Nine To Noon RNZ Radio
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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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Science: Dogs with good noses, why people keep secrets
Science commentator Jen Martin joins Kathryn to talk about which domestic dog breeds have the best sense of smell, new research into why people keep secrets about themselves and whether your genes have any impact on musical preferences. Dr Jen Martin founded the science communication program at the University of Melbourne, runs the espressoscience.com blog and is also the author of Why Am I Like This?: The Science Behind Your Weirdest Thoughts and Habits.
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Artist Lily Duval on her love of insects and efforts to
Artist and writer Lily Duval's latest book tells the stories of the insects of Aotearoa, in the hopes of changing attitudes towards them. And it begins with a confession: she's not a lifelong insect lover herself, in fact she had to overcome a fear of bugs in her 20s. Lily holds a Master of Arts, exploring 'cultural entomology', dissecting how we talk about, and represent, insects in culture, and as she calls it, their "PR problem". Six Legged Ghosts pays homage to the many living bugs, but also the many which have quietly gone extinct, and is illustrated with her own watercolour paintings. Lily Duval is a researcher for a range of conservation organisations, and wants people to feel just as passionate about bugs, as they do about animals and plants.
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Around the motu: Simon Wilson in Auckland
Simon looks at a new Curia poll revealing who Aucklanders favour as their next mayor. Simon Bridges is out in front, with Paula Bennett and Wayne Brown trailing behind.
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Book review: Shakespeare's Sisters: Four Women Who Wrote the Renaissance by Ramie Targoff
Sonja de Friez reviews Shakespeare's Sisters: Four Women Who Wrote the Renaissance by Ramie Targoff published by Hachette
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Loren Taylor on her directing debut The Moon is Upside Down
Loren Taylor's latest project is one she wrote, directs and stars in: The Moon is Upside Down. She's joined by a stellar cast that includes Elizabeth Hawthorne, Victoria Haralbidou, Robyn Malcom, Robbie Magasiva and Jermaine Clement.
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Australia: Labor govt commits $1b to quantum computing, Bonza airline goes kaput
Australia correspondent Bernard Keane talks about a commitment of a billion dollars by the Labor government to entice a US quantum computing firm to build in Queensland.
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