Nine To Noon
6,273 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 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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Police admit "unacceptable" delays in firearm licence renewals
April 28, 2021 21:38 - 10 minutes - 9.26 MBPolice have admitted the ongoing delays in processing firearms licence applications and renewals are unacceptable and they are working on solutions to reduce the waitlist. Hunters have been frustrated by months-long delays forcing some to sit the season out. Police are working through a backlog of 8,788 firearm licence applications, and are asking people to apply for renewals at least four months ahead of the expiry date. However in answer to questions in parliament recently, the Ministe...
Call to train teachers in neuro-science
April 28, 2021 21:09 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBA group of North Island principals say teachers need to be trained in the neuro-science behind learning and behavioural difficulties to stop disruption in the classroom and cut the numbers of children being suspended or excluded from school. The Mana Primary Principals' Association - made up of 30 schools - says there's not enough support for children with additional needs and the way teacher aides are funded needs a massive overhaul. They say it's time to ditch the current funding model...
New festival brings private and public galleries together
April 27, 2021 23:47 - 11 minutes - 11 MBNext month, 15 public and private art galleries in Wellington will come together in a new arts festival to showcase work by various artists from around Aotearoa. Face to Face: Portrait Festival opens on the 27th of May with nine dealer galleries and six public galleries aiming to demystify and increase access to contemporary art. It'll run over four days, with free exhibitions, tours and talks, with a headline event on the Saturday night which will see the dealer galleries stay open till...
The Gardener's Journal
April 27, 2021 23:31 - 15 minutes - 14 MBIt's more than a decade since Margaret Long's first edition of the Gardener's Journal was published, and the publication has proved so popular the ninth volume is now out. Margaret Long's passion for gardening includes not only tending her own property, Frensham Gardens in Canterbury, but previously she has also taken guided tours to some of the UK's best gardens. The Gardener's Journal features articles from guest writers and cover a range of subjects - including landscape and design, a...
Book Review: Answering to the Caul by Ted Dawe
April 27, 2021 22:36 - 3 minutes - 3.43 MBHarry Ricketts reviews Answering to the Caul by Ted Dawe, published by Mangakino University Press.
'How I Felt': Chris Parker - International Comedy Festival
April 27, 2021 22:07 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBChris Parker is an award-winning comedian, whose sold-out show 'How I Felt' opens next week at the International Comedy Festival. He's also an actor, appearing in Golden Boy and Baby Done, as well as a writer for Funny Girls, Jono and Ben and 7 Days. Chris is also well-known on Instagram for his live videos during lockdown where he began felting small woodland animals out of wool - an experience he has now turned into 'How I Felt'. He speaks with Kathryn about making the best out of the ...
Flights to India suspended, 'drums of war' warning
April 27, 2021 21:49 - 10 minutes - 9.37 MBAustralia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about the decision by Australia to cancel all flights to and from India until May 15 and to send equipment to help the country fight its horrific Covid infection rate. One of Australia's most senior bureaucrats in national security has alarmed the rest of the security community by issuing an Anzac Day message to his departmental staff warning Australia's should realise the "drums of war" were beating closer in the region. And ...
Legal action to protect public access to NZ's largest farm
April 27, 2021 21:37 - 8 minutes - 7.99 MBLegal proceedings have been filed in the High Court to try to secure public access to New Zealand's largest farm. Molesworth Station runs through the heart of the upper South Island, 185,000 hectare high country farm. The land is owned by the Crown and managed by the Department of Conservation and is open to the public between October and May. However Public Access New Zealand says the restrictions are too great and the public should have access to Molesworth Recreation Reserve and the i...
Fish & Game 'plagued' by poor governance, needs restructure
April 27, 2021 21:08 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBA scathing review of Fish and Game has found poor governance, conflicts of interest and division between head office and the regions. The review was commissioned last year by the former Minister of Conservation, Eugenie Sage, amid concerns the organisation's structure was not working well. Fish & Game represents game bird hunters and sports fishers nationally. It consists of 12 regional councils with a national Fish & Game Council. The review says there are too many governors, unclear re...
