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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Huge rise in Aucklanders driving to work vs bus or cycle
November 08, 2020 20:25 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBAre our planners on the right track when it comes to investment in public transport, bus and cycling lanes? Statistics from the 2018 census show that in Auckland, growth in private motor vehicle commutes to work over the last five years has exceeded patronage increase in buses, trains walking and cycling combined. There were just over 609,000 private vehicle trips to work in Auckland in 2018 compared with just under 127,000 trips made by bus, train, cycling and walking. Former Chief Exec...
US election result, Democrats Biden-Harris victorious
November 08, 2020 20:09 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBUS President-elect Joe Biden's immediate priority is tackling the spread of the coronavirus, with a task force being established to deal with the pandemic - as record numbers of new infections are reported. Despite the Democrat leader winning the US presidential election, there has been no concession from outgoing President, Donald Trump amid mounting legal challenges to the outcome.After four days of uncertainty as votes were counted in key states, Joe Biden's victory in Pennsylvania pu...
Book review - Landmarks by Grahame Sydney and Owen Marshall
November 05, 2020 21:42 - 3 minutes - 3.6 MBDavid Hill reviews Landmarks by Grahame Sydney, Brian Turner and Owen Marshall. Published by Penguin Random House.
The Ardi Saga: the epic feud of a human ancestor
November 05, 2020 21:07 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBJournalist Kermit Pattison has spent 10 years investigating and writing, 'Fossil Men', about the discovery of the 4.4 million-year-old bones of Ardi, thought to be the oldest known skeleton of a human ancestor. It's a tale of scientific discovery, obsession and professional feuding which centered around whether humans were descended from an ancestor that resembled today's chimpanzee.
The Ardi Saga: the epic feud over our oldest known human ancestor
November 05, 2020 21:07 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBJournalist Kermit Pattison has spent 10 years investigating and writing, 'Fossil Men', about the discovery of the 4.4 million-year-old bones of Ardi, thought to be the oldest known skeleton of a human ancestor. It's a tale of scientific discovery, obsession and professional feuding which centered around whether humans were descended from an ancestor that resembled today's chimpanzee.
Republican campaign legal challenges to voting mount
November 05, 2020 20:39 - 8 minutes - 7.86 MBCounting of millions of postal votes continues in Georgia, Arizona, Nevada and Pennsylvania as well as North Carolina and Alaska. Without evidence, Donald Trump alleges fraud and maintains the counting must be stopped - his campaign team has launched legal action in four states. Trump and Biden supporters are gathered outside vote counting centres. Kathryn speaks with Ruth Greenwood, Harvard law lecturer and Director of the Voting Rights Litigation and Advocacy Clinic.
Senator Heidi Heitkamp - how rural America has voted
November 05, 2020 20:23 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBHeidi Heitkamp was a Democratic senator for North Dakota from 2013 to 2019. A businesswoman, lawyer and politician, Senator Heitkamp is now with the Washington based think tank - the McCain Institute for International Leadership. She started an organisation One Country to help increase the understanding of rural America and talks to Kathryn about rural voting trends this election.
US Election on a knife-edge
November 05, 2020 20:08 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBThe race for the White House remains uncertain and hinges on a handful of key states. US correspondent Ron Elving is watching as the results trickle through from battleground states.
I Am Woman, Fireball, The Good Fight
November 04, 2020 22:48 - 9 minutes - 9.07 MBFilm and TV reviewer James Croot joins Kathryn to look at whether the Helen Reddy biopic I Am Woman does justice to the Australian singer who died earlier this year. He'll also look at Apple TV's new documentary Fireball and the latest season of The Good Fight, on Amazon Prime.
Helping children manage their feelings
November 04, 2020 22:25 - 22 minutes - 30.8 MBEducation consultant and parenting coach Joseph Driessen talks with Kathryn about helping children identify and manage their feelings. He says it's important to create a family culture where children (and adults) accept and validate the feelings of others.
