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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.

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    • 4.4 • 13 Ratings

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.

    Science: Dogs with good noses, why people keep secrets

    Science: Dogs with good noses, why people keep secrets

    Science commentator Jen Martin joins Kathryn to talk about which domestic dog breeds have the best sense of smell, new research into why people keep secrets.

    • 10 min
    Artist Lily Duval on her love of insects and efforts to conserve them

    Artist Lily Duval on her love of insects and efforts to conserve them

    Artist and writer Lily Duval's latest book tells the stories of the insects of Aotearoa, in the hopes of changing attitudes towards them.

    • 14 min
    Around the motu: Simon Wilson in Auckland

    Around the motu: Simon Wilson in Auckland

    Simon looks at a new Curia poll revealing who Aucklanders favour as their next mayor. Simon Bridges is out in front, with Paula Bennett and Wayne Brown trailing behind. 

    • 14 min
    Book review: Shakespeare's Sisters: Four Women Who Wrote the Renaissance by Ramie Targoff 

    Book review: Shakespeare's Sisters: Four Women Who Wrote the Renaissance by Ramie Targoff 

    Sonja de Friez reviews Shakespeare's Sisters: Four Women Who Wrote the Renaissance by Ramie Targoff published by Hachette

    • 5 min
    Loren Taylor on her directing debut The Moon is Upside Down

    Loren Taylor on her directing debut The Moon is Upside Down

    Loren Taylor's latest project is one she wrote, directs and stars in: The Moon is Upside Down. She's joined by a stellar cast that includes Elizabeth Hawthorne, Victoria Haralbidou and Robyn Malcom.

    • 25 min
    Australia: Labor govt commits $1b to quantum computing, Bonza airline goes kaput

    Australia: Labor govt commits $1b to quantum computing, Bonza airline goes kaput

    Australia correspondent Bernard Keane talks about a commitment of a billion dollars by the Labor government to entice a US quantum computing firm to build in Queensland. 

    • 3 min

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