Nine To Noon for Tuesday 23 September 2025

09:05 The future of  Golden Bay's Te Waikoropupū Springs    

Golden Bay's Te Waikoropupū Springs is a major regional tourism attraction - the largest cold water springs in the Southern hemisphere and home to some of the clearest water ever measured. Tasman District Council is trying to implement a Water Conservation Order to protect the springs, which are also considered sacred to local iwi.  To  give the conservation order effect, the council wants a plan change that would require farmers to take action over activities that could affect water quality. But it has to go the the RMA Minister for an exemption, as the government has halted most plan changes while it overhauls the Resource Management  Act. The request for a plan change is opposed by Federated Farmers who have written to the Minister also asking for Water Conservation Orders to be removed entirely saying they allow environmental protections to be placed above  economic provisions. Kathryn is joined by Barry Johnson, the Environmental Policy Manager from the Tasman District Council  and Mark Hooper RMA spokesperson for Federated Farmers.    

09:20 Social media ban would backfire - Law Association

The Law Association is warning that banning children from social media is a quick fix destined to fail and could actually make things worse by driving kids' online activity underground. Parliament's select committee has been hearing from submitters on the bill which is in the name of National MP Catherine Wedd. Wedd's bill would put the onus on social media companies to verify someone is over the age of 16 before they access social media platforms, and is modelled off Australian legislation that was recently passed. But technology experts say under-16s will find a way to circumvent any blocks put in place. The head of the Law Association's Technology and Law Committee is Lloyd Gallagher.

09:45 US correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben

US President Trump, among a host of big names from the GOP, attend a memorial for Charlie Kirk. Danielle also discusses the President's visit to England, and there's another Government shutdown looming over budget disagreements. 

Danielle Kurtzleben is a political correspondent assigned to NPR's Washington Desk.

10:05 Chef Al Brown and his new book "Hooked - Learning to Fish" 

Chef Al Brown's life long love of fishing has already been evidenced in a book and several television series celebrating New Zealand food. But now he's turned his attention to novice fishers in a new book for children and adults alike. "Hooked - Learning to Fish," covers the details of fishing be it from the wharf, a kayak or fly fishing. Big on safety, it also details intricacies from knots to hook selection and as you would expected from a leading chef and restauranteur, it includes a few recipes as well. Brown believes that along with providing families with kai, fishing is great for mental health, be it time by oneself or with friends. He joins Kathryn to talk about the book and his love of spending time on or alongside the water.

10:35 Book review: The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman

Ralph McAllister reviews The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman, published by Penguin Random House.

10:45 Around the motu: David Williams from Christchurch

David reports on the swimming and indoor courts complex about to open, Canterbury University and non compliant farming on its land  and mayoral candidates on asset sales.

David Williams is Newsroom's Te Waipounamu South Island Correspondent

11:05 Business commentator Dan Brunskill

The GDP result for the June quarter came in lower than already-low expectations, leading to calls for Government resignations, and ideas ranging from stimulus to austerity. Dan also discusses today's immigration announcement and why housing densification is becoming one of the big issues for councils as local elections loom.

Dan Brunskill is an economic policy reporter for Interest NZ

11:30 How an Art Deco sculptor inspired a Kiwi's debut novel

A Kiwi writer's obsession with all things Art Deco led her to pen a book set in the turbulent inter-war period in France. Jeena Murphy's novel Rue de Paradis is based on a young woman's experience of fleeing her home village for the bright lights of Paris in 1933, where she finds work as a model for one of the best-known sculptors of the era. His name was Demétre Chiparus, a Romanian emigre, whose ivory and bronze figurines often drew inspiration from the ballet world. But the foundries that produced his work largely belonged to Jews, and were forced to shut in World War II. Jeena's novel imagines the difficulties faced by one of those foundries as the pre-war political tensions started to boil.

11:45 Sports correspondent Joe Porter

Liam Lawson gets a career best result in Baku, the Black Ferns lose the World Cup semi to a storming first half performance from Canada and in netball the Silver Ferns beat South Africa.