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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Knock Knock - confessions of a Kiwi interviewer
June 28, 2021 23:30 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MBWe've all been there. The frying pan's on the stove and the baby's crying and there's a knock on the door from someone holding a clip board. Kathryn speaks with market research interviewer Trish Palmer, who's been asking random people questions for almost 30 years. Her new book Knock Knock - Confessions of a Kiwi interviewer tells tales, some delightful some sad, from the other side of the door step. Her patch stretches from home in Kaikoura to Golden Bay.
Business commentator Rod Oram
June 28, 2021 23:05 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBZespri shareholders vote on doing business with illegal growers in China, Education Perfect in Dunedin sells for $455m and Westpac decides not to float off its NZ operations; but sales of its life insurance business looks imminent.
Book review: Still Life by Sarah Winman
June 28, 2021 22:35 - 4 minutes - 4.36 MBJessie Bray Sharpin reviews Still Life by Sarah Winman, published by HarperCollins.
Shipping out: leading positive change at the Port of Tauranga
June 28, 2021 22:05 - 31 minutes - 29 MBAfter 16 years at the helm of the Port of Tauranga, Chief Executive Mark Cairns is handing over successor Leonard Sampson, leaving a legacy of significant investment in major infrastructure and staff development. It's a significant transition for a company rated by Mark Lister, head of private wealth research at Craigs Investment Partners, as one of the best quality businesses on the sharemarket. Mark Cairns has also won plaudits for his leadership style, as well as business strategy. He...
New research examines what drives mothers' parental leave
June 28, 2021 21:20 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBA new study has found most mothers would prefer to take more time off after having a child than the maximum length of parental leave allows. The research from Motu compared mothers' intentions and preferences for parental leave with the leave they actually took after their children were born. Currently 26 weeks of paid parental leave is available, with a year of job-protected leave. The research found, on average, working mothers would prefer to take 69 weeks of leave - about 14 months -...
Poorest customers pay highest power prices: Consumer NZ
June 28, 2021 21:05 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBPeople in areas with the lowest average incomes are paying the highest electricity prices in the country, according to the latest released data from MBIE, analysed by Consumer New Zealand. The MBIE data shows that residential prices went up one percent over the last year but that is being disproportionately felt across regions. Power customers in Kerikeri pay 30 per cent more than those in Auckland, where median incomes are 24 percent higher. Prices in Masterton are 15 percent higher tha...
Gluten free bakery continues to rise
June 27, 2021 23:35 - 12 minutes - 11 MBScott Wynands runs gluten free bakery OM Goodness. The Hawkes Bay operation which employs nine staff has recently expanded into the Auckland market, with an outlet in the Britomart train station. The business has risen out of years of trying out bread recipes to find one that would suit his gluten intolerant daughter. Scott says the aim was always to make a gluten free loaf that would be a great for toast and also for sandwiches.
Book review - Ways of Thinking About Trees edited by Susette Goldsmith
June 27, 2021 22:35 - 6 minutes - 5.74 MBMurray Williams reviews Tree Sense: Ways of Thinking About Trees edited by Susette Goldsmith, published by Massey University Press.
Coss Marte and his prison-style bootcamp employing ex-inmates
June 27, 2021 22:08 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBCoss Marte is the founder and chief executive of Conbody. It's a prison-style fitness bootcamp in New York City that hires former inmates as trainers. Coss served a seven-year sentence in New York's Lakeview prison for running a drug ring. While locked in his cell, he developed a weights-free exercise programme, lost 30 kilograms and massively lowered his risk of heart disease.
Cannons Creek digital wallet scheme
June 27, 2021 21:35 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBIn the Porirua suburb of Cannons Creek, more than 30 people are taking part in The Wellbeing Protocol pilot,. The six week micro economy exercise involves each participant receiving 50 cannon coins, download to a digital wallet on their smartphone. One Cannon coin has a one dollar value and can be used to trade with other participants, to purchase items from a local fruit and vegetable co-op or to go into a community fund to spend on wellbeing intiatives.
Christchurch Girls' High School sexual abuse survey 'shocking'
June 27, 2021 21:10 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBSerious sexual assaults including group rape have been disclosed by students at Christchurch Girls' High School in a whole of school survey conducted last month. 59 percent of survey respondents said they had been harassed, a quarter of them more than ten times. 20 students described being raped by individuals or groups. Most respondents did not report the abuse and only ten per cent received any help or support.
Book review: Languages of Truth by Salman Rushdie
June 24, 2021 22:34 - 4 minutes - 4.26 MBLouise O'Brien reviews Languages of Truth by Salman Rushdie, published by Penguin Random House.
Nic Low: Following historic routes through the Southern Alps
June 24, 2021 22:06 - 27 minutes - 25 MBNic Low is an author of Ngāi Tahu and European descent, born in Christchurch, he writes fiction, essays and criticism. Nic Low's new book Uprising takes the reader on fifteen treks through "ancestor country", Ka Tiritiri-o-te-moana, the Southern Alps, following historic routes. Uprising traces journeys Nic took through the mountains on foot, ski and by waka to unlock the stories of Māori explorers, raiding parties, gods and goddesses. He walked to understand. Each chapter is a physical j...
Serving up opportunities for Youth Justice residents
June 24, 2021 21:37 - 8 minutes - 7.72 MBAn Oranga Tamariki youth justice residence is providing opportunities for residents to learn hospitality skills, by getting their help to run a cafe at the facility. Te Au rere a te Tonga in Palmerston North is the home to up to 30 rangatahi aged between 14 and 19. Together they plan menus, learn to prepare meals, and serve customers at the Courtyard Cafe. It's just one of the programmes available at the youth justice residence that aims to teach practical life skills and help prepare th...
Decades old adoption act being reviewed
June 24, 2021 21:17 - 17 minutes - 16 MBJustice Minister Kris Faafoi has released a discussion document on potential reform of New Zealand's adoption laws, including the Adoption Act, which hasn't been updated since 1955. There have been calls to update the Act for decades - and attempts to do within Parliament have ultimately gone nowhere. This despite reviews by the Law Commission in 2000 recommending an overhaul, and the Human Rights Tribunal finding in 2016 that seven provisions of the legislation was inconsistent with the...
NZ's Covid tools not enough to battle Delta variant
June 24, 2021 21:07 - 9 minutes - 8.28 MBA top Covid-19 modeller says the tools that worked to fight Covid-19 last year are not enough to battle the Delta variant, and points to Sydney where the virus is outpacing efforts to control it. Rodney Jones is warning that until New Zealand gets more of the population vaccinated, the country will be holding its breath that the more transmissible variant doesn't enter the country. Wellington is still on high alert after a visitor from Sydney over the weekend later tested positive for Co...
Stuttering: When kids can't get the words out
June 23, 2021 23:25 - 25 minutes - 35.5 MBStuttering is a normal part of learning to speak, particularly when a pre-schooler's language abilities can't keep up with what they want to say. Most children outgrow this phase but for some, the struggle to get words out continues. Wellington Speech and Language Therapist Christian Wright has advice for parents and teachers.
Technology correspondent Mark Pesce
June 23, 2021 23:07 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBTechnology correspondent Mark Pesce looks at how the increasing sophistication of computers is also resulting in them producing random, unpredictable errors.
Book review - Diary of a Film by Niven Govinden
June 23, 2021 22:45 - 3 minutes - 2.92 MBRalph McAllister reviews Diary of a Film by Niven Govinden, published by Dialogue Books.
Pop up covid testing centre opens in Wellington
June 23, 2021 22:40 - 2 minutes - 2.48 MBLarge numbers are gathering at a pop up Covid testing Centre at Hataitai Park in Wellington this morning. The main testing centre in Taranaki St is fully booked today, and GPs are reporting demand for testing is ten times normal. RNZ reporter Hamish Cardwell is at Hataitai Park.
Australia & China's deteriorating relationship
June 23, 2021 22:08 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBKathryn Ryan discusses Australia and China's increasingly fractious and deteriorating relationship with Peter Hartcher political editor and international editor for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
Wellingtonians flock to get Covid tests
June 23, 2021 21:40 - 10 minutes - 9.6 MBPeople are rushing to be swabbed for Covid across the Wellington region on the first full day of level 2 restrictions. The scare was sparked after an Australian man, who had spent the weekend in the city tested positive for the virus after returning to Sydney.
Lake Alice survivor who confronted his abuser
June 23, 2021 21:20 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MBA survivor of Lake Alice tracked down the former head of the psychiatric hospital, Dr Selwyn Leeks, and confronted him about the abuse he had endured as a child.
Black Caps win World Test Championship
June 23, 2021 21:08 - 9 minutes - 8.37 MBThe Black Caps are at the top of the cricket world this morning, winning the inaugural World Test Championship final, beating India by eight wickets on the last day of the match in Southampton.
Nina Tonga: Dawn Raids in the arts
June 22, 2021 23:50 - 8 minutes - 7.36 MBNina joins Kathryn to talk about the role art and artists play in voicing stories about the Dawn Raids, ahead of the government's apology this week to Pasifika communities affected by them. She'll also talk about the third iteration of MÄori Moving Image at Te Uru art gallery. Nina Tonga is a curator of Contemporary Art at Te Papa.
Supporting teachers to bring play back into the classroom
June 22, 2021 23:37 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBSarah Aiono is a teacher and in-school consultant on a mission to bringing more play into the primary school classroom. She's founded Longworth Education, a company which supports teachers to incorporate more play into the school day. She says the value of play as a learning tool can be misunderstood but it's vital for children to develop their critical, creative, innovative and problem-solving skills. Kathryn speaks with Longworth Education's chief executive and co-director Sarah Aiono....
Sydney visitor had one dose of Covid vaccine: Minister
June 22, 2021 23:29 - 8 minutes - 7.47 MBThe Covid 19 Minister Chris Hipkins has spoken briefly to media at parliament about the Australian traveler who has texted positive for Covid 19. RNZ's Political Editor Jane Patterson.
Book review: Cardboard Cowboys by Brian Conaghan
June 22, 2021 22:45 - 3 minutes - 3.06 MBLouise Ward of Wardini Books reviews Cardboard Cowboys by Brian Conaghan, published by Bloomsbury.
Why some people push themselves to the limit
June 22, 2021 22:07 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBJenny Valentish was researching a book about addiction and substance abuse she noticed something curious. Some people who treated drug taking like an Olympic sport, would, upon getting sober, hurl themselves into other extreme persuits, like marathon running, boxing or body building. So she decided to find out why some people are so all-or-nothing. Her new book is a window into the experiences of people who push their boundaries to limit, including a female bare-knuckle boxer and a forme...
Delta variant 'incredibly infectious' : WHO advisor
June 22, 2021 21:49 - 9 minutes - 9.15 MBThe Sydney case who visited Wellington sparking the latest Covid scare here has not been confirmed as having the Delta variant of the virus, but the Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says health offiicials are assuming it is. The cluster in Sydney now numbers 21 with 10 new cases just yesterday. WHO advisor and Professor of Epidemiology at the University of New South Wales, Professor Mary-Louise McLaws, says it is incredibly infectious.
Andrew Little calls for mental health 'stocktake'
June 22, 2021 21:25 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBHealth Minister Andrew Little joins Kathryn to talk about the pressure the government is under to roll out its record $1.9b investment in mental health, after revelations just $9m of $235m fund for mental health facilities has been allocated. Minister Little says he wants the funding to roll out faster, and has signalled a review of what's been achieved so far.
Wellington on high alert after Covid-visit
June 22, 2021 21:09 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBHealth authorities are scrambling to work out where a Covid-positive visitor from Australia went when he and his partner visited Wellington over the weekend June 19 - 21. Four close contacts have been identified and are isolating. Kathryn is joined by University of Otago epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker to talk about the risks to Wellingtonians. You can see the list of locations the man went to here.
How fresh is the air we breathe?
June 21, 2021 23:30 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBNew Zealanders make take it for granted that we live in a clean, green part of the world but just how fresh is the air we breathe? Many Kiwis would be surprised by what we're breathing in, says analytical chemist Dr Joel Rindelaub.
Book review: Books Do Furnish a Life by Richard Dawkins
June 21, 2021 22:35 - 4 minutes - 4.57 MBSonja de Friez reviews Books Do Furnish a Life by Richard Dawkins, published by Penguin Random House
Sir Michael Cullen on a distinguished career and Labour's highs and lows
June 21, 2021 22:05 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBSir Michael Cullen has had a long and distinguished career in academia, politics and business. The former Labour finance minister, deputy Prime Minister and close confidant of Helen Clark is best known for introducing the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, also known as the Cullen Fund; Kiwi Saver and the Working for Families package. As senior whip when the Fourth Labour Government came to power in 1984, he had a ringside seat to the era of Rogernomics, and the implosion of the relationsh...
M.bovis: inhumane and traumatising - new study
June 21, 2021 21:30 - 9 minutes - 8.3 MBA study of the psycho-social impact of M.bovis on Southland's rural communities had found the Government's response was bureaucratic, inhumane and traumatising to farmers. The University of Otago study also found MPI ignored local knowledge, including that of rural vets. Researchers at the University's Rural Health department presented their two year findings in Winton last night, with MPI present. Gathered farmers were told the intrusive, impractical and inhumane nature of MPI's eradica...
Trawl fishing to be banned, new protected areas for Hauraki Gulf
June 21, 2021 21:05 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBTrawl fishing will be largely banned and 18 new protection areas created in the Hauraki Gulf under a proposal released by the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries, David Parker, this morning. The Hauraki Gulf covers an area of more than 1.2 million hectare stretching from Mangawhai in the north, to Waihi on the Coromandel Peninsula with more than 50 islands including Great Barrier and Waiheke. David Parker says getting the sustainability of the Hauraki Gulf right could set a precedent for r...
Healthy nutrition for women at every stage
June 20, 2021 23:36 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBAustralia's national science agency CSIRO has a new book focusing on lifelong nutrition for women - The CSIRO Women's Health and Nutrition Guide.
