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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The week that was with Pinky Agnew and Te Radar
July 08, 2021 23:50 - 8 minutes - 8.18 MBComedians Te Radar and Pinky Agnew bring a few laughs.
Balloon crash near Queenstown, 11 injured
July 08, 2021 23:31 - 4 minutes - 4.56 MBEleven people have been injured when a hot air balloon crashed while landing near Arrowtown this morning. The police were told the balloon had come down on Morven Ferry Road about an hour ago. One person has serious injuries, one has moderate injuries and nine have minor injuries. Two have been flown to Dunedin hospital. Kathryn speaks with Mayor Jim Boult, who has just been briefed by police.
Book review: Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
July 08, 2021 22:36 - 7 minutes - 6.9 MBLeah McFall reviews Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason, published by HarperCollins. Sorrow and Bliss is the second novel by ex-pat Kiwi, Meg Mason, compared to Fleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Joan Didion and Sally Roone. The novel features an ensemble cast of memorable characters, a vivid use of searching wit and snappy dialogue to soften the sad bits. It's a tour de force and deserves all the acclaim it's getting. Leah says: "SO clever. SO heart-breaking. SO funny. Recommend!"
Menopause and you: Heather Corinna - What Fresh Hell is This?
July 08, 2021 22:06 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBAmerican health writer and queer feminist activist Heather Corinna is one of the first nonbinary people to publish a book about menopause. What Fresh Hell is This? Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities and You is Heather's menopause memoir - a guide to help anyone going through it. It's also a feminist critique of the history of menopause in Western medicine and culture, and the impact of that on the understanding of it. Heather, creator of Scarleteen, one of the longest-running on...
New Zealand's $2.85b healthtech sector
July 08, 2021 21:37 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBResearch has found New Zealand's burgeoning health-tech sector has significant economic potential but access to lucrative foreign markets is being slowed by hurdles in the earlier stages of development. The health-tech sector generated an estimated $2.85 billion in revenue in just the last year - with record growth since Covid-19 struck. But research from Callaghan Innovation has highlighted the key challenges for Kiwi healthtech businesses, including complicated clinical trial regimes, ...
Australia's Covid transition plan - what is it and can it work?
July 08, 2021 21:08 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBAustralia's four phase pathway to transition from suppressing Covid 19 to living with it - once enough of the population is vaccinated.Prime Minister Scott Morrison outlined the general plan earlier this week, capping incoming passenger numbers in the short term, to relieve pressure on hotel quarantine, and announcing a trial of home quarantine for vaccinated travellers. Ultimately he says once vaccination rates reach the optimum threshold , Australia will open its doors and live with th...
Workin' Moms, Fatherhood, Sex_Life
July 07, 2021 23:49 - 9 minutes - 8.92 MBFilm and TV reviewer Laumata Lauano joins Kathryn to look at the fifth season of Canadian comedy Workin' Moms (Netflix), Kevin Hart's new film Fatherhood (Netflix) and provocative new show Sex/Life (Netflix).
Grandparenting from a distance
July 07, 2021 23:28 - 20 minutes - 28.2 MBClosed borders in the last year or so have forced many people to have enforced long periods away from loved ones living overseas. Researcher, writer and anthropologist Helen Ellis knows all about having geographically scattered relatives. Three of her four children, and five of her six grandchildren, live in America, England and Scotland. In non-Covid restricted times it would be a 16 to 30 hour flight to visit them. Drawing on her personal whanau situation and research - her book Being ...
Amazon opens to Kiwis, govt agrees to consumer data right
July 07, 2021 23:06 - 18 minutes - 17 MBTechnology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about Amazon opening its Australian store to New Zealand customers and what that might mean for New Zealand retailers and other online stores. The Government has agreed to establish a consumer data right framework for New Zealanders, which would require data holders like banks and power companies to safely and securely share data with third parties with their customers' consent. And Bill will also look at why Facebook, Google and ...
Book review: The Vixen by Francine Prose
July 07, 2021 22:52 - 6 minutes - 5.71 MBPhil Vine reviews The Vixen by Francine Prose, published by HarperCollins.
