
328 episodes

Nine To Noon RNZ Radio
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- News
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4.2 • 279 Ratings
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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.
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Sports-chat with Steve Holloway
Steve looks at the recent success of the The Black Caps and Kane Williamson's contribution, the Crusaders beating the Blues and he looks ahead to the All Whites two home games this week. Also Kiwi golfer Danny Lee's golf winnings and the dollar value.
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Gardening with Xanthe White
Landscape designer and gardener Xanthe White talks to Kathryn about why wood is one of our most valuable resources when developing healthy gardens. She explains why it is particularly useful in restoration work but also food production.
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Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson
Rebecca looks at the OECD's new global economic outlook which says central banks shouldn't be distracted by weaknesses in banking and financial systems or economic recovery, and monetary policy needs to remain restrictive until there are clear signs that underlying inflationary pressures are lowered durably. Also, the Reserve Bank hiking rates, with Governor Adrian Orr pointing out, there are other options to cool inflation that don't involve NZ's central bank hammering the populace with high interest pain. Rebecca Stevenson is a senior writer at interest.co.nz
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Around the motu: Diane McCarthy in Whakatane
An earthquake swarm in Kawerau over the weekend has lots of people rattled with over 600 earthquakes recorded on Saturday and Sunday. The Ohiwa Harbour has an oversupply of starfish, that is wiping out shellfish species, particularly mussels. And Waka Kotahi is holding community information meetings in Whakatane and Awakeri next week to allow people to have their say on safety improvements on SH30 Awakeri-Whakatane. Eastern Bay of Plenty Local Democracy Reporter, Diane McCarthy is with the Whakatane Beacon.
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Book review: The New Life by Tom Crewe
Ralph McAllister reviews The New Life by Tom Crewe, published by Chatto.
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Slow Water: how to combat floods and droughts
Whether it is extreme flooding in the north and east, or drought in parts of the south - water has been a key focus around the country in recent times. Award-winning independent journalist and author Erica Gies says that just as floods and droughts are the first obvious sign of climate change, we are making things much worse by the way we manage or mismanage water. In her book Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge, she travels the world, examining "Slow Water" innovations, where wetlands, floodplains, high altitude grasslands and forests soften flood peaks, store water for droughts, and keep natural systems healthy.
Customer Reviews
Amazing host
Katheryn is such an impressive host who manages to combine intellectual interviews on an amazingly wide range of deep and/or sensitive topics. Head and shoulders above most others. I compare her to a wonderful host for the BBC who managed to “drop a word in the ear of the nation”. Kathryn does the same here for NZ with grace and intelligence.
She gets my vote.
Could be better
Great topics covered and interviewees, but the host doesn’t give them enough time to speak (and spends each interview commenting on the time remaining).
Kathryn Ryan
often seems like the interviewee here, talking over her guests with her sanctimonious sludge. Hard. Very hard to listen to.