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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.

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00:11:16

US correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben

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2025/09/22

US President Trump attends a memorial for Charlie Kirk and there's another Government shutdown looming over budget disagreements.

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00:11:04

Social media ban would backfire - Law Association

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2025/09/22

The Law Association is warning that banning children from social media is a quick fix destined to fail.

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00:19:19

The future of Golden Bay's Te Waikoropupu Springs

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2025/09/22

Tasman District Council is trying to implement a Water Conservation Order to protect Golden Bay's Te Waikoropupu Springs the springs, but the request for a plan change is opposed by Federated Farmers.

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00:08:29

New residence pathways announced, NZ First unhappy

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2025/09/22

The government has announced two new pathways to residence for skilled migrants.

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00:11:01

Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne

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2025/09/21

Kennedy joins Kathryn Ryan from the breezy tip of Musick Point, a finger of land jutting into the Hauraki Gulf in east Auckland.

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00:10:20

Tamarillos on toast and in curry?

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2025/09/21

Kathryn meets Northland Tamarillo grower Aaron Davies, whose on the board of the Tamarillo Growers Association who shares some surprising new ways to eat the fruit.

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00:24:24

Political commentators Liam Hehir and Dale Husband

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2025/09/21

Dale and Liam discuss the Government's handling of the news there was a steep drop in GDP in the second quarter, and the challenges the left block would need to overcome to form a coalition.

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00:08:18

Book review: Homework: A Memoir by Geoff Dyer

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2025/09/21

Jane Westaway reviews Homework: A Memoir by Geoff Dyer, published by Allen & Unwin.

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00:28:38

The inside story of Patagonia's founder

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2025/09/21

Legendary rock climber Yvon Chouinard - an outdoorsman who was so uninterested in material possessions he would sleep in the dirt - made billions as the founder of clothing apparel company Patagonia.

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00:30:33

Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Fraser

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2025/09/18

In her new book, Murderland, Caroline Fraser considers whether the region's industrial pollution played a part in creating some of America's most infamous murderers.

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00:08:11

Asia: turmoil in Nepal, and an AI political leader in...

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2025/09/18

Elizabeth Beattie talks about recent political turmoil in Nepal, flooding in Philippines and a political party in Japan have said they will appoint an AI leader after its current leader preformed poorly in recent elections.

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00:19:03

Smart glasses, fruit measuring & a cricket bowling...

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2025/09/18

A 19 year old product design student has won an award for creating a pair of smart glasses which provide protection for people affected by photosensitive epilepsy. Canterbury University student Mark Campbell has won this year's National James Dyson Award for his glasses - called Lensare. Zené Krige from Massey University is a runner up, with her fruit measuring device. Also runners up Canterbury students Aarush Bhagwat and Toby Samuel Dean with their portable, autonomous cricket bowling

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00:11:40

New ADHD medication soon available

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2025/09/18

An estimated 65,000 New Zealanders are prescribed medication for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - or ADHD. Pharmac is planning to fund a new brand of ADHD medication from the first of December, and is currently consulting on the change.If approved, a generic equivalent to the commonly prescribed Concerta brand will be available. The move is supported by the advocacy group ADHD New Zealand, and comes amid ongoing global supply issues for ADHD medication, and in anticipation of new

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00:11:59

Health workforce regulation changes progressing

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2025/09/18

The Health Minister is pushing ahead with changes to the health workforce after consultation that sparked worries in the health sector.

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00:11:27

Screentime: A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, The Longest...

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2025/09/17

Film and television reviewer James Croot joins Kathryn to review the latest - and last - Downton Abbey movie.

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00:16:46

Parenting: raising assertive children

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2025/09/17

How to help children to be more assertive and self-confident, without being demanding and aggressive.

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00:12:41

Tech: Shape of US TikTok deal, how we're using AI...

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2025/09/17

Tech commentator Peter Griffin joins Kathryn to discuss the deal to move TikTok's US business onto an investor consortium, creating a new entity to operate the app in the US.

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00:09:42

Economy contracted in Q2

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2025/09/17

The economy contracted sharply in the second quarter of the year and GDP has now fallen in 3 of the last 5 quarters.

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00:12:23

Around the motu: Peter de Graaf in Northland

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2025/09/17

Peter reports on the sentencing of a man convicted of manslaughter after his dogs killed his friend, mayoral races in Northland and the return of a much loved woodchopping tropy.

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00:04:25

Book review: Kings of This World by Elizabeth Knox

Nine To Noon ·

2025/09/17

Louise Ward reviews Kings of This World by Elizabeth Knox, published by Allen & Unwin.

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