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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Book review - No one is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
March 11, 2021 21:40 - 7 minutes - 6.7 MBAsh Davida Jane of Unity Books Wellington, reviews No one is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood published by Bloomsbury.
Rookie dragon boaters and finding the inner mongrel
March 11, 2021 21:08 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBA heart warming and funny new feature film tells the story of a group of Auckland women who rebuilt a dragon boating team despite some having never held a paddle before.
New fund to help kids in hardship access sport and recreation
March 11, 2021 20:35 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBA new $2.15m fund has been launched aimed at minimising the barriers to sport and recreation so often experienced by children living in hardship.
NGO urges swift repatriation of children with ISIS links
March 11, 2021 20:08 - 16 minutes - 15.6 MBThe humanitarian agency Save the Children is urging Western countries to swiftly repatriate the foreign women and children with links to ISIS fighters.
Tips for long-distance parenting
March 10, 2021 22:30 - 21 minutes - 30 MBAfter eighteen years of parenting, for some parents at least it might be hard to let go. So when your now young adult leaves home for tertiary education and an independent life how do you adjust and how can you support your young person during the first part of their first time living away from home?
Technology commentator Paul Matthews
March 10, 2021 22:07 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBTechnology commentator Paul Matthews joins Kathryn to talk about this week's major security alert, this time Microsoft's "Hafnium" attacks with suggestions China might be behind it.
Book review - The Liminal Space by Jacquie McRae
March 10, 2021 21:40 - 5 minutes - 5.35 MBLisa Finucane reviews The Liminal Space by Jacquie McRae, published by Huia.
Enhancing landscapes and transforming lives
March 10, 2021 21:08 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBKiri Ericsson and Kellie Benner are dedicated members of Conservation Volunteers NZ, which gets people involved in protecting and restoring local parks and reserves.
The health pressures on NZ's top sportswomen
March 10, 2021 20:35 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBA new survey has given a striking insight into the pressures that New Zealand's top female athletes are under that could compromise their health and performance.
Mental health report finds frustration and no 'roadmap'
March 10, 2021 20:07 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBTwo years after a major inquiry into mental health and addiction, how much real progress has the government made in improving wellbeing in Aotearoa?
Batty directions, heat-resistant coral and counting barnacles
March 09, 2021 22:48 - 10 minutes - 9.28 MBScience commentator Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to talk about how fruit bats navigate through their sense of smell and large eyes, rather than echolocation. Researchers have discovered a cheap way of identifying corals that are more heat-resistant and could help regenerate damaged reefs. And want to know how long an object has been drifting at sea? Count the barnacles!
Kami: Kiwi online learning company's Covid boom
March 09, 2021 22:29 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBNew Zealand children - particularly those in Auckland - will be extremely familiar by now with online learning, thanks to Covid. But their experience is well short of what other kids around the world have had to cope with. One New Zealand company has been helping to support them - finding particular success with teachers in the United States. Kami, formerly known as Notable PDF, has 24 million users worldwide, making it one of the top online learning tools. Its founders include husband a...
Book review - The Stubborn Light of Things by Melissa Harrison
March 09, 2021 21:39 - 7 minutes - 7.02 MBLeah McFall reviews The Stubborn Light of Things by Melissa Harrison, published by Allen & Unwin.
From a shaky start-up to the rise of Elon Musk's SpaceX
March 09, 2021 21:09 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBNow for the inside story of the origins of leading-edge rocket company. SpaceX is headed by business magnate Elon Musk, who designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. Elon Musk is the CEO of Tesla motors, and he has a background in industrial designing and engineering. Space editor at Ars Technica, Eric Berger is a journalist, specialising in covering astronomy, ventures into space and NASA policy, He is also a certified meteorologist, and the author of the new b...
Pressure mounts over Christian Porter rape allegation
March 09, 2021 20:52 - 7 minutes - 6.93 MBAustralia correspondent Chris Niesche joins Kathryn to look at how Prime Minister Scott Morrison is rejecting calls for an independent inquiry into a historical rape allegation against Christian Porter, the country's Attorney-General, as the woman's former sexual assault counsellor confirms she was told about the alleged attack eight years ago. What are the details of Australia's vaccine rollout - and why is Italy holding up a shipment?
Fine forecasting: super-technology speeding up America's Cup
March 09, 2021 20:35 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBNext-level weather forecasting is helping Emirates Team New Zealand steer a faster course, and helping the environment. While much of the technology interest of the America's Cup has focused on the yachts' foils, Dr Mike Williams is leading NIWA's work with Emirates Team New Zealand, providing them with sophisticated weather information which allows the crew to understand changes in wind and currents every twenty seconds during the race. Dr Williams tells Kathryn Ryan fine weather foreca...