Trust in news, NZ on Air gets first news boss
April 26, 2021 23:49 - 9 minutes - 8.69 MBMedia commentator Atakohu Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about a new report coming this week into which New Zealand media organisations are the most trusted. New Zealand on Air has just appointed its first head of journalism to run its new $55m public interest journalism fund and where does the term 'crash blossom' come from? Dr Atakohu Middleton is a lecturer in school of communication studies at AUT and a journalist.
Moving New Zealand's food story beyond "a paddock in the ocean"
April 26, 2021 23:35 - 14 minutes - 13 MBNew Zealand's colonial history as "provider for the motherland" - especially during the World Wars - has left us without a 'food story' of our own, says Angela Clifford from the not-for-profit Eat New Zealand. To create our own 'food story' that reflects who we are as a country, New Zealand food industry players need to pull together and better connect with what's original and indigenous to this place, she tells Kathryn Ryan.
Political commentators Stephen Mills & Brigitte Morten
April 26, 2021 23:06 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBStephen and Brigitte join Kathryn to look at the big shakeup of the health system and the risks for the government if it doesn't result in better service delivery. Will race be a big issue in the 2023 election, given decisions made on establishing a MÄori Health Authority and how to resolve IhumÄtao, and why did Labour vote to keep the waka-jumping law? Stephen Mills is the executive director of UMR Research , which is the polling firm used by Labour. He is former political adviser to tw...
Book review: Tall Bones by Anna Bailey
April 26, 2021 22:41 - 3 minutes - 3.12 MBCatriona Ferguson reviews Tall Bones by Anna Bailey, published by Penguin Random House.
Breeding prize orchids: Allan Rae
April 26, 2021 22:11 - 29 minutes - 27 MBChampion orchid breeder Allan Rae is so fascinated with these flowering beauties he's created his own. They're all in the orange and gold colour range, and he has registered fifteen plants with the Royal Horticultural Society. You could say these are fifteen miracles; according to Allan "it's like trying to breed a child who's going to be an All Black". Allan is a founding member of the Manawatu Orchid Society, heads the organisation of the National Orchid Expo, has served on the Orchid ...
Environmental cost of healthcare's 'secret' toxic waste
April 26, 2021 21:42 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBMedics and chemical engineers are calling for safe and effective disposal of hospital waste. Anaesthetic gas alone rivals the carbon footprint of long haul flights, with emissions from a single hospital in New Zealand equaling five hundred return flights between Auckland and London. Kathryn Ryan speaks with Dr Rob Burrell and Associate Professor Dr Saeid Baroutian, who are calling for improved monitoring and the investment in technology to properly dispose of toxic hospital waste. Dr Rob...
The future of local government under review
April 26, 2021 21:07 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBA sweeping review of local government has been announced. Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta says it will look at what local government does, how, and how it pays for it. Already the government is planning to remove councils of their core responsibilities through the three water and resource management reforms. This as councils across the country are crying out for more funding to allow them to get on with the job. So just what will the review achieve, and how? Jim Palmer is a retir...
Unity Books review: Black Brother, Black Brother
April 22, 2021 22:39 - 5 minutes - 4.6 MBBriar Lawry from Unity Books reviews Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes, published by Orion.
Helen Macdonald Vesper Flights
April 22, 2021 22:06 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBAcclaimed British nature writer Helen Macdonald's new book Vesper Flights is a collection of forty-one essays, some new and some older. They have a unifying concern for the world's sixth great extinction, landscapes growing emptier each year; somehow becoming less than when we were children. These stories are also an exploration of humans' ability to connect with animals, and crucially are a rallying cry to fight to save them. Helen is famous for her best selling 2015 book H is for Hawk....
