Nine To Noon

21958 - Science: Sleeping sickness drug + 'smart underwear'

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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21958 - Science: Sleeping sickness drug + 'smart underwear'

Episodes

Wed, 25 Mar 2026

Nine To Noon

Episodes

Science: Sleeping sickness drug + 'smart underwear'

The 1855 Wellington earthquake

Around the motu: Chris Hyde, Hawkes Bay Today editor

Book review: Glyph by Ali Smith

Scottish poet Michael Pedersen on being the Edinburgh Makar

Australia: Jetstar axes NZ flights, new EU deal, Hanson rising

Seabird chicks die as parents fly far away for food

RBNZ Governor speech 'central bank 101'

Local govt financing tool for households

New T20 league, winning Warriors

Stephen K Amos on chasing laughs in the social media era

Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson

Around the motu: Tess Brunton, RNZ's reporter in Dunedin

Book review: The Ballad of Joe Taihape by Glenn Colquhoun

Palestinian scholar on identity and generational exile

USA correspondent David Smith

Fundraiser stitches together $250,000 for hospice

IRD increases view of crypto activity

Concerns Public Works Act changes strip landowner rights

Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne

Eating out with a difference

Political commentators Neale Jones and Liam Hehir

Around the motu: David Williams Newsroom's Te Waipounamu,

Book review: Every Second Counts by Charlotte Glennie

The husband and wife team behind Aro on life in a caravan

Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney

How a simple testicle check could save young men

BBC correspondent James Waterhouse on the Iran conflict

Is the government's cyber security plan enough?

Sport Editor Dana Johannsen

Friday funnies: Te Radar and Irene Pink

Around the motu: Jimmy Ellingham

Book review: Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman

Aiming at a Pacific-wide drug-buying club

Pacific Editor Koroi Hawkins

Dog adoption centre focused on finding the right fit

What the latest attacks mean for oil and gas prices

Auckland resident questions flood mapping

Screentime: The Bride!, Reminders of Him, Project Hail Mary, Manosphere

Parenting: What did you do at school today?

Tech: What's a tracking pixel, who's following me and why?

Around the motu: Ché Baker, editor of the Southland Times.

Book review: How to be an Alien

Ellen Snelling's mission to get more women surfing

Neuroscientist Ben Rein on why our brains need friends to be at our most healthy

UK: Talks on Iran situation, migration background, warnings amid meningitis outbreak

Calculating the hidden costs of road crashes

The personal face of the hundreds of thousands with Long Covid

Money: What's the Iran conflict doing on markets?

Trapeze artist Adam Malone on the circus and cabaret show seducing Auckland audiences

Radio New Zealand Pacific podcasts