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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Media commentator Andrew Holden: North and South is back
November 16, 2020 22:50 - 9 minutes - 8.31 MBDéjà vu, North & South hits the magazine stands along with new publication Thrive. Andrew also talks about the renaming of regional paper.
Exploring nature, night & day
November 16, 2020 22:30 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBGillian & Darryl Torckler are passionate about the flora and fauna of Aotearoa, especially when it comes to making it interesting and accessible to kids.
Book review - The Captain's Run
November 16, 2020 21:35 - 6 minutes - 6.39 MBDean Bedford reviews The Captain's Run: What it Takes to Lead the All Blacks by Gregor Paul, published by HarperCollins.
Camino de Sydney - an alternative to the Spanish pilgrimage
November 16, 2020 21:10 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBAustralian couple, Brent Clark and Giselle Oscuro are the masterminds of the Camino de Sydney - an alternative to the Camino de Santiago.
The cutting-edge technology that could take the sting out of summer
November 16, 2020 20:42 - 10 minutes - 9.38 MBWasps are a plague every summer, the unwelcome harasser at your picnic or tramping rest stop. Kathryn talks to Gemma McLaughlin, a PhD candidate at Otago University, who's at the forefront of efforts to use cutting-edge technology to control New Zealand's invasive wasp population.
Are supermarket prices too high?
November 16, 2020 20:33 - 8 minutes - 8.17 MBThe Commerce Commission is investigating whether supermarkets are charging too much for groceries and treating suppliers fairly.
LGNZ to central government, 'we need to talk about funding'
November 16, 2020 20:08 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBHits to council revenues, amid a pandemic, and as they grapple with generational challenges like climate change, means adequate funding at local level has failed to keep pace.
What to look for when buying an apartment
November 15, 2020 22:52 - 6 minutes - 6.22 MBYou're close to buying an apartment but how to know you're choosing the right one? Here's part two of University of Auckland lecturer Bill McKay's checklist of things to think and ask about when you're apartment-hunting.
Little Beauties - freeze dried fruit dipped in chocolate
November 15, 2020 22:39 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBLittle Beauties is a Nelson-based company producing handy resealable bags of freeze-dried slices of sungold kiwifruit and feijoa and whole boysenberries, either nude, or pre-dipped in white or dark chocolate. Founder of Little Beauties, Ian Watsney joins Kathryn along with fellow director and CEO Rob Simsic, an active advocate for food produced in the Marlborough region and who is helping co-ordinate a series of foodie events for the region's usually busy summer period.
Feedback on DOC
November 15, 2020 22:05 - 7 minutes - 6.5 MBKathryn shares listener feedback on calls for a change of approach at the Department of Conservation.
Book review - The Grandest Bookshop in the World
November 15, 2020 21:44 - 2 minutes - 2.01 MBRae McGregor reviews The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor, published by Hachette.
Kiwi journalist Linda Collins on breaking the suicide taboo
November 15, 2020 21:10 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBNew Zealander Linda Collins has lived every parent's worst nightmare - the death by suicide of her 17-year-old daughter. Her life was shattered when she woke one Monday morning to find her daughter Victoria's bed in their Singapore apartment was empty. In the weeks and months that followed, Linda and her husband Malcolm McLeod would learn more about their daughter through her journals, piecing together her unhappiness and increased fixation with committing suicide. Linda has written a bo...
Photopharmacology 'lighting the way' for new treatments
November 15, 2020 20:48 - 7 minutes - 6.83 MBUsing light to activate or deactivate drugs, photopharmacology, is a relatively new area of medicinal chemistry, with a key advantage being the high degree of control over the time and place where targeting occurs. That's exciting scientists because of the potential for reducing the toxic side effects caused by poor selectivity of drugs. Auckland University of Technology's Dr Cassandra Fleming has just been awarded a Marsden Fast Start research grant to investigate 'light-responsive' dru...
Calls for DOC to refocus on backyard recreation
November 15, 2020 20:09 - 39 minutes - 36 MBA backcountry expert is calling for a fundamental rethink at the Department of Conservation - away from a focus overseas visitors, towards better serving growing numbers of New Zealanders getting into outdoor recreation. Peter Wilson is on the board of the Back Country Trust, a former President and current board member of Federated Mountain Clubs, on the board of the Awakino Ski Field and a life member of the Otago University Tramping Club. He says it's great that increasing numbers of N...
Book review - Skunk and Badger
November 12, 2020 21:40 - 4 minutes - 4.49 MBHera Lindsay Bird of Unity Books reviews Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake, pictures by Jon Klassen, published by Allen and Unwin.
Railways, billboards and halcyon days
November 12, 2020 21:06 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBThe centenary of one of our most influential design and advertising studios is being celebrated in a very beautiful new book from Te Papa. Railways Studios: How a Government Design Studio Helped Build New Zealand tells the story of the graphics which dominated outdoor advertising for over 65 years. Advertising posters and painted billboards adorned cities, towns and highways up and down the country. Tens of thousands of designs were produced for both the public- and private-sector. Not o...