Mimi Kwa on an epic family memoir
July 07, 2021 22:14 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBMelbourne journalist Mimi Kwa seemed to be living her best life - "in the suburbs, gorgeous kids... a cavoodle dog and a Burmese cat" - when she was sideswiped by her own father deciding to sue her in the Australian Supreme Court.
Kiwi coach Owen Eastwood celebrates England's win
July 07, 2021 22:06 - 7 minutes - 6.65 MBKiwi performance and England coach Owen Eastwood talks to Kathryn post-match from the Cotswolds.
England reacts to Euros semi final drama
July 07, 2021 21:37 - 6 minutes - 5.92 MBEngland football correspondent Matt Dathan reports from Wembley.
RSV: critical research needed as cases soar post-bubble
July 07, 2021 21:22 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBESR virologist Dr Sue Huang is calling for more, and urgent, research into the contagious and potentially fatal respiratory virus RSV, as case numbers soar among babies and children, inundating hospitals. The most recent weekly numbers of Respiratory Syncytial Virus reported by New Zealand's national virus laboratory network show cases started climbing sharply in June, reaching 538 cases in the last week of the month alone. The current increase of cases is linked to the re-opening of our...
First woman chair appointed to Fire & Emergency
July 07, 2021 21:08 - 10 minutes - 9.19 MBFire and Emergency, dogged for years by reports of bullying and harassment, has its first ever woman chairperson. Rebecca Keoghan has been appointed by the Internal Affairs Minister Jan Tinetti to lead the board , taking over from the former Labour Minister Paul Swain. An independent review into the culture at FENZ, published in 2019, found bullying and harassment featured in the workplace at all levels and across all regions, but there were barriers to reporting it. There have been call...
Law with Garth Gallaway
July 06, 2021 23:46 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBLegal commentator Garth Gallaway looks at how difficult it can be to prove a charge of recklessness in workplace prosecutions after a recent case involving Waste Management. He'll also look at the number of investigations taken by WorkSafe last year, which was significantly lower. He'll also talk about a new initiative designed to help poor performing companies or businesses improve their workplace safety. Garth Gallaway is a partner at Chapman Tripp in Christchurch.
Swapping medicine for writing
July 06, 2021 23:29 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBSarah Powell is an emerging Wellington author. At 23, she's just written her first book Alyssa:Welcome to New York a young adult dystopian adventure novel set in New York, the first in series. It's a story she's been itching to tell since she first came up with the idea with a group of friends in high school. But she put it on the backburner, in favour of pursuing a career in medicine, and following in the footsteps of her parents. But in her third year of medical school she realised she...
Book review: Stranger Care by Sarah Sentilles
July 06, 2021 22:42 - 4 minutes - 4.44 MBHolly Walker reviews Stranger Care by Sarah Sentilles published by Text Publishing.
Adam Andrusier: autograph hunter
July 06, 2021 22:10 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBAs a child growing up in the suburbs of London in the 1980s, Adam Andrusier became obsessed with collecting autographs of the rich and famous - Ray Charles, Elizabeth Taylor, Neil Armstrong, Nelson Mandela and Boris Yeltsin are just a few of the names he collected. What started at the age of 10 has led to a career as a professional autograph dealer. Adam is now an internationally recognised dealer of autographs and historical documents, and has worked as an expert authenticator for Chris...
Major new finding in post-cardiac arrest care
July 06, 2021 21:30 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBNew research into post-cardiac arrest care has turned treatment advice on its head and will lead to significant clinical changes in intensive care units in New Zealand and internationally. A study found that cooling survivors of cardiac arrest to below a normal body temperature does not improve patient survival or recovery. Therapeutic hypothermia has been a cornerstone of ICU treatment globally for the past 20 years and is part of standard care to limit brain damage. Kathryn speaks with...