Facebook's Project Aria, home surveillance, snack snitches
November 04, 2020 22:11 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBTechnology correspondent Mark Pesce looks at how augmented reality promises a lot - but at a huge price. He'll detail Facebook's Project Aria and what it might mean for privacy. Mark will also look at how Amazon Ring home security cameras are being used by police for surveillance, and the Japanese have come up with a way for snacks to surveil themselves!
Book review - Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
November 04, 2020 22:06 - 4 minutes - 4.46 MBKiran Dass of Time Out Bookstore reviews Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart, published by Pan Macmillan.
From hostage in Sierra Leone to human rights advocate
November 04, 2020 21:21 - 23 minutes - 22 MBAs an 18-year-old, Aminata Conteh-Biger was kidnapped by anti-government rebels in Sierra Leone. She was held captive and brutally treated for months before being released as part of a negotiated prisoner exchange. Aminata was resettled as a refugee in Australia, rebuilding her life there. Years later a near-death experience when giving birth to her first child sparked a light-bulb moment for Aminata - that women in her homeland are 200 more likely to die in childbirth than in Australia....
US Election: Joe Biden addresses the nation
November 04, 2020 21:06 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBPresidential hopeful Joe Biden addresses the nation, and Kathryn speaks with Dr. Christopher Borick, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion in Pennsylvania.
UK PM urged to relax rules, Bashir's Diana interview questioned
November 04, 2020 20:53 - 6 minutes - 5.7 MBUK correspondent Matthew Parris joins Kathryn to talk about the overwhelming numbers of Covid patients requiring hospital care, with nearly 500 deaths reported in the last 24 hours. Senior advisers have warned Boris Johnson his plan to use mass "moonshot" testing will fail unless quarantine rules are relaxed. And Martin Bashir's infamous interview with Princess Diana will be investigated, after claims the journalist faked documents suggesting she was being spied on by shadowy palace figu...
US election: The legal challenges explained
November 04, 2020 20:36 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBWhat are the legal challenges threatening to delay the outcome of the US election? Could they make their way up to the US Supreme Court, the ultimate legal authority in the US? Steven Schneebaum is a constitutional law expert at the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
US election: What happens now?
November 04, 2020 20:20 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBInvestigative journalist Ron Suskind has written about the presidency and national affairs for more than three decades, and recently published an article based on interviews with dozens of officials - several of whom are still serving in the Trump administration.
US election: Trump campaign takes legal action
November 04, 2020 20:08 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBAs the US presidential election result comes down to the wire in a handful of key states, the Trump campaign has already announced it'll take legal action in Michigan to suspend the vote count. Earlier it stated it would seek a recount in Wisconsin, before the official count had been reported. Kathryn will talk to correspondent Ron Elving in Washington DC for the latest. Ron Elving is a Senior Editor and Correspondent, Washington Desk for NPR news
Siouxsie Wiles: how octopuses taste
November 03, 2020 22:50 - 8 minutes - 7.77 MBScience commentator Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to talk about the latest modelling on daily Covid-19 testing, a study done using fruit flies that looks at the effects of anaesthetics on our body clocks. She'll also look at a new study which found octopuses taste by using the suckers on their arms and a new exhibition opening at MOTAT this weekend dedicated to inventions that were once science fiction but are now science fact. Associate Professor Dr Siouxsie Wiles is the head of Biolumin...
Tu Meke! Artist Flox on bringing art to a younger generation
November 03, 2020 22:36 - 14 minutes - 13 MBHayley King has been making her mark on the art world since 2003 - and is better known by her artist name: Flox. Her distinctive designs are made by aerosol and stencils and adorn everything from walls and prints to cushions and clothes. Her illustrations are also in two book collaborations with author Malcolm Clarke - the first was Tu Meke Tui! and the most recent is Tu Meke Tuatara!
Book review - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
November 03, 2020 21:37 - 4 minutes - 4.37 MBBronwyn Wylie-Gibb of University Book Shop, Dunedin, reviews Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. Published by Bloomsbury. Mysterious, haunting, quite peculiar. Piranesi explores the echoing halls of The House, creating rituals and observing phenomena. This is what living in an Escher drawing might be like, or a many-chambered shell â€" deeply satisfying and challenging writing.
Group therapy and banishing shame: Christie Tate
November 03, 2020 21:06 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBChicago-based writer, essayist and lawyer Christie Tate tells Kathryn about her memoir Group, How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life. Group tells the story of Christie graduating top of the class in law school, the girl who seemingly had everything but in fact was struggling. She went straight into therapy to address her deep unhappiness and dysfunctional approach to relationships. It's a true story, told vividly with lots of humour. It's Christie's first book and has ...
Australia's richest increase wealth, state borders still closed
November 03, 2020 20:52 - 7 minutes - 6.81 MBAustralia correspondent Chris Niesche joins Kathryn to look at how, despite coronavirus, Australia's wealthiest have continued to get richer. Covid cases may be dropping to a handful, but the state borders remain closed - adding to tension with the federal government. Labor recorded a win in Queensland, which is being attributed to a promise to keep the border shut. And Melburnians made the most of a quieter Melbourne Cup.
Research on restoring estuaries garners award
November 03, 2020 20:45 - 5 minutes - 5.41 MBKathryn meets Dr Shari Gallop, a Waikato University marine environmental scientist, who has just won an award to further her research into how degraded estuaries can be successfully restored.
'Pandemic era:' Report links biodiversity crisis & pandemics
November 03, 2020 20:31 - 14 minutes - 13 MBA major UN report has found that the biodiversity crisis is leading us into a 'pandemic era', with on average, five new diseases transferred from animals to humans every year - all with pandemic potential. The report, by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services says to avoid future pandemics, we must urgently transform our relationship with the planet. The report warns that without preventative strategies, pandemics will emerge more often, spre...
US election 2020: Can the polls pick a winner?
November 03, 2020 20:09 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBAs the US enters the final hours of voting in its 2020 election, what are the numbers showing? Which races are too close to call, what impact will such a large amount of early voting have on the result and - after 2016's predictions - is it really possible to accurately pick a winner? Kathryn discusses this with Professor Michael McDonald, an expert on early voting, who is running the US Elections Project - a turnout-tracking database run by University of Florida and G. Terry Madonna, pr...
Media in the Trump years, BBC's impartiality rules
November 02, 2020 22:45 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBMedia commentator Andrew Holden looks at what four years of Donald Trump has taught the media and whether he's managed to game the old-school journalists' commitment to covering "both sides" of the story and won more opportunity to spin his lies. Andrew will also look at the BBC's new impartiality measures and what it'll mean for BBC staff using social media in a personal capacity. Andrew Holden is a journalist for more than 30 years including five as Editor of The Press (in Christchurch...
Hip-hop artist Rei on exploring the importance of te reo
November 02, 2020 22:31 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBFor the past few years Callum 'Rei' McDougall has been injecting more te reo in his music. It's been an exploration of his mum's Ngati Huia side, and his dad's Scottish roots. Rei won Best Hip Hop Album for Hoea at last month's Waiata Maori Music Awards.
Sustainable Finance Forum roadmap, business eyes up new Cabinet
November 02, 2020 22:05 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBBusiness commentator Rod Oram joins Kathryn to look at the impending release of the Sustainable Finance Forum's final report, which calls itself a "roadmap" for ensuring finance and capital play full roles in NZ's sustainable development. And what's the business take on the shape of the new Cabinet?
Book review - Navigating the Stars by Witi Ihimaera
November 02, 2020 21:35 - 6 minutes - 6.27 MBMichelle Rahurahu Scott reviews Navigating the Stars by Witi Ihimaera, published by Penguin Random House.
Surf's up from Ahipara to Riverton
November 02, 2020 21:06 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBAvid board-rider and photographer Derek Morrison's book Surf Dreams takes us through the country's popular and most remote surfing communities with tales of the personalities who ride the waves. The focus is on 15 settlements where the swells are ever changing. Derek Morrison has a surf, lifestyle and culture photo blog, Box of Light and he's the creator of the online magazine NZ Surf Journal.
USA correspondent - eve of the US election
November 02, 2020 20:45 - 9 minutes - 8.38 MBSusan Davis looks at how the Trump-Biden presidential race is tracking, and will we know the winner straight away? Susan Davis is a congressional correspondent for NPR and a co-host of the NPR Politics Podcast.
Time to recognise farmers for their carbon sequestration?
November 02, 2020 20:35 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBSheep and beef farmers are arguing their operations are close to carbon neutral. In the first study of its kind, spacial analysis mapping of sheep and beef farms has revealed significant levels of woody vegetation. The study authors say if the role this plays in capturing atmospheric carbon dioxide were taken into account many of these farms could already be close to net carbon neutral. Kathryn Ryan discusses with Auckland University of Technology's Dr Brad Case, one of the study authors...
Māori council calls for police change over cannabis arrests
November 02, 2020 20:08 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBThe Māori Council is stepping up its campaign to put pressure on the police to stop sending Māori to prison for low-level drug offences now the cannabis referendum looks certain to fail. Today it is sending letters to the Commissioner of Police Andy Coster, Deputy Commissioner Wally Haumaha, and Minister of Police Stuart Nash, to a attend the council's national hui to urgently address the issue. It says there's been little reduction in prosecution for cannabis offences despite the govern...
Seed to cup. Northland coffee growing entrepreneurs
November 01, 2020 22:32 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBRob and Carol Schluter run Ikarus Coffee New Zealand's only commercial coffee plantation. For the last 3 years they have been experimenting with commercial growing, despite the berries being associated with much warmer climes. Northland's Pekerau Hills, are around 1200km outside the normal coffee growing belt. So what have they learned? Kathryn chats to Rob Schluter.
Book review - The Harpy by Megan Hunter
November 01, 2020 21:40 - 4 minutes - 4.44 MBStella Chrysostomou of VOLUME Books reviews The Harpy by Megan Hunter, published by Pan Macmillan. A marriage, a betrayal and a punishment. An exploration of love, revenge and female rage drawing on mythology and the dark recesses of the psyche, with precision and spine-chilling unease, set in the normality of the suburban middle-class home.
New Zealand's oldest knife making company
November 01, 2020 21:11 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBGareth Hughes is the proud owner of New Zealand's oldest knife-making company - Victory Knives. The business was founded in 1927 by Edward Goddard, a master cutler from England who emigrated here. World War 2 saw a huge boom for Victory Knives when it became a major supplier of combat knives for the U.S. Army. These days all major meat and fish processing companies in New Zealand and Australia use Victory Knives and its divers knives are in demand by commercial divers all over the world ...
End of Life Choice Act: almost two thirds in favour
November 01, 2020 20:41 - 10 minutes - 9.85 MBThe End of Life Choice Act will come into force in a year's time. According to preliminary referendum results released on Friday afternoon, 65.2 percent have voted in favour of the End of Life Choice Act. The final results, including special votes, will be released on Friday. The "Yes" vote triggers legislation which has already passed through Parliament. Kathryn Ryan discusses the outcome with "Yes for Compassion", former husband of Lecretia Seales, Matt Vickers, and palliative care spe...
Urgent roadmap for mental health needed: Commissioner
November 01, 2020 20:19 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBThe Mental Health Commissioner is calling on the new government to take urgent action on mental health and draw up a road map for progress by the end of the year. Kevin Allan wants a clear plan for implementing the recommendations of the government inquiry into mental health and addiction, which was completed in 2018. In the 2019 so-called Well Being Budget, $1.9 billion was announced to help the one in five New Zealanders who experience mental illness or significant mental distress. Two...
New ministerial line up announced at 1pm
November 01, 2020 20:08 - 10 minutes - 9.75 MBPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern is preparing to announce the new government's ministerial line-up, and except for two it'll be an executive of Labour ministers. The Greens have already signed a co-operation agreement with Labour giving the party two ministerial positions in return for not opposing Labour on confidence and supply. The Greens' co-leaders, James Shaw and Marama Davidson are each taking portfolios outside of Cabinet. Kathryn speaks with RNZ's Political Editor Jane Patterson.
