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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Fiona Murphy: The Shape of Sound
April 06, 2021 22:06 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBFiona Murphy is an award winning poet and essayist whose new memoir The Shape of Sound explores her experience of being deaf. She was in her first year of school when a hearing test confirmed she was profoundly deaf in her left ear. She has limited hearing in her other ear, and has recently learned she will eventually lose her hearing completely. Fiona says for two decades she did her best to keep her deafness invisible, and it was only in her late 20s that she began identifying as Deaf ...
Australians welcome travel bubble, claim vaccine import blocked
April 06, 2021 21:50 - 8 minutes - 7.89 MBAustralia correspondent Annika Smethurst looks at how news of a trans-Tasman travel bubble has been received in Australia, with the quarantine-free travel set to begin on April 19 with all states except Western Australia. She'll also talk about Scott Morrison's claim that 3.1 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine have been blocked from coming to Australia. Just 850,000 doses of Covid vaccine has been administered across the country - well short of the 4 million doses the Government ha...
The building blocks of a career in robotics: from Lego to NASA
April 06, 2021 21:32 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBAucklander Joseph Bowkett is living his dream, working as a robotics technologist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab. After completing an undergraduate degree in engineering at the University of Auckland, Joseph Bowkett moved to the US to pursue a PhD in mechanical engineering at Caltech in Los Angeles. First an intern through his PhD and now a permanent employee at NASA, Joseph Bowkett specialises in functional autonomy for robotic tasks, currently working on NASA's mission on Mars and on a p...
Trans-Tasman bubble: tourism sector relief
April 06, 2021 21:08 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBThe tourism industry is heaving a sign of relief with the prospect of the border opening with Australia in less than two weeks. Australians made up 40-percent of tourists in 2019, spending two billion dollars. Their spending is forecast to recover to about 80-percent of that by early next year. Kathryn speaks with Grant Webster, Chief Executive of Tourism Holdings Limited, which owns Maui and Britz campervans and has two tourism businesses, Discover Waitomo, and Kiwi Experience. Its reve...
Political commentators Jones & Sherson
April 05, 2021 23:06 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBPolitical commentators Neale Jones and Trish Sherson talk to Kathryn about what is likely up for consideration in the upcoming budget, all eyes are on today's travel bubble announcement,and is pressure mounting on Labour to do more to ease the housing crisis? Neale Jones was Chief of Staff to Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern, and prior to that was Chief of Staff to Andrew Little. He is the director of Capital Government Relations. Trish Sherson is from corporate affairs firm Sherson Willis, ...
Book review: My Rock n Roll Friend by Tracey Thorn
April 05, 2021 22:41 - 4 minutes - 4.34 MBKiran Dass reviews My Rock n Roll Friend by Tracey Thorn, published by Canongate.
Max Laver: from building boats to shaping dinghies in Piopio
April 05, 2021 22:08 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBMax Laver's always been a maker. Even as his child - the go-carts he constructed were more like chariots. He's turned his passion into a living, making fibreglass dinghies, tables for children, and setting up a business creating carbon tipping bins for the trucking industry. Max had lived all around the world before, on a rainy day in Ireland, he decided to take a job in Tauranga 18 years ago. Now he and his family live between Omokoroa near Tauranga, and Piopio a tiny town near Te Kuiti...
How Akld's lockdown improved Ngāti Whatua Orakei's outreach
April 05, 2021 21:39 - 13 minutes - 11.9 MBNgāti Whātua Ōrākei's social development arm Whai Māia helps 10,000 people with primary care in health, housing, aged care and a range of other social needs in Auckland. Whai Māia CEO Rangimarie Hunia, credits the Covid 19 pandemic with being a powerful connector of the community. She says the city's Covid lockdowns have not only crystallised the iwi's view of the needs of so many people, but also how to help them more efficiently. This includes delivering kai and kai vouchers, and onlin...