Teddy bear's tale documents true story of Kiwi bomber squadron
April 22, 2021 21:40 - 10 minutes - 9.38 MBA new children's book tells the little-known tale of a teddy bear that travelled the world with a New Zealand air squadron that fought in World War Two. Flight Lieutenant Henry Fanshaw was the official mascot of Number 75 Squadron, first formed during the First World War and made a 'New Zealand' squadron of the Royal Air Force in 1940. It flew more missions than any other Allied heavy bomber unit during the second world war. The story of the Squadron and the airmen is told through the ey...
Measuring methane from space a step closer
April 22, 2021 21:28 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBA joint US-NZ space mission operation, MethaneSat aims to help tackle climate change through a methane-tracking satellite. It is the first New Zealand government funded space mission, with a $26 million investment. The Minister of Research, Science and Innovation, Megan Woods, has announced this morning that Mission Control for the project will be permanently based at Auckland University's Te Pūnaha Ātea-Auckland Space Institute, with the help of Rocket Lab. Dr Sara Mikaloff-Fletcher is ...
Bus chaos "frustrating": Wellington Regional Council
April 22, 2021 21:09 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBThere is more disruption for Wellington commuters with 100 bus drivers on strike and 26 bus routes not running, frustrating the Greater Wellington Regional Council which manages the city's bus contracts. NZ Bus and the Tramways Union have been in negotiations for weeks over a new collective agreement. The bus company had rejected an offer from the Wellington Regional Council to fund a living wage adjustment. The bus drivers began a 24 hour strike at 4 o'clock this morning - the bus compa...
Starstruck, Creamerie, My Love
April 21, 2021 23:50 - 9 minutes - 8.29 MBFilm and TV reviewer Tamar Munch joins Kathryn to talk about Starstruck,a new BBC production written and starring New Zealand comedian Rose Matafeo. She'll also look at dystopian comedy Creamerie, which is screening now on TVNZ on Demand and My Love, a six part documentary series about true love stories on Netflix.
A journey into the teen brain
April 21, 2021 23:31 - 18 minutes - 25.1 MBParents of teenagers often wonder what has happened to their child's brain. They may be moody, not understanding or appearing to care about consequences, they may struggle to maintain focus, and may be very self-absorbed! Neuroscience educator and parenting expert, Nathan Wallis says during adolescence, parts of the teenage brain are "shut for renovations". He says understanding the changes that are taking place for the adolescent will help parents successfully navigate these important a...
Apple unveils new kit, will tech cope with DHB shakeup?
April 21, 2021 23:06 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBTechnology commentator Paul Matthews joins Kathryn to look at another of Apple's mega-events where the company revealed new products and where it's going. HomePod is on its way to New Zealand, there's new physical tracking tech, but online tracking has been dumped. And after the big shakeup to the health sector announced yesterday, what challenges will it bring from a tech perspective?
Book Review - Hot Stew by Fiona Mozley
April 21, 2021 22:37 - 5 minutes - 5.02 MBJessie Bray Sharpin reviews Hot Stew by Fiona Mozley, published by Hachette NZ.
A car crash killed three teenage mates: Lech Blaine's memoir
April 21, 2021 22:09 - 28 minutes - 26 MBLech Blaine was 17 when he was involved in a head on collision in Queensland that killed three of his friends and left two on life support. He walked away totally unscathed - physically - and into intense media scrutiny and a frenzy on social media. His default setting for dealing with his grief and survivors' guilt was stoicism and alcohol, which lead to depression and breakdown. He has written a stunning memoir simply called Car Crash.
PM caught in row, clubs say sorry over failed Super League
April 21, 2021 21:53 - 6 minutes - 6.2 MBUK correspondent Matt Dathan joins Kathryn to look at Prime Minister Boris Johnson's promise to Sir James Dyson last year to "fix" a tax rule as the government sought more ventilators at the height of the pandemic. And the owners of Liverpool and Manchester United football clubs have apologised to fans for signing up to the controversial European Super League, which looks now to be all but dead.
