Synopsis
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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Sports correspondent Marc Hinton
27/04/2026 Duration: 10minA recap of Super Rugby's 'Super Round' in Christchuch, and another win for the Warriors, this time in front of a sold out crowd in the capital. Marc also discusses the London Marathon that saw the 2-hour record broken twice, and many other records tumbled.
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Jay Lichter on capturing the weird and wonderful world of fungi
27/04/2026 Duration: 17minLandscaper Jay Lichter - turned obsessive fungi photographer - has spent countless hours shuffling in the moss, mud and the undergrowth to capture the specimens.
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Political commentators Tim Hurdle and Gareth Hughes
27/04/2026 Duration: 22minGareth Hughes is the Director of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa is a former Green MP and is no longer a member of any political party. Tim Hurdle is a former National senior adviser, consultant and director of several companies.
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Around the motu: Tom Hunt in Wellington
27/04/2026 Duration: 08minTom discusses the relationship between Wellington council officers and councillors, the latest post the floods of a week ago and Auckland has one, will Wellington get a "city deal" with the government.
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Book review: The First Anzacs by George Hulse and Jimmy Thomson
27/04/2026 Duration: 04minDean Bedford reviews The First Anzacs by George Hulse and Jimmy Thomson, published by Allen & Unwin.
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250 bird milestone for Capital Kiwi Project
27/04/2026 Duration: 07minHe wants residents of Wellington's western suburbs, South Coast and rural valleys falling asleep to the sound of kiwi calling.
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Elizabeth Knox on her memoir tracking a year of family crises
27/04/2026 Duration: 29minHer sister suffered a psychotic break and was hospitalised against her will, her brother-in law was hit by a truck and died, and her mother was diagnosed with motor neurone disease.
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USA correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben
27/04/2026 Duration: 07minSecurity measures are under scrutiny following a shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner where a suspect was apprehended before reaching the President or causing injuries.
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The architecture festival opening Christchurch's buildings
27/04/2026 Duration: 06minPeople will have a chance to get a look inside more than fifty Christchurch buildings during an architecture festival this weekend.
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Recovering from a flood
27/04/2026 Duration: 09minHouseholders in many parts of the North Island are in the process of trying to put their homes back to together.
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Parents take legal action against Kmart after play sand recall
27/04/2026 Duration: 25minTwo parents whose children were exposed to tremolite asbestos are taking Kmart to the Disputes Tribunal, and urging various Government departments to take action to prevent the situation from happening again.
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Friday funnies: Donna Brookbanks and Michele A'Court
23/04/2026 Duration: 14minHorse meat pies back on the menu, a crocodile infested river for the Olympic rowing, and changes to the classic brown L&P bottle.
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Around the motu: David Hill reports from Rangiora
23/04/2026 Duration: 07minDavid talks to Susie about the impact of fuel prices on household budgets in North Canterbury, the local regional council calls for fairer transport funding for the South Island, the Hurunui and Kaikoura Mayors' Job Programme Taskforce punches above it's weight despite cutbacks and a Kaikoura waterfront proposal cops criticism.
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Major landslide in Waiwera leads to evacuations
23/04/2026 Duration: 04minMetService has issued orange heavy rain warnings for many parts of Auckland and Northland.
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Some viewers shut out of TVNZ+ by updates
23/04/2026 Duration: 08minWhile TVNZ claims the switch was seamless for most of its 800,000 accounts, support has officially ended for 2015/2016 Samsung TVs, prompting a wave of social media complaints.
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New book details SAS operations in Afghanistan
23/04/2026 Duration: 26minHe focuses on two SAS operations - the first, Operation Watea, which began in 2009 and saw Kiwi SAS soldiers deployed to help train and support the Afghan Crisis Response Unit or CRU.
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Veteran foreign correspondent pays tribute to his grandfather
23/04/2026 Duration: 08minIt's the wartime experiences of his grandfather that he's explored in a new project with the folk band The Unsung Heroes that'll debut at an Anzac event tonight at Auckland's Kahui St David's music centre.
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Teachers' concerns about proposed history curriculum
23/04/2026 Duration: 12minConsultation closes today on the draft curriculum content for science, health and PE, learning languages, social sciences, technology and art for years 0 to 10.