Proliferation in online financial and cryptocurrency scams
April 05, 2021 21:08 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBThe Financial Markets Authority says it has issued 30 per cent more warnings in relation to scams so far this year, compared to last year. The FMA already issued 19 alerts this year, in an effort to prevent people from investing in financial products or services that aren't registered or regulated, and are suspected of being fraudulent. Kathryn discusses with Ronji Tanielu, a policy analyst with the Salvation Army who says he's seen a lot of damage in the communities he works with caused...
Parenting: supporting rainbow students
March 31, 2021 22:48 - 15 minutes - 21.7 MBSenior Researcher at the New Zealand Council for Educational Research Mohamed Alansari tells Lynn Freeman about a survey and research to support rainbow students and communities.
The Father, The Mauritanian, Total Control
March 31, 2021 22:48 - 10 minutes - 9.28 MBFilm and TV reviewer James Croot joins Lynn to talk about Anthony Hopkin's new movie The Father (in cinemas), while his former Silence of the Lambs co-star Jodie Foster tackles the real-life story of Mohamedou Ould Salahi in The Mauritanian (Amazon Prime Video). He'll also look at Australian political drama Total Control (Acorn TV) and the new series of Line of Duty (TVNZ1).
Employees' cyber smarts and the phone market bounces back
March 31, 2021 22:07 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBTechnology correspondent Bill Bennett joins Lynn to look at the new research that's found a big discrepancy in what employers think their workers know about cyber security - and what they actually know. What is Fleeceware and how can it end up costing people large amounts for online services that aren't all that great and the New Zealand phone market has made a comeback - but which models still aren't available in New Zealand?
Book review: Bad Habits by Flynn Meaney
March 31, 2021 21:43 - 2 minutes - 2.68 MBLouise Ward of Wardini Books reviews Bad Habits by Flynn Meaney, published by Penguin Random House
From child refugee to trailblazing journalist: Hella Pick
March 31, 2021 21:06 - 37 minutes - 34 MBHella Pick was just 10 years old when she arrived in Britain from Vienna in 1939 as part of a kindertransport for Jewish children following Hitlers annexation of Austria. Her mother managed to get a visa and joined her three months later. Hella Pick defied expectations that she would become a teacher, instead going to the London School of Economics, and beginning a career in journalism, initially reporting from West Africa as country after country cut colonial ties and became independent...
UK Covid rules relaxed, UK race report, Cameron's lobbying
March 31, 2021 20:51 - 8 minutes - 7.51 MBUK correspondent Matthew Parris joins Lynn to look at how a mini-heatwave has arrived in time for the relaxation of Covid restrictions as new research finds nearly half of Britons have Covid anti-bodies and another study suggests the list of countries green-lit for travel could be doubled. A review by the British government finds the UK is "no longer" rigged against people from ethnic minorities, and how did former UK PM David Cameron get caught in a classic lobbying scandal?
Siouxsie Wiles named NZer of the Year
March 31, 2021 20:40 - 10 minutes - 9.93 MBDr Siouxsie Wiles has become a household name in the last year - thanks to Covid 19. The microbiologist and head of University of Auckland's Bioluminescent Superbugs Lab has always been a brilliant science communicator - appearing fornightly on this programme for the past nine years, explaining in plain language everything from why fireflies and glow worms glow, to the future of local anaesthesia. But it's her common sense, calm and clear analysis and commentary during the coronavirus pa...
Doctors push for Pasifika vaccination awareness
March 31, 2021 20:27 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MBCould the focus on the Covid vaccine overshadow the need for protection against other serious diseases - including flu and measles? There is disquiet in Pasifika medical circles that the spotlight is so much on the pandemic vaccination schedule that many vulnerable people will not keep up with getting innoculated for other potentially deadly illness. Lynn Freeman talks to Dr Monica Nua-George, clinical director at a Pacific health clinic in Christchurch - Etu Pasifika and Dr Hinamaha Lut...