Total Frustration: Fiji’s rising covid numbers
July 06, 2021 21:08 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBThe Covid death toll in Fiji has risen to 39, with six more deaths due to the Delta variant and an additional 636 cases in the past 24 hours. Kathryn speaks to Sun Fiji News' Suva chief Jyoti Pratibha and Fiji opposition leader Biman Prasad, who says the government’s actions are totally frustrating and more help from New Zealand is needed.
Financial planner Liz Koh - spotlight on reverse mortgages
July 05, 2021 23:35 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBThe pros and cons of reverse mortgages - are they a good idea? When should you use one? What other options are there?
Book review - North & South, a tale of two hemispheres by Sandra Morris
July 05, 2021 22:35 - 4 minutes - 3.8 MBJoanna Ludbrook from Chicken and Frog Books reviews North & South: a tale of two hemispheres by Sandra Morris, published by Walker Books.
Giles Milton - The battle for Berlin and beginning of the Cold War
July 05, 2021 22:10 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBMany tales have been told of the fight over Berlin and rest of Germany after the fall of the Nazis at the end of World War 2. The allied forces of Britain, the United States, France and the Soviet Union carved the country up. But soon Berlin became a different kind of battle-ground for their pre-war hostilities to return. It's a story brought vividly to life again by Giles Milton's latest book Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War showdown that shaped the modern world.
Teachers' capability to teach maths a concern - ERO
July 05, 2021 21:35 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBA report from the Education Review Office is sounding the alarm about slipping standards in the teaching of maths at primary schools. ERO says teachers' capability to teach maths is of particular concern. As a result, the review office also has sustained concern about New Zealand's competitiveness in international assessment.
Christchurch boys respond to sexual harassment survey
July 05, 2021 21:09 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBThere's a call to better educate young men and boys to quit the cat-calls, locker room talk and the sharing of nude photos and videos. It follows the release last week of a survey of sexual assault and harassment experienced by Christchurch Girls' High School students, where 20 reported being raped.
Eat Well for Less with Ganesh Raj
July 04, 2021 23:35 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBLife is better when you eat better. That's the philosophy of chef and restaurateur Ganesh Raj. He's been helping Kiwis cook nutritious meals, at an affordable cost on the TV show Eat Well for Less, which he co-hosts with Michael Van de Elzen.
Book review - The Mad Women's Ball by Victoria Mas
July 04, 2021 22:40 - 6 minutes - 6.35 MBMary Fawcett from Schrödinger's Books in Petone reviews The Mad Women's Ball by Victoria Mas, published by Penguin Random.
Breaking gender stereotypes in the fishing industry
July 04, 2021 22:10 - 27 minutes - 25 MBTamzin Henderson is breaking gender stereotypes in the fishing industry. With her sister Lana, Tamzin runs a boat chandlery and fishing supply shop in Blenheim, the only female-run store of its kind in the country.
'Digital is best' excludes NZ's most vulnerable
July 04, 2021 21:35 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBThousands of New Zealanders are being left behind as government agencies shut their doors and operate exclusively online, according to the Citizens Advice Bureau. This kind of 'digital exclusion' leaves the volunteer-run organisation to assist the many people who struggle to fill out government forms, says the acting chief executive Andrew Hubbard.
The cost and extent of substandard housing
July 04, 2021 21:09 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBAs of last week, private rental properties must now comply with healthy homes standards within 90 days of any new tenancy, but state houses have two years longer, and currently only a sixth of them meet the standards. Kainga Ora owns 66,000 properties and has until July 2023 to ensure they are all fully insulated, have good quality curtains or blinds, a fixed heating source, extractor fans in kitchens and bathrooms, and no drainage or moisture issues.
Unity Books review - Everybody: A Book About Freedom
July 01, 2021 22:39 - 6 minutes - 6.1 MBAsh Davida Jane from Unity Books reviews Everybody: A Book About Freedom by Olivia Laing, published by Picador.