How Covid-19's lessons can inform action on the climate crisis
November 12, 2020 20:32 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MBHumanity stands at a fork in the road when it comes to dealing with the climate emergency - and failure to act risks catastrophe. Climate scientist and conservationist Professor Tim Flannery doesn't hold back in his latest book on climate change, The Climate Cure: Solving the Climate Emergency in the Era of Covid-19. Named Australian of the Year in 2007 in recognition of his work in trying to combat climate change, he notes since then humans have emitted about a quarter of all the greenh...
Auckland CBD deserted- impact on business
November 12, 2020 20:25 - 6 minutes - 5.89 MBAuckland Chamber of Commerce chief executive Michael Barnett talks to Philippa Tolley about the impact of the latest Covid outbreak in the central city.
Retail association: "No one wants a sick worker"
November 12, 2020 20:19 - 5 minutes - 5.35 MBThe woman at the centre of the Auckland case was a retail worker at A to Z Collections on High Street. According to health officials, she tried to call in sick - but after speaking with her manager, went to work. First Union, which represents retail workers, says its members are often made to feel responsible for inadequate staffing levels and feel pressured to cover for each other. Philippa talks with Greg Harford, Chief Executive of Retail NZ.
Mystery Auckland Covid case - a city waits
November 12, 2020 20:08 - 11 minutes - 11 MBEarly results from genomic testing shows the latest Covid-19 community case in Auckland is looking more likely to be linked to the Defence Force cluster. The Minister of Covid-19 Response Chris Hipkins says that's encouraging with further information expected to be available later today. A woman in her twenties who lives in an inner-city apartment and works in a High St clothes shop, with no apparent links to the border, tested positive for the virus yesterday. Meanwhile, public health o...
Film with Sarah McMullan
November 11, 2020 22:46 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBFilm and TV reviewer Sarah McMullan joins Philippa to talk about Julia Ormond's latest work, Reunion. She'll also have a look back at what happened to film in 2020 and she pays tribute to the man who shaped the film tastes of many: Bill Gosden.
What's top of mind for Kiwi parents?
November 11, 2020 22:27 - 14 minutes - 20.5 MBA nationwide survey of New Zealand parents explores how families coped with Covid lockdown. Our regular parenting commentator Nathan Wallis was an advisor on the survey, conducted by health insurer nib. He discusses the findings, including the impact of lockdown on children's behavior, parents' stress levels and relationships.
Zoom zooms ahead in encryption, Fibre gets faster
November 11, 2020 22:05 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBTechnology commentator Paul Matthews looks at Zoom's leap in encryption, after initial wobbles at the beginning of the year's lockdowns. Fibre is getting faster - even though it doesn't seem like that long ago that we were all connecting on 56k modems. So how fast is fast enough? And EV batteries have always been a weak point, but Tesla has had a breakthrough.
Book review - Shining Land: Looking for Robin Hyde
November 11, 2020 21:38 - 5 minutes - 5.44 MBPaul Diamond reviews Shining Land: Looking for Robin Hyde by Paula Morris and Haru Sameshima. This book is published by Massey University Press.
Stopping the march of our worst weeds
November 11, 2020 21:09 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBHow and when non-native ornamental plants, like agapanthus or bamboo, jump the garden fence and go rogue, is a major area of focus for Lincoln University plant bio-security professor, Phil Hulme. That's because they are the primary source of environmental weeds both worldwide and in Aotearoa. He and Professor Charles Perrings from Arizona State University have just been awarded a Marsden science grant to investigate how our garden preferences, as well as the price of plants can effect th...
UK's grim Covid milestone, outrage over Wollstonecraft statue
November 11, 2020 20:51 - 8 minutes - 8.08 MBUK correspondent Harriet Line joins Philippa to talk about the 50,000 deaths now recorded in the UK, as hope emerges from Pfizer's vaccine announcement this week. The UK is rolling out rapid testing, and there's a plan to get university students home to their families for Christmas. Meanwhile a statue of Britain's "foremother of feminism" has generated a lot of outrage...
Journalist Jon Mitchell on US contamination in the Pacific
November 11, 2020 20:28 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBAt least 600,000 people have been exposed to dangerous and deadly toxins as a result of US miltary contamination around the western Pacific. The figure's been compiled by investigative author Jon Mitchell in his new book Poisoning the Pacific: The US military's secret dumping of Plutonium, Chemical Weapons and Agent Orange. He believes millions more in Japan and mainland Asia have been exposed to Japanese chemical weapons and US dioxin - and are still having their health compromised. Jon...
