Nine To Noon for Monday 1 December 2025

09:05 Police Commissioner on the McSkimming fallout 

Police Commissioner Richard Chambers on the fallout from the Jevon McSkimming scandal and how he plans to rebuild trust in police and its leadership. McSkimming is due to be sentenced on the 17th of this month, after pleading guilty to possessing child sexual exploitation and bestiality material over a four year period. The case rocked the police, as it emerged that the man who almost became Police Commissioner, had engaged in criminal behaviour. And that there was serious misconduct at the highest levels of police over how they handled accusations of sexual offending by McSkimming. Richard Chambers has called the behaviour disgraceful and says he is determined to rebuild trust in police.

09:30 Open banking kicks off

Open banking is officially here as of today, but how will the experience change for everyday users? Open banking will mean customers can securely share their financial information with third parties. For example an approved budgeting app will be able to see a customer's banking transactions - and use them in the app to advise on spending or saving. The big four banks - ANZ, ASB, BNZ and Westpac are subject to open banking regulations from today. The Government has given them several extensions - all of the banks have six months for business internet banking to be included in the regulations. Josh Daniell is co-founder of fintech Akahu, and talks to Kathryn about what open banking will look like for consumers in the coming months.  

09:45 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney

Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney on France deciding bring back voluntary military service, Ukraine's president losing his right-hand man, Italy adding a new crime of "femicide" to its criminal code, and the Austrian nuns who fled their nursing home - becoming viral sensations in the process. 

10:05 Jo Aleh - first woman to join Team NZ Amercia's Cup defence 

When Jo Aleh was eight years old, she saw Team New Zealand win the America's Cup, and asked her father if she could learn to sail. She's come a long, long way from learning to sail in optimists at the Ponsonby Cruising Club in 1995. Jo Aleh is a two-time women’s 470 Olympic medallist, former World Champion and a former Female World Sailor of the Year, and been in SailGP. Last year, she co-helmed the first ever Women's America's Cup in Barcelona. And in October, she was named as the first woman to join the Team New Zealand crew in the America's Cup defence to be held in Naples in 2027. They're training full time on the Waitemata but Kathryn Ryan caught up with Jo while she was on a break off the water.

10:25 The family who have been on a 4-year camping trip 

How about a family camping trip that lasts at least four years? That's the story of the Leopard family - who made the call to maximise the time they had while their children were young and embark on a 15-month camping trip around New Zealand. Well - 15 months came and went, and they are still loving the travelling life. Kathryn catches up with Mike Leopard.

10:35 Book review: The Silver Book by Olivia Laing

Kiran Dass reviews The Silver Book by Olivia Laing, published by Penguin Books NZ.

10:45 Around the motu: Simon Wilson in Auckland 

Simon discusses the ongoing issue of flooding; this weekend in Onehunga. The Auckland Deal, between the supercity and the government, is due to be released today. The "new action plan" to improve quality of life on Queen St, IKEA finally opens this Thursday and a soggy, but popular, Santa's Day parade. 

Simon Wilson is a senior writer with the New Zealand Herald.

11:05 Political commentators Liam Hehir and Lianne Dalziel 

Liam Hehir is a Palmerston North lawyer, political commentator and a National Party member.

Lianne Dalziel is a life member of the Labour Party and a former MP and Cabinet Minister. She ran as an independent for Christchurch's mayoralty in 2013 and was the city's mayor for three terms. She writes a regular column for Newsroom.co.nz.

11:30 Paeonies and hydroponics grown in Mosgiel

Rodger and Cindy Whitson own a 10 acre property just outside of Mosgiel, where they grow paeonies and hydroponic herbs and salad dressings. Regulars or visitors to the Saturday morning Otago Farmers Market will known them - they've been selling their fresh produce and flowers there for 20 years under their brand Janefield Paeonies and Hydroponics. It's a busy time of year for the paeonies - which Roger and Cindy export to the US and Asia, as well as selling at the market.

11:45 Urban Issues with Bill McKay

Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland.