Nine To Noon

Nine To Noon

From 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.

Episodes

Retirement Commission launches a new calculator to help make savings last

June 26, 2025 • 11 mins
The Retirement Navigator - as it's called - is being described as a one-of-a-kind tool for spending in golden years.
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Flooding in Nelson/Tasman and watch in Marlborough

June 26, 2025 • 15 mins
Heavy rain, surface flooding and slips have forced more evacuations the top of the South Island, in the Tasman district. 
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The week that was with Elizabeth Easther and Pinky Agnew

June 26, 2025 • 10 mins
The comedians chat about massaging orca whales, pork intestine coffee and honey chasing bears.
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Sports commentator: Dana Johannsen

June 26, 2025 • 13 mins
Dana Johannsen discusses referees being abused in Horowhenua Kapiti and funding for Moana Pasifika.
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Around the motu: Jimmy Ellingham in Palmerston North

June 26, 2025 • 12 mins
Jimmy Ellingham is a RNZ Checkpoint reporter based in Palmerston North.
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Book review: Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton

June 26, 2025 • 7 mins
Leah McFall reviews Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton published by Canongate.
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The Nelson students behind a ballwear pop-up shop

June 26, 2025 • 5 mins
A group of school students in the Nelson region have come up with a way to ease the financial load and make ball attire more sustainable. 
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David Riley: The Reading Warrior

June 26, 2025 • 21 mins
Making sure children see themselves reflected in books is a driving force for author and publisher David Riley, who calls himself The Reading Warrior. 
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Asia correspondent: Ed White

June 26, 2025 • 11 mins
Ed White discusses how China is responding to the Iran-Israel conflict.
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Screentime: Sirens, Playing Nice, Long Bright River

June 26, 2025 • 9 mins
Film and TV reviewer Perlina Lau joins Kathryn to talk about new Netflix series Sirens, starring Julianne Moore as an enigmatic billionaire who may have trapped her young employee into a manipulative web. Playing Nice (Three) sees James Norton facing a parent's nightmare of their child being swapped at birth and Long Bright River (Three) is an American crime drama miniseries based on the 2020 book of the same name starring Ama...
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Parenting: How to talk to your children about conflict and war

June 26, 2025 • 20 mins
It can be hard to avoid what's going on in the world right now, including for children. How can parents help their kids make sense of what's going on, without scaring them?
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Tech: What's going on in NZ telecoms?

June 26, 2025 • 18 mins
Technology correspondent Bill Bennett looks at Chorus' plan to extend the fibre network further into rural New Zealand.
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Around the motu: Logan Savory in Southland

June 25, 2025 • 10 mins
Logan discusses the latest events in Southland including tension around the Southland Museum and Art Gallery.
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Book review: The Name of the Sister by Gail Jones

June 25, 2025 • 4 mins
Lynn Freeman reviews The Name of the Sister by Gail Jones published by Text Publishing
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Rock climbing great Beth Rodden

June 25, 2025 • 31 mins
Considered one of the greatest rock climbers of all time, Beth Rodden, has conquered much more than some of the world's most challenging summits. 
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UK correspondent Dan Bloom

June 25, 2025 • 9 mins
UK correspondent Dan Bloom looks at the government's plans to push ahead with cuts to benefits for disabled people.
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Are spiders an untapped resource for horticulture pest-control?

June 25, 2025 • 7 mins
It's estimated that spiders consume up to 800 million tons of insects globally every year. 
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Growing up in state houses assessed

June 25, 2025 • 5 mins
Children who grow up in state homes have more behaviour issues in early childhood than those who don't, but they largely converge by early adolescence to have similar or higher wellbeing. 
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Big science sector shake up coming into force next week

June 25, 2025 • 22 mins
Just six months ago the Prime Minister announced a major shakeup of Crown Research Institutes Niwa, GNS Science, and AgResearch.
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Tamaki Makaurau MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp has died

June 25, 2025 • 4 mins
The MP for Tamaki Makaurau Takutai Tarsh Kemp has died, aged 50. Kemp had been suffering from kidney disease. She was at Parliament yesterday, before travelling back to Auckland. RNZ political reporter Lillian Hanly reports from Parliament.
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