Celebrating kiwi athletes: Dreydon Sobanja
July 01, 2021 22:07 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBDreydon Sobanja's aim is to spark kiwi kids by writing stories about inspirational athletes. His latest book is the Kiwi Runners' Family Tree - Volume Two. It's a history of athletes and their coaches - running stars of the last twenty years. Volume one covers the 1800s to 1999. Dreydon Sobanja has also published three children's books about mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary, aviator Jean Batten and motor racer Bruce McLaren. Dreydon has an inspirational story of his own to tell as well: be...
Classical music workshops for prisoners
July 01, 2021 21:38 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBA classical music workshop for inmates at Christchurch Men's prison has been recognised in the Te Putanga Toi Arts Access Awards 2021. The Christchurch Symphony Orchestra has been running the programme at the jail for five years. The Symphony Orchestra's head of community engagement, violinist Cathy Irons, has been involved with the programme since its inception, and works with men nearing release. She talks to Kathryn along with Anaru Baynes, Reintegration Manager from Pathway Trust.
Do new alcohol advertising guidelines lack teeth?
July 01, 2021 21:09 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBNew guidelines for the way alcohol is advertised and promoted kicked in yesterday, but health advocates say the updated advice lacks teeth and may even make it easier for minors to view alcohol ads. The Alcohol Advertising and Promotion Code was adopted by the Advertising Standards Authority - or ASA - at the end of last year following a review. It came into effect for new ads from April 1 and for all ads, yesterday. The Code is designed to ensure alcohol advertising and promotion is con...
Sweet Tooth, Betty, Dave, Murder by the Coast
June 30, 2021 23:47 - 10 minutes - 10 MBFilm and TV reviewer Chris Schulz joins Kathryn to look at the New Zealand-filmed Sweet Tooth (Netflix), a post-pandemic comic book caper about human-animal hybrids; Betty (Neon), a show about female skateboarders in New York that's had its second season; Dave (Neon), a hip-hop show from joke rapper Lil Dicky and his crew; and finally Murder by the Coast (Netflix) a Spanish film about the 1999 murder of RocÃo Wanninkhof and the unjust arrest and media circus that followed.
The importance of parents and teachers working together
June 30, 2021 23:26 - 17 minutes - 23.9 MBResearch has underlined the importance of parents and teachers working together to help their children do well at school. The partnership is increasingly being emphasised in education policy, and by Māori, Pacific peoples, and parents of children who need learning support. Recent reports also show teachers want to connect more with parents, but lack the time and resources. Senior Researcher at the New Zealand Council for Educational Research, Mohamed Alansari joins Kathryn to discuss.
NZ's new internet cable, R&D hits restart
June 30, 2021 23:06 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBTechnology commentator Sarah Putt joins Kathryn to talk about the Southern Cross Cable's new replacement called NEXT - it goes live in April 2022 but will we notice a difference? The government plans to hit the restart button with its research and development plans - how will it do that? And there are growing calls around the world for governments to introduce "right to disconnect" laws, does New Zealand need one too?
Book review: The Author's Cut by Owen Marshall
June 30, 2021 22:32 - 5 minutes - 5.47 MBRae McGregor reviews The Author's Cut by Owen Marshall, published by Penguin Random House NZ.
Noise: The unwanted variability in human judgement
June 30, 2021 22:06 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBTwo doctors treating identical patients can give different diagnoses, two judges in the same court can give different sentences to people who have committed the same crime. Interviewers of job candidates can make widely different assessments of the same people. Even fingerprint examiners sometimes differ in deciding whether a print found at a crime scene matches a suspect. These same doctors, judges, interviewers or forensic examiners can male different decisions depending on whether it'...
NZ's untapped blue economy, is seaweed the answer?
June 30, 2021 21:37 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MBSeveral international companies are eyeing up New Zealand coastal and offshore waters to establish seaweed farms which a marine researcher says could earn tens of millions of dollars. AUT seaweed biology Associate Professor, Lindsey White singles out seaweeds as future major player in the country's blue economy with bottomless potential earnings and he explains why NZ waters are an increasingly attractive option. We also speak to Sunny Sanderson from Kelp Blue which is a restorative larg...