Auckland median house price hits $1 million for first time
November 11, 2020 20:08 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MBFor the first time, Auckland's median house price has hit $ 1 million. The Real Estate Institute data for October, just realeased, shows the median house price in our biggest city has jumped by more the 16 per cent in the last year, and nearly five percent since September. Outside of Auckland, the country's median house price rose 15 per cent to $600 thousand from $ 520 thousand in October last year. The new data comes as the Reserve Bank announces a new lending programme offering banks ...
Constitutional culture through Covid-19
November 10, 2020 22:47 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBDr Dean Knight joins Philippa Tolley to look at what the pandemic might tell us about our constitutional culture, the values and instincts of those charged with exercising public power.
Tablelands, loved by prospectors, pioneers and trampers
November 10, 2020 22:25 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBA lesser-known corner of the Kahurangi National Park, on an elevated tussock plateau out of Nelson is known as Tableland. Trampers, prospectors, farmers and early pioneers have known this stretch of country, which has a diverse range of uses, from conservation to hydroelectric generation. Tramper, photographer and author Ray Salisbury talks to Philippa Tolley about his beautiful new book Tableland, which charts the area's history, land use and the characters synonymous with the region.
Book review - The Autumn of the Ace by Louis de Bernieres
November 10, 2020 21:42 - 6 minutes - 5.77 MBJohn King reviews The Autumn of the Ace by Louis de Bernieres, published by Penguin Random House.
Genetically modified humans: the frontiers and ethics
November 10, 2020 21:11 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBAnthropologist and author Professor Eben Kirksey explores the frontiers of genetics and what this means for the future of the human species in his new book The Mutant Project : Inside the Global Race to Genetically Modify Humans. Two years ago the world was shocked when a Chinese scientist created the first genetically modified babies - using CRISPR technology - which is a method of editing DNA. In researching the book, Eben Kirksey secured insider access to the Chinese laboratory and al...
Conduct of ministers in spotlight
November 10, 2020 20:51 - 8 minutes - 7.35 MBAustralia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Philippa to talk about a bombshell Four Corners report that raised alleged misconduct by federal Attorney-General Christian Porter and Acting Immigration Minister Alan Tudge. What's been Scott Morrison's response?
Reserve Bank to consult on bringing back LVR restrictions
November 10, 2020 20:46 - 5 minutes - 5.11 MBAs the housing market continues to heat up, the central bank is to consult on re-instating loan-to-value ratio restrictions on high-risk lending from March next year. The restrictions were removed in May to encourage home-buyers and lending. However, the Reserve bank says circumstances in the lending market have improved and it is now observing rapid growth in higher-risk investor lending. Meanwhile, it's further delaying the requirement for retail banks to hold increased capital, as the...
What to do with Wellington's poo?
November 10, 2020 20:33 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBFor the Capital to meet its waste minimisation and zero carbon targets the council has to change the way it deals with sewage sludge. Currently, WCC disposes of its wastewater (sludge) by mixing it with rubbish at the landfill, which requires a lot of general waste to offset it, at a ratio of no less than 4:1, but that's causing knock on effects for waste minimisation targets and it's a liability for the council under the ETS. So what is the state of the art, but costly solution being pr...
Government pledges 100-thousand dollars for Napier
November 10, 2020 20:31 - 2 minutes - 2.61 MBNapier Mayor Kirsten Wise, local MPs, and the Minister for Emergency Management Kiri Allen have just held a press conference to discuss next steps on day two of the flooded city 's state of emergency. RNZ's Hawkes Bay reporter Tom Kitchin was at the press briefing
Caught at port: What shipping delays are doing to our exports
November 10, 2020 20:08 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBCongestion at North Island ports is impacting on goods arriving and leading from the South Island, and putting the shelf-life of dairy products bound for export in jeopardy. Philippa is joined by dairy analyst Amy Castleton, GM of Container Operations at Lyttleton Port Simon Munt and Matt Ball, spokesperson for the Ports of Auckland.
Media commentator Andrew Holden - remembering Robert Fisk
November 09, 2020 22:48 - 10 minutes - 9.31 MBThe legacy of foreign correspondent Robert Fisk. For more than 40 years he covered the Middle East, including the war in Syria and Lebanon, five Israeli invasions, the Iran-Iraq war, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Algerian civil war, Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait, the Bosnian and Kosovo wars, the American invasion and occupation of Iraq and the 2011 Arab revolutions. He passed away last month aged 74. Andrew Holden is a journalist for more than 30 years including five as...
Hunting tales from the back country: Dave Shaw
November 09, 2020 22:29 - 19 minutes - 17.4 MBDave Shaw is the producer, camera man and editor of a popular TV hunting show - now in its sixth season and available to tens of millions of viewers via Amazon's streaming service and here on Prime TV. He's been creating The Red Stag Timber Hunters Club since 2014, filming a small group of hard-core hunters on trips of up to two weeks in some of this country's most remote landscapes. Dave's now published a book about the journey - called Off The Beaten Track: Hunting Tales From The New Z...
