Nine To Noon
RNZ
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
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Jan 25, 2026 • 24min
Political commentators Gareth Hughes and Ben Thomas
Gareth, Ben and Kathryn discuss the latest in politics.
Jan 25, 2026 • 13min
Around the motu: Simon Wilson in Auckland
Around the motu: Simon Wilson in Auckland.
Jan 25, 2026 • 5min
Book review: Three of the best from 2025
Louise Ward of Wardini Books reviews three of her favourite books from last year.
Jan 25, 2026 • 7min
RNZ reporter Lauren Crimp with the latest from Mount Maunganui
The search for six people confirmed missing in the landslide has resumed.
Jan 25, 2026 • 25min
Natasha Brown on working in finance and writing her thriller
British author Natasha Brown on her Booker longlisted second novel, a witty social and political satire, that examines what truth is in the modern age.
Jan 25, 2026 • 11min
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
Unprecedented EU pushbacks force Trump into retreat, Russia cuts heating across Ukraine despite peace talks, Spotlight on state of Spanish railways after string of crashes, and Italy voices anger after New Year's bar fire owner freed on bail.
Jan 25, 2026 • 11min
Reefton Powerhouse back on
The country's first power station is generating again for the first time in 80 years.
Jan 25, 2026 • 13min
Are tax incentives working to support Research and Development?
The first report into the government's tax incentives for commercial research and development estimates an impact on New Zealand's GDP of nearly $7bn.
Jan 25, 2026 • 15min
New year, new curriculum for primary school maths and English
The first primary schools days for 2026 start for some from today, and with the return to the classroom comes an updated, new maths and English curriculum.