Otago power users face hike after CommComm decision
March 31, 2021 20:08 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBJust as winter starts to bite, power users through central Otago and Dunedin have had confirmation they'll have to wear the cost of improving the region's electricity network. The Commerce Commission has released its final decision into Aurora Energy's plan to recoup costs for making the network safe and dependable - which will require an extra $563m over the next five years. The company underinvested in maintenance over the years, leading to many outages. Lynn speaks with Clyde resident...
Arts with Mark Amery: A reappraisal of art history
March 30, 2021 22:47 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBMark joins Kathryn to talk about this week's announcement City Gallery in Wellington will host a major exhibition of the work of Swedish modern artist, Hilma af Klint. He also looks at the work of a different sort of 20th century icon at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery - painter Peter McIntyre - and a pairing of his work with photographer daughter Sara. Then it’s off briefly to City Gallery Wellington for a whole exhibition reappraising art history, where art history itself is the sub...
Make your move at the boardgame cafe
March 30, 2021 22:26 - 20 minutes - 19 MBEmma Smart runs Wellington Counter Culture Board Game Cafe and Bar with her partner Ahmed Bulbulia. It has over nine-hundred board games from all around the world, plus food and drinks. Emma tells Kathryn it's the scene of friendly rivalry, fierce competition, family feuds, and romance, where you can play as many games as you like for three hours.
Book review: Time to Remember by Janna Ruth
March 30, 2021 21:40 - 4 minutes - 4.46 MBZoe Fletcher reviews Time to Remember by Janna Ruth, published by Janna Ruth.
Amazon's influence in America
March 30, 2021 21:07 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBHeadquartered in Seattle, Amazon is the second-biggest private workplace in the United States behind Walmart, employing more than 800 thousand people. It's CEO, Jeff Bezos, is the richest person alive, and the company has just had its most profitable year in history as more people than ever shopped online due to the coronavirus pandemic. Alec MacGillis is an award winning journalist for ProPublica, whose work has previously appeared in The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun and the New R...
Brisbane Covid outbreak, Cabinet reshuffle shifts women up
March 30, 2021 20:55 - 4 minutes - 3.8 MBAustralia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about the latest Covid outbreak in Brisbane which may have spread to northern New South Wales after a nurse and her sister attended a hens' party in Byron Bay. The outbreak's prompted concerns over the rate of vaccination for health workers, as the nurse wasn't vaccinated. Scott Morrison has reshuffled his Cabinet to try to stem the political haemorrhaging from the ongoing row over the treatment of women, following multiple ra...
A serious shortage of Māori and Pasifika midwives
March 30, 2021 20:42 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MBA Māori midwife says National midwifery services have been falling short of meeting the needs of Māori and Pasifika women whose pregnancies are overepresented in still birth and neonatal death. The Government has just announced a new initiative aimed at attracting and retaining MÄori and Pasifika midwives and addressing racial inequalities. It includes the te ara Å Hine programme which funds a student with support/pastoral care at each of the five midwifery education providers .Auckland ...
Climate Commission plans: sectors push back
March 30, 2021 20:09 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBThe Climate Change Commission has begun the task of considering 10,000 submissions on its draft blueprint for the government for cutting greenhouse gas emissions in line with our commitment to the Paris Climate Accord. Three new national emissions reduction targets are proposed which will ramp up to 36 per cent each year between 2030 and 2035. The recommendations include an almost total transition to electric cars as soon as 2035, including banning petrol car imports; banning gas connect...
Sir William Manchester: Farm boy to pioneering plastic surgeon
March 29, 2021 22:20 - 24 minutes - 22 MBSir William Manchester grew up on a farm in south Canterbury, serving in the army during World War Two and training under some of the great plastic surgery pioneers - including New Zealander Sir Harold Gillies. Upon his return to New Zealand, he was instrumental in the development of Burwood Hospital's burns unit, and later set up a plastic surgery unit at Middlemore hospital, going on to train generations of young surgeons and nurses. A new book that chronicles his life, called Perfecti...