Call for clothing industry to have product stewardship scheme
April 21, 2021 21:40 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBThe clothing and textiles industry is among the world's worst carbon-emitters - now the government is being urged to consider bringing textile recycling within its product stewardship scheme. Currently six products have been designated as a priority, including: plastic packaging, tyres, e-waste, agrichemicals, refrigerants and farm plastics. The fashion industry contributes 10 per cent of annual global carbon emissions - that's more than all international flights and maritime shipping co...
Dissecting the health reforms
April 21, 2021 21:07 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBThe chair of the country's largest District Health Board, the Auckland DHB, has thrown his support behind the sweeping reform of the health sector unveiled by the government yesterday. All district health boards will be scrapped and replaced one new authority, Health NZ, which will plan health services for the whole country. A new MÄori Health Authority, with the power to directly commission health services for tangata whenua will also be established. Pat Snedden has been chair of the AH...
Sisters remembering farm tales from childhood
April 20, 2021 23:30 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBSisters Jennifer Somervell and Margery Fern are celebrating the launch of the sixth in their Tales From The Farm picture book series. Margery's illustrations help embellish Jennifer's rhyming tales of growing up on a farm in Hawkes Bay in the the 1970s. Here, as children they got involved in family farm adventures. The tales are deeply historical and form the basis of school visits to instill a love of reading in primary age children.
Book Review - Felt by Johanna Emeney
April 20, 2021 22:40 - 3 minutes - 3.35 MBChris Tse reviews Felt by Johanna Emeney, published by Massey University Press.
The Abundant Garden, Niva and Yotam Kay
April 20, 2021 22:10 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBNiva and Yotam Kay have produced what's being welcomed as a "go-to guide to gardening". Their book The Abundant Garden will be appreciated by established as well as budding food growers.
US correspondent Ron Elving - reaction to Derek Chauvin guilty verdict
April 20, 2021 21:50 - 4 minutes - 3.9 MBRon talks to Kathryn about how crowds outside a Minneapolis court have reacted to former police officer Derek Chauvin's conviction for murdering George Floyd.
Health reforms - expert reaction
April 20, 2021 21:30 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBKathryn canvasses reaction from the health sector with Dr Rawiri Jansen, a member the Māori pandemic group, Te Rōpū Whakakaupapa Urutā ; Sarah Dalton from the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists; Dr Sue Crengle who was on the Māori Expert Advisory Group, and Dr Matire Harwood whose research focuses on tacking inequalities in Māori health.
Health Minister on reforms: 'A truly national health service'
April 20, 2021 21:20 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBThe sweeping health reforms outlined today have gone further than what was recommended by the expert panel review of the health and disability sector chaired by Heather Simpson. Health Minister Andrew Little tells Kathryn the new system will be a "truly national health service".
Biggest shake up of health sector for decades - DHBs gone
April 20, 2021 21:15 - 5 minutes - 5.04 MBIn the most radical shake up of the health system in decades, the country's 20 District Health Boards are being scrapped. The Health Minister Andrew Little has announced details to health leaders in parliament this morning. A single new body, Health NZ will replaced the DHBs which run services for individual areas around the country. A new Maori Health Authority is to be established, to policies for Maori health and to decide on and fund those who will deliver services.The country's 30 ...
Guilty verdict in Derek Chauvin - George Floyd murder trial
April 20, 2021 21:07 - 8 minutes - 7.7 MBThe former Minneapolis police officer on trial for the murder of George Floyd has been found guilty of second degree murder. Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds last May.
Media commentator Andrew Holden - news outlet diversity
April 19, 2021 23:45 - 10 minutes - 9.79 MBMajor appointments around the world see a welcome increase in diversity of major news outlets. This includes, Discovery (owner of TV3 announcing their Australasian leadership team and the Senior Director (News) for New Zealand is Sarah Bristow. Reuters also has its first-ever woman as Editor-in-Chief in the 170-year history of the global news agency.
