021 22:44 - 4 minutes - 4.15 MBKiran Dass reviews Things Are Against Us by Lucy Ellmann, published by Text Publishing.
Rupa Maitra on the many strings to her bow
July 18, 2021 22:11 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBRupa Maitra was born in Dunedin after her Bengali parents migrated to New Zealand in the late 60s from India, via Uganda. She did a music degree at Otago and followed it up with one in medicine - gravitating toward pathology.
Canada Correspondent Salimah Shivji
July 18, 2021 21:53 - 6 minutes - 5.69 MBThe national scandal and mourning in Canada as the inquiry intensifies with potentially thousands of children from Canadian schools for indigenous communities buried in unmarked graves. The first forensic evidence of unmarked graves has been located at the Kamloops Indian Residential School.
Are school exclusions happening under the radar?
July 18, 2021 21:25 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBAn early intervention specialist believes the number of students excluded from schools is higher than official statistics. The Ministry of Education says it is working with 171 students who have been officially excluded from school as at the start of July. Frian Wadia is an early intervention specialist with Autism New Zealand, a board member of the Parent to Parent advocacy group and is mum to three differently-abled children. She believes the exclusion figures fail to take into account...
Devastating flooding on the West Coast and Marlborough
July 18, 2021 21:09 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBThe extent of damage from the weekend's flooding is now being assessed at homes, farms and vineyards in the Buller and Marlborough districts which have been swamped by torrential rains and overflowing waterways. On the West Coast, the Westport community is rallying around hundreds of people forced from their homes, some have spent three nights in evacuation centres, or stayed with family and friends. Many homes are inhabitable, amd boil water notices remain in place for a number of commu...
Consumer Price Index numbers just out
July 15, 2021 23:06 - 4 minutes - 3.98 MBThe Consumer Price Index numbers have just come out from Stats NZ for the June Quarter of 2021. Consumer prices rose 1.3 percent in the June quarter pushing the annual inflation hit to 3.3 percent, its highest level since late 2011. Gyles Beckford, RNZ's Business editor has the details.
Unity Books review: We Run the Tides by Vendela Vida
July 15, 2021 22:38 - 6 minutes - 5.55 MBToyah Webb from Unity books in Auckland reviews We Run the Tides by Vendela Vida, published by Atlantic Books
Esther Freud: I Couldn't Love You More
July 15, 2021 22:08 - 27 minutes - 25 MBAcclaimed British author Esther Freud's new novel I Couldn't Love You More is, like much of her writing, deeply autobiographical. It tells the stories of three generations of women, lighting upon what could have been Esther's own fate, narrowly escaping Ireland's cruel mother and baby homes, had her mother not taken great pains to avoid them.
New research finds surprising presence of microplastics
July 15, 2021 21:42 - 7 minutes - 6.83 MBA pilot study from scientists at the University of Auckland and NIWA has found surprising amounts of microplastic particles in marine sediments within the protected parts of the Queen Charlotte Sounds / Tōtaranui. Researcher at the University of Auckland's School of Environment, Dr Marta Ribo speaks with Kathryn Ryan about this research, which could go wider in NZ, and which has measured microplastics up to 50 cm below the seabed both near coastal populations and within marine protected ...
Mass rural protest across the country
July 15, 2021 21:08 - 30 minutes - 28 MBFarmers and their supporters are today joining a nationwide protest organised by Groundswell NZ, planned for more than 50 towns and cities. The action is against what has been described as increasing Government interference, unworkable regulations and unjustified costs. Some local government leaders, including Mayors are supporting the protest. Kathryn talks to one of the Groundswell organisers, Jamie McFadden. He runs an environment restoration business in Cheviot, north Canterbury, and...
The challenges of parenting adult children
July 14, 2021 23:25 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBIt's a trend on the rise around the world - in the UK research into the "boomerang" phenomenon found two thirds of childless single adults aged 20 - 34 had either never left or moved back into the family home due to a precarious job market and sky high rents.
The challenges of parenting adult children
July 14, 2021 23:25 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBIt's a trend on the rise around the world - in the UK research into the "boomerang" phenomenon found two thirds of childless single adults aged 20 - 34 had either never left or moved back into the family home due to a precarious job market and sky high rents.
Technology commentator Tony Grasso
July 14, 2021 23:07 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBTechnology commentator Tony Grasso joins Kathryn to look at an AI system that can replicate your voice, including pitch, timbre and pace - but that are the scam implications. Research finds young people are signing away their rights in legal documents they don't understand and what's happening with the kaseya hack?
Book review - Gaps in the Light by Iona Winter
July 14, 2021 22:35 - 5 minutes - 5.2 MBMichelle Rahurahu Scott reviews Gaps in the Light by Iona Winter, published by Ad Hoc Fiction.
A practical guide to burnout
July 14, 2021 22:08 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBProfessor Gordon Parker is Head of the School of Psychiatry at the University of New South Wales, and founder of the renowned Black Dog Institute in Sydney, who has lead groundbreaking research into burnout.
Olympic business - How and why new sports make it into the Game
July 14, 2021 21:43 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBThe Tokyo Games are just over a week away, and include some sports not previously seen at the Olympics in a bid to woo a younger audience. Measures were introduced ahead of the Tokyo Olympics allowing host cities to put forward sports in their Games, so baseball and softball make a return after skipping two games and karate will be included for the first time.
Plunket - failing Māori and Pasifika whānau
July 14, 2021 21:35 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBPlunket has admitted it's failing Māori and Pasifika families, which make up over half its clientele. This concession comes in the wake of Associate Health Minister Ayesha Verrall's recognition this week that services for whānau, babies and pre-school tamariki are out of date and need modernising.