Are interest rates on the turn?
March 09, 2021 20:08 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBInterest rates are at historic lows with many economists picking they will begin to rise in the short to medium term. Kathryn speaks with independent economist Tony Alexander.
Honest Wolf: three bags full
March 08, 2021 22:27 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBSam and Sophie Hurley are third generation sheep farmers, at Papanui Estate half an hour out of Hunterville in the Rangitikei. Their wool used to be rolled out for carpets, but with the recent downturn in demand they've spotted an opportunity to create an uptick in the wool industry. Prompted by the plastic bag ban they're producing sell-out fashionable felted woolen bags, trimmed with leather, sold under the label of Honest Wolf.
Book review - Lullaby Beach by Stella Duffy
March 08, 2021 21:45 - 4 minutes - 3.91 MBMary Fawcett of Schrödinger’s Books, Petone, reviews Lullaby Beach by Stella Duffy. Published by Little, Brown Book Group.
Melbourne gangland barrister who turned police informant
March 08, 2021 21:06 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBAn intriguing tale from the Melbourne underbelly. ABC investigative journalist Josie Taylor talks to Kathryn about the trail leading to lawyer Nicola Gobbo, who represented an infamous list of Australia's most wanted and dangerous criminals. Running alongside Ms Gobbo's legal career, she was also quietly working as a police informer -channelling information from the underworld back to Victoria Police during the Melbourne gangland violent clashes.
USA correspondent - Susan Davis
March 08, 2021 20:52 - 6 minutes - 6.31 MBSusan Davis is a congressional correspondent for NPR and a co-host of the NPR Politics Podcast.
Inspiring NZ_Pacific children to take STEM subjects
March 08, 2021 20:38 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBA new online education kit, Mātauranga seeks to inspire children in New Zealand and the Pacific to recognise the STEM intellect of early Polynesian voyagers. Sir Ian Taylor from Animation Research Ltd has developed, and is launching today a free online resource built on the tale of the Polynesian migrations across the Pacific. Schools have already been responsive.
Skyrocketing provincial rental housing, demand outstrips supply
March 08, 2021 20:08 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBThe demand for provincial rental housing is skyrocketing amid a perfect storm ensuring demand far outstrips supply. There's been recent publicity about the dire availability of properties-to let- in Tauranga, Queenstown and the Nelson region, but it is much more widespread than that. We have assembled a panel to discuss the gravity of the issue. Liz Ford is the owner and manager of Bay of Islands property management, she is based in Kerikeri. From Gisborne's economic development agency, ...
RMA replaced: what's proposed by the three new Acts?
March 07, 2021 22:48 - 10 minutes - 9.63 MBBill McKay joins Kathryn to look at what the Resource Management Act will be replaced with, and the new approach being taken. It follow's Bill's previous chat on Nine to Noon which looked at what is wrong with the RMA in practice. Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland.
Paneer cheese enterprise in Southland
March 07, 2021 22:34 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MBFarming couple Julie and Roger Guise have developed a successful business producing paneer - a fresh cottage cheese popular in Indian cuisine. The Guise's pastures provide fresh, high-quality milk which they make into paneer cheese under the MooDew label.
Book review - A Children’s Bible by Lydia Millet
March 07, 2021 21:48 - 5 minutes - 4.88 MBMelanie O'Loughlin reviews A Children’s Bible by Lydia Millet, published by W.W. Norton & Company.
New novel: the tale of real-life goldfields heroine, Kitty K
March 07, 2021 21:07 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBMargaret Mills has just published her first novel at the age of 91, based on the life of Kitty Kirk. Kitty was born in Ireland in 1855 and shipped with her mother to the Protestant settlement of Dunedin. The Nine Lives of Kitty K explores the challenges faced by women in the harsh environs of Central Otago during the goldrush. Margaret knows the areas of the book well, having lived in Queenstown for 27 years, before returning to Auckland where she campaigned for Greenpeace. In fact, she ...
A snapshot of belonging in Aotearoa
March 07, 2021 20:41 - 12 minutes - 11 MBA group formed in the aftermath of the Christchurch Mosque terror attacks has been surveying people around the country about belonging and inclusion. Inclusive Aotearoa Collective held meetings in 45 towns and cities around the country, meeting with 860 people from all backgrounds and walks of life, asking what makes people feel they belong, and what stops them from feeling that way. Project Lead for Inclusive Aotearoa Collective TÄhono Anjum Rahman and Project Facilitator Keriana Tawhiw...