The Kiwi company whose wearable tech is helping elite athletes
April 19, 2021 23:35 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBA Christchurch-based company has created wearable technology to help elite athletes perform better and recover faster. Myovolt's pads for backs, shoulders, arms and legs, deliver focal vibration treatment to promote circulation and stimulate nerves - and are designed to be comfortable to wear.
Book Review - The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
April 19, 2021 22:35 - 6 minutes - 6.18 MBRalph McAllister reviews The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin, published by Doubleday, Ralph says: this is a heart rending story of a relationship which is expressed through art and love between two women. First novel from a writer of huge promise.
Rick Gekoski - Rare books and Darke Matter
April 19, 2021 22:07 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBAuthor, Mann Booker prize judge and chair, and rare book dealer Rick Gekoski turned to writing novels at the tender age of 72. Darke Matter is his most recent.
Renaissance of psychedelic drug research
April 19, 2021 21:35 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBCould LSD or other psychedelic drugs be used to treat depression, addiction and some mental health disorders?. Associate Professor Suresh Muthukumaraswamy, from the University of Auckland's School of Pharmacy is a Neuro-Psycho-Pharmacologist and an expert in brain imaging.
Hunters risk missing out on season as gun licence delays contin
April 19, 2021 21:08 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBHunters in New Zealand are becoming increasingly frustrated as months-long delays in the processing of firearm licence renewals is forcing some hunters to sit the season out.
The rocky road of light rail in Auckland
April 18, 2021 23:48 - 10 minutes - 9.59 MBBill McKay looks at the announcement of a new Light Rail Establishment Unit to investigate options for a new transit system and what it could mean for the city as a whole. Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland.
Nicola Galloway with recipes for the autumnal produce
April 18, 2021 23:37 - 9 minutes - 9.02 MBAutumn brings an exciting array of produce in the garden that will be ripe for the picking. Nicola Galloway is a food writer and author of Homegrown Kitchen. Seasonal produce is at the heart of her cooking, making use of what's at the local market and growing in her own Nelson garden. She joins Kathryn to share a few recipes and talk about apples and pears, and pumpkins.
Book review: First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami
April 18, 2021 22:40 - 4 minutes - 4.31 MBPhil Vine reviews First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami, published by Penguin Random House.
A farmer's journey from traditional to regenerative farming
April 18, 2021 22:06 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBJono Frew is the co-founder of a network Quorum Sense which brings farmers together to share knowledge about regenerative farming systems. Jono is an award-winning farm manager and has a background in dairy, arable and sheep and beef. He comes from a family of agrichemical applicators and contractors, but is now passionate about transforming the health and resilience of soil and the complex eco-sytems that depend on it. He will be speaking next month at the Boma NZ Agri Summit.
Canada correspondent Salimah Shivji
April 18, 2021 21:54 - 5 minutes - 4.76 MBCanada is firmly in the grips of a third covid-19 wave, with infections skyrocketing in many parts of the country amid more lockdown measures and growing frustration.
As Trans-Tasman bubble opens, who will fill MIQ spaces?
April 18, 2021 21:41 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBThe trans-Tasman bubble is open and hundreds of MIQ spaces are now available going forward - so who will fill them? The government estimated opening the bubble would free up between 1000 and 1300 rooms per fortnight within Managed Isolation and Quarantine, although roughly 500 spaces would be retained as a contingency should they be needed. The extra space has raised the hopes of migrants who have been apart from their families during the pandemic, that they may finally be able to get th...
Cancer treatment delays devastating families
April 18, 2021 21:09 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBThe Cancer Society says there are chronic problems with cancer treatment in most of our DHBs with unacceptably long wait times for surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Data collected by the Health Ministry show only three out of twenty DHBs are meeting targets to treat patients with a "high suspicion" of cancer within two months. In Southland, Kathryn Harper was diagnosed with lung cancer in January, which would have been curable, but ongoing delays meant that by March, the tumour was...