Book review - Dance Prone by David Coventry
October 29, 2020 21:37 - 8 minutes - 7.58 MBJohn Duke of Unity Books reviews Dance Prone by David Coventry, published by Victoria University Press. A novel of music, ritual and love. Set simultaneously during the post-punk period and the narrative present of 2019, Dance Prone was born out of a love of the underground and indie rock scenes of the 1980s, and a fascination for their role in the cultural apparatus of memory, social decay and its reconstruction.
Busted: Investigator Ron McQuilter on his biggest cases
October 29, 2020 21:06 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBRon McQuilter lives by his ABCs - Assume nothing, Believe nobody, Check everything. It's helped him through 37 years working as a private investigator in New Zealand. Born in Scotland, Ron followed his sweetheart back to her homeland and set out to work as a private eye. He's run his company Paragon NZ for over three decades. In that time he's been involved in a number of high-profile investigations for corporates and other government entities - but the case that left the biggest impact ...
OE cancelled? How about a backyard roadie?
October 29, 2020 20:47 - 5 minutes - 5.1 MBTwo Auckland mates with a love of travel have teamed up to run backyard tours for young kiwis. Jason Goodson and Isaac London are the duo behind Backyard Roadies - adventure tours for 18 to 35 year olds who want to explore Aotearoa and meet other young people along the way. Jason came up with the idea during lockdown when it seemed the traditional OE was destined to become a thing of the past. He says the response has been fantastic and their summer tours are almost booked out.
New Zealand's first fully electric plane
October 29, 2020 20:30 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBChristchurch aviator Gary Freedman is launching the electric plane at Christchurch airport this morning. He is the founder of Electric a social enterprise start-up formed to promote low emission aviation in New Zealand. Gary is fully expecting electric10-20 seater planes to be flying domestic routes here before 2030. His Alpha Electro plane is a two seater battery electric light-aircraft designed for training student pilots.
Concerning language skills of new entrants
October 29, 2020 20:08 - 19 minutes - 17.4 MBNew research has found many children starting primary school are not able to speak properly, some with the language skills of toddlers. In fact, up to two thirds of new entrants in schools that were part of one study, had poor oral language skills. It's part of a pilot scheme in Christchurch and Auckland primary schools called the "Better Start Literacy Approach". We'll discuss what is happening and what might be needed to ensure children get off to a better start with one of the researc...
The Undoing, My Next Guest, Taskmaster NZ
October 28, 2020 22:51 - 6 minutes - 5.85 MBFilm and TV reviewer Tamar Munch joins Kathryn to look at The Undoing, starring Hugh Grant and Nicole Kidman, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman and the New Zealand version of Taskmaster with Jeremy Wells.
Raising teenage boys
October 28, 2020 22:28 - 23 minutes - 32.5 MBMaggie Dent talks with Kathryn about the art of effective communication with teenage boys. She is the mother of four sons, a former teacher and counsellor who has become one of Australia's foremost parenting experts - and self described "boy champion". Her latest book is called From Boys to Men, and she is also the host of the ABC podcast Parental as Anything.
Focus on telco consumer rights, should you get a 5G phone?
October 28, 2020 22:06 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBTechnology correspondent Sarah Putt joins Kathryn to talk about the work ahead of new telecommunications commissioner Tristan Gilbertson, the US Department of Justice case against Google and as more 5G phones enter the market - is it worth getting one?
Book review - A Song For The Dark Times by Ian Rankin
October 28, 2020 21:40 - 3 minutes - 3.4 MBHarry Broad reviews A Song For The Dark Times by Ian Rankin, published by Hachette.
Spearfisher, diver and underwater videographer Sam Wild
October 28, 2020 21:10 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBSam Wild is a spear fisher, underwater cameraman and commercial paua diver, who is as comfortable under the water than he is at the surface.He's part the team that makes South Seas Spearo, a series about spearfishing - season one of which has just wrapped up on Duke TV, but is available on TVNZ on demand. Sam is 28 - he grew in Mapua, catching spotties, swimming and whitebaiting with family when he could. He studied marine biology at Victoria University, which is when he started spearfis...