Bigger Cook Strait ferries risk collision and grounding: report
March 07, 2021 20:08 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBA report into maritime safety in Tory Channel finds KiwiRail's proposed bigger interisland ferries carry a heightened risk of grounding and collision which could result in catastrophic loss of life or an oil spill. Kiwirail plans to have two new ships in operation by 2024, which would be nearly 40 metres longer and at least five metres wider than the current ships. The Marlborough District Council commissioned an assessment of navigational safety and risk in Tory Channel - the narrow wat...
Live cross to Beehive for update
March 04, 2021 22:31 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBNine to Noon crosses back to RNZ reporter Tom Kitchen on the East Coast, talks to seismologist John Townend at Victoria University to a media conference and then crosses to a media conference with National Emergency Management Agency Minister Kiri Allan, the National Controller Roger Ball and GNS seismologist Bill Fry.
RNZ reporters deliver update on East Coast, cross to Pacific
March 04, 2021 22:18 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBNorthland's Mangonui Waterfront Apartments Motel owner Daniel Thompson joins the programme, reporting the sea has changed. RNZ's Tom Kitchen is in Whangara, on the East Coast. He joined Nine to Noon with another update from Civil Defence about what's been happening through the region. RNZ Pacific's News Director Koro Vaka'uta described what's happening across the Pacific Islands in terms of tsunami warnings. In Tolaga Bay, Hinemaurea marae Chairman Zak Horomia told the programme what th...
Northland boaties heed maritime advice
March 04, 2021 22:08 - 9 minutes - 9.06 MBFisherman Ralph Stanbrook joined Nine to Noon from a boat off shore from Tutukaka in Northland, while Kate Malcom, owner of Dive! Tutukaka and joined the programme from a headland above the town.
National and Northland-based MP Shane Reti
March 04, 2021 21:58 - 3 minutes - 3.19 MBLeading up the 11am news National's deputy leader Shane Reti joined the programme from high ground in Whangarei where he could see the sea going out.
Whakatane schools evac, Nat. Crisis Management Cntr activated
March 04, 2021 21:45 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBMark Ashcroft is principal of Parua Bay School in Whangarei, which is just a couple of hundred metres from the beach. Most of his students have been collected by parents, and the rest have moved to higher ground. Whakatane High School's 1100 students have also moved to higher ground. The school's principal Martyn Knapton describes how the school body is coping. RNZ's Jane Patterson joins the programme to detail the activation of the National Crisis Management Centre, known as the Beehive...
RNZ reporters update evacuation in affected areas
March 04, 2021 21:33 - 11 minutes - 11 MBRadio New Zealand reporter Nita Blake-Persen joins the programme from Onerahi near Whangarei airport, while Country Life reporter Carol Stiles is on Great Barrier Island.
Details of evacuation in affected coastal towns
March 04, 2021 21:22 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MBOpotiki District Councillor Louis Rapihana and Opotiki Mayor Lyn Riesterer join Nine to Noon to detail the evacuation process in the town, and what activity can now be seen off the coast. Greg Shelton, Civil Defence coordinator for Tologa Bay, describes how the area has been handling its new evacuation order.
Emergency Management Minister update, Coastguard warning
March 04, 2021 21:07 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBRolling coverage continues through the morning. Minister for Emergency Management, and East Coast MP Kiri Allan provides an update on advice for those living in affected areas. Coastguard Operations Manager Rob McCaw joins Nine to Noon with advice to mariners - those at sea need to move to a depth of 100 metres or more, those close to shore need to dock and boaties need to get to higher ground.
Three significant earthquakes pose tsunami threat
March 04, 2021 20:07 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBWe have the latest earthquake update from Far North Mayor John Carter, RNZ reporter Nita Blake Persen, Whakatane mayor Judy Turner, Murphy's camp ground owner Shane Salter, Opotiki Holiday Park manager Raje Sharma, Northland Civil Defence group controller Graeme MacDonald, Te Araroa Civil Defence Controller Hal Hovell, National Emergency Management Agency director Roger Ball, Ohope resident Jody Brettkelly, Whangarei mayor Sheryl Mai and Sandy Bay resident Griff Williams. Rolling cover...
Film and TV: Supernova, Blackbird, Cousins
March 03, 2021 22:48 - 10 minutes - 9.81 MBFilm and TV reviewer James Croot joins Kathryn to talk about three new movies in the cinemas: Supernova, starring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci, Blackbird, a US drama that stars New Zealand's Sam Neill and Kiwi drama Cousins, based on the 1992 novel by Patricia Grace.