Book Review - Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka
March 29, 2021 21:40 - 3 minutes - 3.56 MBCatriona Ferguson reviews Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka.
The New York hotel that 'set women free'
March 29, 2021 21:09 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBThe Barbizon Hotel in New York City opened its doors in 1928, and over more than five decades was home to a slew of famous women including Rita Hayworth, Grace Kelly, Sylvia Plath, Joan Didion, Ali MacGraw, Candice Bergen and many more. It was a hotel for women only with 720 rooms across 23 floors. They were women who came to the big apple following their dreams as aspiring writers, artists and actresses, and the Barbizon became a launching pad for some pretty big careers. Paulina Bren i...
Ports of Auckland independent review released
March 29, 2021 20:35 - 3 minutes - 3.53 MBSystemic health and safety problems have been highlighted in an independent review of Ports of Auckland which was released this morning. The review was commissioned by the Auckland Council after three deaths and multiple injuries were linked to the Ports in recent years. RNZ reporter Nita Blake-Persen has been at a press conference regarding the report.
Shipping moving again through Suez Canal
March 29, 2021 20:30 - 13 minutes - 12 MBShip horns are sounding in the Suez Canal in celebration of the successful refloating of the massive stranded container ship the Ever Given which has been blocking the waterway for almost a week. It's estimated around 400 ships are backed up waiting to continue their journeys and this backlog will take days to clear. These include container ships, oil tankers and bulk carriers, and the delays mean a range of consumer goods will take much longer to reach their destinations, including New ...
Thousands of women facing years-long wait for sperm donors
March 29, 2021 20:09 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBFertility experts say the number of people waiting for a sperm donor has more doubled over the past five years, as the wait list at one clinic in Wellington reaches about one thousand. At the same time the number of women freezing their eggs doubled - going from 50 in 2016 to 250 last year. Social infertility - is the term used to define people who are unable to get pregnant, not due to biological factors, but social. Single women and women in same-sex relationships are facing wait times...
Making the most of autumn's gold: Feijoas
March 28, 2021 22:38 - 9 minutes - 8.94 MBIt's that glorious time of year - the brief season of the feijoa is upon us. Depending on where you live in the country you might already have a glut. Sharon McNabb is based in Wellsford - north of Auckland, and she's already got bucket loads. The woman behind Get Pickled, she joins Kathryn to share a recipe for feijoa jam, and feijoa chutney.
Book review - The Divines by Ellie Eaton
March 28, 2021 21:38 - 5 minutes - 4.97 MBLaura Caygill reviews The Divines by Ellie Eaton. Published bv Hachette New Zealand,
Sydney's western suburbs 'Australian nightmare'
March 28, 2021 21:07 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBA Sydney academic is warning that too much development is happening in parts of the city which are already becoming unbearably hot. Poor design, uninsulated housing and a lack of consideration for the health effects of heat are setting up a perfect storm in Sydney, as well as other parts of the world. Sebastian Pfautsch, is an associate professor of urban studies at Western Sydney University and says the urban sprawl to arid suburbs in the city's outer west could be a ticking time bomb f...
EU tightrope act over vaccines, France & genocide complicity
March 28, 2021 20:49 - 10 minutes - 9.72 MBEurope correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Kathryn to look at the diplomatic tightrope as it tries to boost the rollout of vaccinations across the bloc, with tension with the UK and AstraZeneca dominating the headlines. As many nations struggle with a third wave, there was a small beacon of hope this weekend in Barcelona: a 5000-strong rock concert where people had a rapid Covid-test beforehand. Seamus also looks at a commission of inquiry that cleared France of complicity in the 1994 gen...
Working from home not for everyone
March 28, 2021 20:34 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBAgencies that work with victims of domestic violence are calling on employers to consider workers' safety before they push more working-from-home options. The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in more permanent work-from-home arrangements, but agencies that work with victims of domestic violence say it means some employees may well be stuck at home with their abuser. Kathryn speaks with Holly Carrington, a policy advisor for domestic violence organisation Shine.