Auckland region's multi-billion dollar water plan unveilled
June 30, 2021 21:26 - 8 minutes - 7.7 MBAuckland council water company, Watercare has just announced its 20 year plan, which outlines how $18.5 billion dollars will be spent on the city's water and wastewater network, servicing 1.7 million people. Earlier this year a mothballed dam in the Hunua Ranges was upgraded to supplement Auckland's water supply network and to help with the region's drought and the council applied to take an extra 150 million litres of water a day from Waikato River, on top of the 150 million litre alloc...
Water shake-up: Minister warns councils over costs of status quo
June 30, 2021 21:08 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBThe Local Government Minister has announced the biggest shake up to water and sewer infrastructure in generations but local councils are already split over whether they'll get on board. The plans is to merge the water services of 67 councils nationally into four mega entities, which will take over ownership of assets. But some councils are already expressing doubt - saying they've invested heavily in infrastructure and don't want to have to subsidise others. Nanaia Mahuta says without th...
Living in the age of "infodemic": challenging misinformation
June 29, 2021 23:27 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBA new nationwide survey has shone a light on the rise of misinformation and the concern New Zealanders have about it. The research commissioned by the Classification Office has found exposure to false or misleading information is common. Around half of respondents believed in at least one false idea among a range presented in the survey, such as "Covid 19 is caused by 5G", "vaccines are ineffective and unsafe" and "climate change is not caused by human activity". The chief censor, David ...
Book review: The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell
June 29, 2021 22:39 - 5 minutes - 4.8 MBQuentin Johnson reviews The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell, published by Penguin Random House NZ .
Daniel Howell: dealing with depression on YouTube
June 29, 2021 22:08 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBDaniel Howell was a huge YouTube star with millions of followers, when, in 2017 he uploaded a video called 'Daniel and Depression'. It's since been watched 3.7 million times. The former BBC Radio 1 presenter has amassed a huge following on YouTube over the past ten years, producing comedy videos, or as he puts it 'just being a clown on the internet'. The way his story of suffering depression was received surprised Daniel, with words of support and appreciation for the way he'd opened up ...
Ambulance at the top of the cliff approach to preventing diabetes
June 29, 2021 21:37 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBNew Zealand Primary Healthcare GP of the Year Glen Davies is driving an approach to tackling diabetes in Taupo, in total reversing 124 cases of type 2 diabetes and prediabetes. He established R.T.2.D.T - the Reverse Type 2 Diabetes TaupÅ group, promoting eating low-carbohydrate and nutrient rich unprocessed foods. Glen Davies is a member PreKure, a team of health professionals interested in the science and practice of lifestyle medicine. Glen foresees health coaches to take the place of ...
Growing calls for ERO to conduct nationwide survey
June 29, 2021 21:22 - 15 minutes - 14 MBThe Children's Commissioner Andrew Becroft and National Survivors Advocate Louise Nicholas are among voices advocating for a nationwide survey similar to the one conducted by the British equivalent of the Education Review Office, Ofsted. They say it's the only way to get a true picture of the extent of sexual harassment - and worse - faced by school students. The UK research by Ofsted found sexual harassment and online sexual abuse are such a routine part of students' daily lives they do...
Three CGHS students lay formal sexual assault complaints
June 29, 2021 21:08 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBThree students from Christchurch Girls High School have made formal complaints to police of incidents of sexual abuse.This follows the release on Monday of a survey of 700 students from the school - 59 per cent of whom reported experiencing sexual harassment with 20 students described being raped by individuals or groups. Police from the specialist Child Protective Team have been on site at Christchurch girls high since Monday morning when the survey was released. Kathryn speaks with Det...
Liz Koh discusses the housing haves and have-nots
June 28, 2021 23:45 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBLiz Koh talks to Kathryn about the widening gap between those who own property and those who don't. She says there has been a lot of talk about first home owners, but not much attention paid to older people, and the rising number of retirees who are renting and going further into poverty. Liz also talks about the prospect of interest rates starting to rise early next year. What will the impact be on those who have taken out big mortgages to get onto the property ladder?