Forget ABCs - get your preschoolers moving first
March 03, 2021 22:29 - 19 minutes - 26.3 MBKathryn talks with educator, speaker and author Gill Connell about the importance of movement in getting young children ready for the classroom and learning. She says kids are born to move, and in the early years it is the body actually teaching the brain how to accept, assimilate, process, and use information. Gill's books include A Moving Child Is a Learning Child and Move Play and Learn with Smart Steps.
Why aren't there more NZ-founded companies on the Nasdaq?
March 03, 2021 22:07 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBTechnology commentator Peter Griffin joins Kathryn to talk about Rocket Lab's announcement of a merger deal that will enable it to list on the Nasdaq - why did it skip local exchanges and why is it only the second Kiwi-founded company to list on the Nasdaq, compared to Israel's 80? Who really won the pay-for-news stoush between Facebook and Australia and what is Microsoft Mesh?
Book review - The Crooked Tree by Una Mannion
March 03, 2021 21:44 - 3 minutes - 3.2 MBKiran Dass reviews The Crooked Tree by Una Mannion, published by Faber.
Dr Tobias Feakin on the challenges of cyber-diplomacy
March 03, 2021 21:08 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBSecurity threats to nations have changed in the technological era, something Dr Tobias Feakin knows a lot about. He's Australia's inaugural Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology. First appointed in 2017, his role was expanded to reflect the central place technology issues now have in geopolitics. He joins Kathryn to talk about his work leading Australia's whole-of-government international engagement to advance and protect Australia's national security and foreign policy.
UK to borrow a record £355bn, Covid variant, Duke 'improves'
March 03, 2021 20:45 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBUK correspondent Matthew Parris joins Kathryn to look at the Budget outlined overnight by Chancellor Rishi Sunak, which will see the UK borrow a peacetime record £355bn and retain the country's furlough scheme until September. The hunt for the Brazilian Covid variant narrows to 379 households, Scotland's Nicola Sturgeon appears at an inquiry into how the government handled her sexual harassment complaint against her predecessor and the Duke of Edinburgh is "slightly better", according t...
Ruby Princess: quarantine failure - Duncan McNab
March 03, 2021 20:19 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBMore than 900 passengers and crew of the luxury liner Ruby Princess caught Covid in the early months of the pandemic last year, in a super-spreader event that ended up as a massive cluster for Australia. The ship had just toured New Zealand before it returned to Sydney. A new book written by investigative journalist Duncan McNab examines events and decisions that lead to passengers disembarking from that fateful cruise on the 19th of March, disgorging into the veins of the city's road, r...
Arts and crafts showcased on the West Coast
March 02, 2021 22:26 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBWest Coast couple Colin and Sheryn champion local artists and craftspeople with their Blackball business, Kereru Crafts.
Book review - The Prophets by Robert Jones Jnr
March 02, 2021 21:41 - 7 minutes - 6.57 MBRalph McAllister reviews The Prophets by Robert Jones Jnr, published by Quercus.
Frances Glessner Lee and the birth of forensic science
March 02, 2021 21:06 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBForensic science is now baked into the way we solve crimes, and the way we think about crimes being solved. This century there have been thirty four seasons of CSI alone, and the process of crime scene investigation is familiar to anyone who has turned on a television in the last twenty years. But it is a relatively new method and it comes from unusual origins. Frances Glessner Lee began working in what was known in "legal science" in the 1930s and by the end of her life she would have c...
Cabinet Minister at centre of rape claim prepares to speak
March 02, 2021 20:48 - 10 minutes - 9.66 MBAustralia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about the latest rape claim which has rocked Australian politics. It's expected the Cabinet minister accused over the historical claim will make a public statement later today. The final report of the aged care royal commission has been released, delivering scathing findings about the system and level of funding that governs the treatment of elderly care in Australia. And Australia's former Finance Minister Mathias Cormann is ...
Hundred year old fishing vessel to sail again
March 02, 2021 20:38 - 10 minutes - 9.86 MBCommodore of the Classic Boat Club of Southland Brian Railton is on a quest to restore a century old fishing boat to its former glory. Brian found the twenty seven foot vessel in Dunedin in a fairly dilapidated state. He bought it in March last year but the lockdowns have meant he's only just been able to ship it to his home in Wyndham to begin restoration work in earnest. It took a special trailer and a whole lot of willpower but it's up on blocks and work is beginning on bringing Elsie...