The Best of Nine to Noon 2022
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The Secrets of the Night: Annette Lees
26 Jan 2022Night time for Waitakere-based author Annette Lees, is magical and beguiling. It transforms the senses and the landscape. But most of us miss out on it most the time. It's when the nocturnal world… Audio
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Original Wailer: Al Anderson, Bob Marley's lead guitarist
27 Jan 2022Kathryn speaks with Al Anderson, lead guitarist on No Woman No Cry, the song that put Bob Marley and the Wailers on the map. Bob Marley and Al's work together includes platinum award winning albums… Audio
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An epic run traversing America multiple times
28 Jan 2022British ultra-athlete Rob Pope left his job to recreate Forrest Gump's fictional run, traversing America five times.The English veterinarian is the first person to complete the epic run covering… Audio, Gallery
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Mariana Mazzucato: governments must collaborate with private sector
2 Feb 2022Renowned economist Mariana Mazzucato argues that governments ought to be active co-creators and co-shapers of markets alongside the private sector. She is a is Professor in the Economics of Innovation… Audio
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Are your desires really your own?
25 Feb 2022We imitate other people's behaviour but we also subconsciously imitate what they desire, says entrepreneur Luke Burgis. In the new book Wanting, he argues that by "desiring differently" we can become… Audio
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Jo Morgan: a life of adventure
1 Mar 2022Jo Morgan is a mountaineer, avid motorcyclist, adventurer, trader, philanthropist, grandmother, and now author. She's written a memoir about her adventure-filled and unconventional life, which begins… Audio, Gallery
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A sticky subject: the science of surfaces
11 Mar 2022The Post-It note tacked to your wall, the non-stick frypan in the kitchen cupboard, and even your vehicle's tyres gripping the road... You've probably not given too much thought to what makes things… Audio
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The importance of a wandering mind
23 Mar 2022Neuroscientist and the former Director of the Cognitive Neuroscience Lab at Harvard Medical School Moshe Bar is the author of Mindwandering - How it can improve your mood and boost your creativity and… Audio
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Some seldom-seen scenes of Auckland
8 Apr 2022Matt Davison has a day job at a desk, but in his spare time he goes on expeditions all over Tāmaki Makaurau to photograph secret places. When the pandemic put the kaibosh on his passion to travel the… Video, Audio, Gallery
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Abbey and Money Singh on being The Modern Singhs
13 Apr 2022How a video of Abbey and Money Singh's spectacular nuptials propelled them into social media stardom as The Modern Singhs. Audio, Gallery
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Living well after a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis
27 Apr 2022Professor George Jelinek was 45 and at the peak of a distinguished medical career, when he was diagnosed with MS - the disease which had destroyed his mother's life. At the time, he was a Professor of… Audio
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Walking to good health: 52 Ways to Walk
10 May 2022While most of us have spent our whole lives walking, how much consideration have we really given to the full benefits? Writer and keen walker Annabel Streets has been researching the science behind… Audio
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Vertical farming: producing fruit and veg all year round
11 May 2022New Zealander Arama Kukutai is the Chief Executive of Plenty - a California based indoor, vertical farming technology company. Plenty grows leafy greens and will soon be growing strawberries in tall… Audio
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'This is my vocation' : 80-year-old school principal
18 May 2022Manurewa community icon Shirley Maihi is the country's oldest school principal. At 80, she leads decile one Finlayson Park School, championing bi-lingual education and social wellbeing initiatives… Audio
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Black hole image "incredibly exciting" development
20 May 2022Last week was an epic week for astronomers, mathematicians and astrophysicists around the world with the capturing of the first picture of a black hole in this galaxy.The picture shows a halo of dust… Audio
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'It's a slow motion genocide', attorney and Uyghur activist
2 Jun 2022Nury Turkel was born in a Chinese re-education camp in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, managing to flee China in 1995 to attend university in the United States. Becoming the first Uyghur to… Audio
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The history and future of our universe
3 Jun 2022Professor Brian Greene is one of the world's foremost theoretical physicists. He is the head of Columbia University's Center for Theoretical Physics, and is co-founder and chairman of the World… Audio
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Dame Whina Cooper: new biopic film
20 Jun 2022In 1975, Dame Whina Cooper led a land march from Te Hāpua in the far north, to Parliament in Wellington, demanding action on the loss of Māori land. "Not one more acre" became the movement's rallying… Audio, Gallery
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Douglas Stuart: Young Mungo
22 Jun 2022Booker Prize-winning Scottish novelist Douglas Stuart speaks with Kathryn Ryan about his new novel, Young Mungo which is breaking hearts. Young Mungo develops into a romance between two teenage boys… Audio
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How to help your child have a good relationship with sleep
30 Jun 2022One in ten children suffer from a sleep disorder but most of us – including GPs and paediatricians – know very little about the signs and symptoms, says Dr Chris Winter. In his new book The Rested… Audio
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The invisible world of vibrations, frequencies and sound
5 Jul 2022Frequencies are all around us; everything on this earth vibrates, and even you, right now, are resonating at a frequency between about 5 and 10 hertz. And if all things resonate, then surely they must… Audio
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Lessons for the medical profession from a patient-turned-doctor
6 Jul 2022Ben Bravery was undergoing bowel cancer in his late twenties when he realised his aftercare left a lot to be desired. His solution? To go to medical school, become a doctor and try to bring about… Audio
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Swords, mudlarking and druids: Neil Burridge
13 Jul 2022Originally used by soldiers between1600 BC and 600 AD, Bronze-age swordsmith Neil Burridge ecreates the quality and what he describes as the elegance of ancient swords. Neil… Audio
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Quick sleep tips from a circadian neuroscientist
15 Jul 2022After decades of studying circadian rhythms, Oxford University sleep scientist Russell Foster shares his findings in the new book Life Time: The New Science of the Body Clock, and How It Can… Audio
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Alex Duff: Le Fric - the Business of the Tour de France
21 Jul 2022A multi-millionaire octogenarian widow and her two children who have kept tight control of the Tour de France despite numerous hostile takeover bids, are the focus of a new book. The world's most… Audio
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Thank you for the music, from Porirua to Harvard: Jess Jenkins
A young Porirua violist has been selected to study at an Ivy League university in the US. Former Tawa College student Jess Jenkins has been accepted at Harvard, from over ten thousand applications… Audio
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How to be a Bad Muslim - new book by Mohamed Hassan
3 Aug 2022Mohamed Hassan is an award winning former RNZ journalist, poet and author who says international travel is still a logistical nightmare for millions of Muslims, who like him, have to prepare in… Audio
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Our father, Barry Crump
9 Aug 2022Barry Crump was the ultimate kiwi icon - a rugged outdoorsman, and quintessential kiwi bloke. His books sold millions of copies and his Toyota TV ads with the hapless Scotty entertained us all. But… Audio, Gallery
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Chris Finlayson on National's chances and challenges
15 Aug 2022Former National party minister, Christopher Finlayson, served as one of the most senior members of the last National government, under Prime Minister John Key. He held the portfolios of Attorney… Audio
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Mindfulness for chronic pain - Kiwi awarded OBE
24 Aug 2022Vidyamala Burch is a UK-based New Zealander whose mindfulness programme for chronic pain and other illnesses has just earned her an OBE. Through her own experience of extreme pain which began in her… Audio
