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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.

  • 9 minutes 44 seconds
    Around the motu: Tess Brunton, RNZ's reporter in Dunedin
    Tess talks to Kathryn about urgent plans to get solar power up and running on Stewart Island as the diesel crisis bites, issues around social media use and a Dunedin Councillor, the aftermath of the rat infestation at a local Woolworths and the Otago Rally hits town with 140 crews competing.
    8 April 2026, 10:45 pm
  • 2 minutes 32 seconds
    Book review: Addition by Toni Jordan
    Gail Pittaway reviews Addition by Toni Jordan, published by Text Publishing.
    8 April 2026, 10:35 pm
  • 9 minutes 54 seconds
    Demand for electric motorbikes on the rise
    Electric motorcycle manufacturer FTN Motion has launched the Streetdog XR, a more powerful evolution of its original Streetdog, following a $2m capital raise.
    8 April 2026, 10:30 pm
  • 27 minutes 1 second
    Unearthing the preserved stories of Pompeii
    Two thirds of the UNESCO World Heritage site at Pompeii has yet to be excavated, but what do we already know about the people who lived there? 
    8 April 2026, 10:05 pm
  • 10 minutes 12 seconds
    UK: Starmer's Mideast meeting, doctors' strikes and Kanye ban
    Harry Taylor is a parliamentary reporter for PA Media.
    8 April 2026, 9:45 pm
  • 8 minutes 27 seconds
    Dogs joining the battle against golden clams
    The dogs working for Waikato University to protect whitebait and now adding their skills to the fight against invasive golden clams.
    8 April 2026, 9:35 pm
  • 10 minutes 37 seconds
    Auckland team tasked with keeping transplant organs healthy
    The work by a small Auckland team to care for organs donated for transplant.  
    8 April 2026, 9:20 pm
  • 16 minutes 31 seconds
    Social media companies not complying with Australia ban
    A new report by Australia's eSafety Commissioner has found social media giants aren't complying with the country's under-16 ban. 
    8 April 2026, 9:05 pm
  • 11 minutes 20 seconds
    Science: Hormuz + fertiliser, how to make air on a spaceship
    Science commentator Allan Blackman looks at what goes into nitrogen fertiliser, how oxygen gets made on board the International Space Station, and how science could help baristas make a perfect cup of coffee every time. 
    7 April 2026, 11:45 pm
  • 10 minutes 31 seconds
    Sea captain's book imagines NZ 60 years after devastating war
    What would New Zealand look like in sixty years, if war had ravaged the northern hemisphere and survivors fled south?
    7 April 2026, 11:35 pm
  • 9 minutes 15 seconds
    Iran claims victory, says it forced US to accept 10-point plan
    President Donald Trump has agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran on the condition that Iran agree to reopen the critical Strait of Hormuz. 
    7 April 2026, 11:25 pm
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