Adults with ADHD missing out on care: Clinician
March 28, 2021 20:08 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBAround 6 percent of New Zealanders are living with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) yet many adults struggle to get diagnosis and treatment for the condition, says senior clinical psychologist Dr Dougal Sutherland. Kathryn Ryan speaks with Dr Sutherland and Darrin Bull from the not-for-profit organisation ADHD NZ.
Book review - The Death of Francis Bacon
March 25, 2021 21:40 - 2 minutes - 2.75 MBUnity Books' Briar Lawry reviews The Death of Francis Bacon by Max Porter.
The sound of global endangered habitats and wildlife
March 25, 2021 21:08 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBFor three decades sound designer and naturalist Doug Quin has traversed the globe recording natural soundscapes, with special attention on endangered and disappearing habitats, making field recordings in remote parts of the world including the Arctic, the Amazon and Antarctica.
Pacific correspondent Koro Vaka'uta
March 25, 2021 20:50 - 10 minutes - 9.74 MBThe covid-19 infection rate in Papua New Guinea continues to soar and there have been two more deaths.
What will a digital Covid vaccine passport look like?
March 25, 2021 20:25 - 19 minutes - 17.4 MBThe shape of post-pandemic travel - when it takes off - could be quite different, with the likelihood a digital Covid vaccine passport will be required before travellers even set foot on an international flight.
Brace for higher power bills amid volatile wholesale market
March 25, 2021 20:08 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MBConsumers are being warned their electricity bills will start to rise in reaction to a surge in the wholesale market.
Seven steps to success with picky eaters
March 24, 2021 22:25 - 20 minutes - 27.5 MBAs a society, we expect any meal served to automatically be eaten. But that's not logical to a child with any sort of sensory discomfort around food, says nutritional therapist Judith Yeabsley.
Book Review - Kate Edger: The life of a pioneering feminist
March 24, 2021 21:40 - 5 minutes - 4.6 MBJessie Bray Sharpin reviews Kate Edger: The life of a pioneering feminist by Diana Morrow. Published by Otago University Press.
Author Harlan Coben on turning his books into must-watch TV
March 24, 2021 21:09 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBAmerican author Harlan Coben is a #1 New York Times best-selling author. His 33 mystery and thriller novels, including Tell No One, Missing You and the 11-book Myron Bolitar series, have been published in 45 languages, with 75 million books in print world wide.
New Te Huia train service: Why the mobility scooter ban?
March 24, 2021 20:35 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBA new commuter train service, Te Huia, is set to take to the tracks in the next two weeks linking the Waikato and Auckland.
Picton locals want answers over impact of new ferries
March 24, 2021 20:09 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBPicton locals say they want answers over the impact on their town of KiwiRail’s proposed new ferries.
Dr Siouxsie Wiles on a year since lockdown 4
March 23, 2021 22:48 - 10 minutes - 9.43 MBMicrobiologist and Nine to Noon science commentator Dr Siouxsie Eiles looks at how Thursday marks a year since the country was plunged into Level 4 lockdown in an attempt to stem the rise in Covid-cases in the early stages of the pandemic. She'll look at New Zealand's response compared to other countries, how successful the vaccine rollout has been and the quirks of New Zealand's cases that are helping scientists to understand transmission better. Associate Professor Dr Siouxsie Wiles is...
Embroidery tells a story of exile from the DRC
March 23, 2021 22:32 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBLema Shamamba is an educator, artist, story teller and a community leader in the West Auckland suburb of Ranui, where she is affectionately known as 'Mama Lema'.Originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, her art portrays the conflicts of her homeland. Some of her embroidered artworks are on display at the Cuba Dupa festival in Wellington this weekend. Drawing on her art and love of gardening helped her to settle in Auckland when she arrived as a refugee with three school age child...
Book Review - The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen
March 23, 2021 21:40 - 4 minutes - 4.09 MBLouise O'Brien reviews The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Published by Hachette New Zealand.