Book review: Rangikura by Tayi Tibble
June 20, 2021 22:38 - 7 minutes - 6.47 MBPaul Diamond reviews Rangikura by Tayi Tibble, published by VUP.
Envoy: Shark Cull - Andre Borell
June 20, 2021 22:17 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBAlthough some are protected and endangered, off Australia's east coast sharks are also culled - according to a new documentary. Narrated by Eric Bana, Envoy: Shark Cull is about the world's longest running coastal shark safety programmes. Shark nets and drum lines have been in place since the 1930s in Queensland and in New South Wales, with the stated aim of keeping swimmers safe. The film delivers the message that shark protection programmes aren't just counter-productive and cruel, the...
Tokomaru Bay flood evacuees
June 20, 2021 22:07 - 9 minutes - 9.11 MBKathryn speaks to Tokomaru Bay residents affected by flooding in the area, including Rick Whaitiri - from Arthur Street in Tokomaru Bay who says it was like a dam burst through his property, washing away his sister's caravan. She'll also talk to Irena Smith and Kevin McKay.
Wellington Spatial Plan: Heritage or new houses?
June 20, 2021 21:34 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBA controversial plan to create more homes for a growing population in Wellington is back on the council's table, with another version of the 30 year Spatial Plan released last week, to be voted on this Thursday. The latest iteration increased the areas of houses protected due to their character, to the dismay of people who want to see more growth in the city. But character areas will be reduced by 60 percent compared to now under the plan. Key to the creation of the spatial plan, which w...
Clean-up begins in Tokomaru Bay
June 20, 2021 21:31 - 3 minutes - 3.15 MBA big clean-up is underway in Tokomaru Bay on the East Coast following a weekend deluge of more than 200mm of rain in 24 hours. Kathryn speaks to Gisborne Regional Civil Defence Group Controller David Wilson.
Kiwi households struggle to pay power bills amid price hikes
June 20, 2021 21:09 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBRising power prices have are placing Kiwi households under pressure, with 18 per cent reporting a struggle to pay bills over the past year. Consumer NZ's most recent survey found 16 per cent of people had missed paying their power bill by the due date, 12 per cent had overdue fees as a result and one in ten said they'd been refused service by a power company because of missed payments.There's no requirement for retailers to supply power, and in 2020 there were more than 12,500 disconnect...
Book review: Temporary by Hilary Leichter
June 17, 2021 22:38 - 6 minutes - 5.62 MBBriar Lawry from Unity Books reviews Temporary by Hilary Leichter, published by Faber.
Tara Mulvany: addicted to long trips
June 17, 2021 22:07 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBTara Mulvany is the first woman to circumnavigate New Zealand's three main islands by sea kayak. She has also ticked off the first ever circumnavigation by sea kayak of the high Arctic Svalbard archipelago, clocking up 40 polar bear encounters over 2,200kms of paddling in 71 days. Tara admits to being addicted to long trips. Her latest long expedition was a two and a half month walk from Nelson Lakes to Fiordland. Tara is appearing at the Mountain Film Festival in Wanaka on June 27th and...
Data company brings "intelligent eye" to managing herd health
June 17, 2021 21:40 - 8 minutes - 7.61 MBA Dunedin data company has brought high-tech analytics to the dairy farm in an effort to help farmers detect lameness in cows. Powered by artificial intelligence software, Iris Data Science's cameras collect tens of thousands of data points from cows leaving the milking shed each day, and use them to monitor the health of each cow. The company has adapted the technology it used when creating the world’s first sheep facial recognition system - this time to help with the early detection ...
Fish dumping ban "biggest change to management in 100 years"
June 17, 2021 21:08 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBFisheries scientist says the Government's move to ban commercial fishing skippers throwing unwanted catch overboard is is the biggest change to fisheries management in 100 years. The Minister for Oceans and Fisheries David Parker, has announced law changes requiring commercial skippers to bring their total catch back to port. Cameras will be put on 300 vessels over four years to enforce the new rules, at a cost of $68 million. The changes follow a damming report in 2016 by Mike Heron QC,...
Understanding Generation Alpha: Kids born between 2010 and 2024
June 16, 2021 23:30 - 20 minutes - 19 MBThere are the Builders, the Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z. But what about the youngest kids today - and the ones that are yet to be born over the next few years? Mark McCrindle is a social researcher who helped create their moniker: Generation Alpha.
GDP up 1.6% - NZ avoids recession
June 16, 2021 23:07 - 5 minutes - 5.22 MBThe country's economy grew by 1.6 per cent in the first quarter of this year - much higher than economists had predicted. The rise follows a 1 percent drop in the December 2020 quarter and captures the ten days of Auckland level 3 lockdown in February/early March. Kathryn speaks with Gyles Beckford, RNZ Business Editor.