Book review - Consolation by Garry Disher
November 09, 2020 21:42 - 4 minutes - 4.52 MBJane Westaway reviews Consolation by Garry Disher, published by Text.
Prince Philip: Seven decades a loyal consort
November 09, 2020 21:07 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBRenowned royal family expert and editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine Ingrid Seward chronicles the fascinating story of Queen Elizabeth II's husband, Prince Philip. Ingrid Seward has written more than a dozen books on the British royal family and for 'Prince Philip Revealed,' she spoke to friends, aides, and sources close to Prince Philip.
Prince Philip Revealed
November 09, 2020 21:07 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBRenowned royal family expert and editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine Ingrid Seward chronicles the fascinating story of Queen Elizabeth II's husband, Prince Philip. Ingrid Seward has written more than a dozen books on the British royal family and for 'Prince Philip Revealed,' she spoke to friends, aides, and sources close to Prince Philip.
Water on the moon: what does this mean?
November 09, 2020 20:46 - 5 minutes - 5.45 MBWe're looking at the significance of NASA's recent discovery that there's water on the sunlit side of the moon. Water is a key ingredient to venture into deep space and is a catalyst for future expeditions by humans to Mars. Professor Kathy Campbell is an astrobiologist and geologist from the University of Auckland's School of Environment and she says one of the problems is how to extract the water.
The wrath of Napier's water bomb
November 09, 2020 20:30 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBThe clean up is underway after torrential rain and flooding yesterday, with Napier struck by a one in 250-year weather bomb. It was Napier's second-wettest day on record since 1870, with 237 mm of rain by late last night when a state of emergency was declared in the city. Power was cut to 3,000 thousand properties, Fire and Emergency received 350 weather-related call outs and there have been several large landslides. We cross to our Napier reporter and Kathryn also talks to Napier reside...
Now We Are Eight: A snapshot of life for 6000 Kiwi kids
November 09, 2020 20:08 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBFor the first time, 6000 children taking part in the country's largest longitudinal study have been able to give their own thoughts and insights into their lives. The latest report from the University of Auckland's Growing Up in New Zealand study focuses on life for the children born in 2009 and 2010 at the age of eight. Many of the children reported a firm sense of cultural and gender identity, increasing freedom and high levels of participation in sports and music. The cohort at eight ...
Regenerative farming & delicious produce: Durham Farms
November 08, 2020 22:39 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBNorthland's Durham Farms produce organic A2 milk, 'free to roam' eggs, organic meat, raw honey, organic greens and organic herbs - regenerating and encouraging biodiversity along the way.
Book review - Remote Sympathy by Catherine Chidgey
November 08, 2020 21:37 - 6 minutes - 5.77 MBCarole Beu of the Women's Bookshop reviews Remote Sympathy by Catherine Chidgey. This book is published by Victoria University Press. Extraordinary and engrossing. Set in Nazi Germany, this novel takes us inside the minds of three vividly-drawn characters: Sturmbannfuhrer Dietrich Hahn, newly-appointed camp administrator at Buchenwald, his wife Frau Greta Hahn, and Dr Lenard Weber who has invented an electronic machine that aims to cure cancer. Chidgey's exploration of willful obliviousn...
Collecting correspondence and detecting Dickens
November 08, 2020 21:07 - 26 minutes - 24 MBDes Schollum, the owner of The House of Books in Lower Hutt boasts one of the country's largest collections of private letters and is a leading expert on signature forgery. Recently he was instrumental in establishing whether or not a Charles Dickens letter was a fraud. He joins Kathryn Ryan to talk about how to separate fakes from the genuine article and his near 50 year passion for collecting private letters from the rich and famous.
EU welcomes Biden win, hopes for better relations
November 08, 2020 20:51 - 8 minutes - 7.91 MBEurope correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Kathryn to look at Europe's reaction to Joe Biden's election - leaders were quick to congratulate him, even though Donald Trump hasn't conceded. There's hope trans-Atlantic relations will improve under Biden. Meanwhile Covid cases are surging across the continent - along with push-backs against the restrictions. And Europe is on high alert after last week's terrorist attacks.
Family trusts. To keep or to wind-up?
November 08, 2020 20:43 - 7 minutes - 7.15 MBFinancial adviser Martin Hawes talks to Kathryn Ryan about the questions that need to be asked of Family Trusts ahead of a looming law change. The new Trusts Act kicks in on 30th January 2021. So what are the pros and cons ? Martin Hawes is the author of Family Trusts: The Must-Have New Zealand Guide. His first book on the subject, The New Zealand Guide to Family Trusts was the best-selling book in the country in 1995 and 1996 when trusts were at the height of their popularity.