Interest rates and inflation - shifting sands, what next
July 14, 2021 21:08 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBThe Reserve Bank moved yesterday to hold the official cash rate at 0.25 percent, which has cleared the way for interest rates to rise later in the year. It comes as Stats NZ prepares to release the consumer price index data for the June quarter. RNZ Business Editor Gyles Beckford looks ahead to the ramifications.
New studies into long Covid, 10-year warnings for stroke
July 13, 2021 23:49 - 8 minutes - 8.07 MBScience commentator Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to look at the new studies into long Covid, including one that found patients could take up to a month to return to normal sleep and exercise patterns, and another that found poorer people are less likely to be tested for Covid and more likely to be hospitalised, enter ICU and die.
Singing to live well: a mother and son production
July 13, 2021 23:34 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBA mother and son musical collaboration has shown we can live better through singing in public - anything from singing in a choir to singing together on a family drive somewhere.
Book review: Meet Me in Another Life by Catriona Silvey
July 13, 2021 22:42 - 4 minutes - 4.56 MBBronwyn Wylie-Gibb of University Book Shop, Dunedin reviews Meet Me in Another Life by Catriona Silvey, published by HarperCollins.
Ultramarathon Man: Dean Karnazes
July 13, 2021 22:07 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBUltramarathon runner Dean Karnazes has been described as the fittest man on the planet. His achievements in running are a testament to the sheer power of human endurance.
Sydney braces for lockdown extension with $4b business support
July 13, 2021 21:52 - 6 minutes - 6.06 MBAustralia correspondent Chris Niesche joins Kathryn to talk about Sydney's Covid outbreak after 89 new cases were recorded yesterday.
Kiwis capitalise on the pandemic Pokémon boom
July 13, 2021 21:42 - 10 minutes - 9.58 MBThere's been a global resurgence of interest and trading in Pokémon cards during the pandemic, and it seems New Zealand isn't immune. Figures from Trade Me show there were over 300,000 searches for Pokémon in June, with trading in the cards up 309 percent on the same month last year.
Vaxxers: the two women who created the AstraZeneca vaccine
July 13, 2021 21:08 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBKathryn speaks with the two women lead the team who created the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in just ten months. Oxford University Professor of Vaccinology Dame Sarah Gilbert started designing a vaccine just two weeks after reading about a mysterious type of pneumonia emerging in China. She was joined by geneticist Dr Catherine Green who then made it in her lab. The pair have documented the myriad hurdles they encountered in a new book Vaxxers: The Inside Story of the Oxford AstraZeneca ...
What are the new rules for job hunting?
July 12, 2021 23:35 - 13 minutes - 12 MBBeing humble is a bit of a national personality trait, but a recruitment expert says Kiwis need to put it to one side when it comes to the job hunt. Author Tom O'Neil has worked in recruitment and HR for decades, and runs his own career and life coaching company, careercoach.nz.
Book review When You Are Mine by Michael Robotham
July 12, 2021 22:35 - 3 minutes - 3.1 MBLouise O'Brien reviews When You Are Mine by Michael Robotham, published by Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand.
Identifying opportunities to play and have fun
July 12, 2021 22:09 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBHow often have you looked around where you live to identify new ways have fun. Alex Bonham has just written a book Play and the City - How to create places and spaces to help us thrive.
New Zealanders' sense of wellbeing in a pandemic
July 12, 2021 21:35 - 10 minutes - 9.92 MBA new report on wellbeing has found New Zealanders remain satisfied with their lives, despite the major impact Covid-19 has had on the country. Stats NZ says New Zealanders were tested by "extraordinary events" last year, but are mostly happy, resilient and not affected by loneliness.
SUV and double cab ute advertising targeting urban dwellers
July 12, 2021 21:08 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBShifting advertising strategies towards larger, more polluting vehicles is being blamed for a boom in the number of SUVs and utes on New Zealand roads. An environmental sociologist says the rising number of light trucks can be attributed to a combination of strong marketing and weak regulation.
Lebanese cuisine with Carla Motta
July 11, 2021 23:38 - 10 minutes - 9.23 MBLebanese cuisine has arrived in Ōtautahi's Riverside Markets. Owner and head chef of Habibi Pastries, Carla Motta, shares the dishes passed around her own family's table.
Political commentators Jones & Mills
July 11, 2021 23:06 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBKathryn talks to Neale and Brigitte about the pace of the Covid vaccine rollout and the worsening infection rates in Australia, particularly in New South Wales. What might this mean for the Trans Tasman bubble?
Book review: LIT Stories from HOME
July 11, 2021 22:39 - 4 minutes - 4.3 MBLisa Finucane reviews LIT Stories from Aotearoa edited by Elizabeth Kirkby-McLeod, published by One Tree House.
Reforming recidivism through prison arts programmes
July 11, 2021 22:11 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBThe use of tikanga and toi Māori in Hawkes Bay Regional prison has seen the efforts of Lawrence Ereatara and Hone Fletcher recognised with an arts award.
Europe Correspondent Seamus Kearney - football fever
July 11, 2021 21:52 - 7 minutes - 7.34 MBThe England-Italy final in the Euro 2020 football tournament has boosted spirits in the two countries heavily hit by the Covid pandemic, with fans delighted to be able to watch the game in pubs and on restaurant terraces.
IT industry needs to attract skilled domestic workers
July 11, 2021 21:42 - 8 minutes - 8.15 MBA new report calling for a national strategy to address a mismatch of skills and a lack of upskilling in our lucrative IT industry, finds our IT sector is over-reliant on overseas recruits and isn't properly developing home grown talent.
University student cheating 'rife': retired Professor
July 11, 2021 21:09 - 32 minutes - 30 MBA just-retired science professor from Auckland University says student cheating is widespread and growing as a result of exams moving online due to Covid. Peter Wills retired last week after being associated with the Auckland University's Science Faculty for 50 years.