Nine To Noon for Tuesday 23 December 2025

THE RUN HOME TO CHRISTMAS WITH BRYAN CRUMP

9.07 Free Trade Agreement with India

RNZ Business Editor Gyles Beckford joins Bryan to chat about the new free trade deal with India.

9.10 Christmas in Antarctica 

Who can resist an interview with Scott Base? The town under New Zealand jurisdiction will most likely get a white Christmas - in fact if it doesn't, you might need to reassess that oceanside property you had your eyes on. 

Faith Farquhar-Culling is the volunteer social club president at Scott Base this summer - what a job - she joins Bryan for a chat.

9.25 It's been a big year for the colossal squid 

We can't get enough colossal squid action, and it turns out 2025 was a big year for the massive creature.

Professor Kat Bolstad - head of the AUT Squid Squad joins Bryan to tell him more...

See some of Kat's videos here

9.50 Working on the wards over the holidays

We reckon it's a good idea to recognise some of those who'll keep working through the summer break, so that the rest of us can enjoy a holiday.

Yesterday it was Ian King - on call most of the summer break for the Otaki Volunteer Fire Brigade.

Today on the run home to Christmas, we celebrate the work of Holly Rawiri, Duty Nurse Manager at Taranaki Hospital.

10.10 Christmas in the Cook Islands  

Christmas is a time when many of us head back to the family home - the marae - and in the case of many Pacific Islanders - the village.

People like Kayla Tuara are taking their family back to the Cook Islands for Christmas.

Kayla joins Bryan from Rarotonga.

10.25 Getting outdoors this summer 

Now here's a challenge for anyone with children - find things to do that get them off their screens, get them moving and won't hit parents in the pocket. 

That's where Bryan's guest comes in. 

Dr. Susannah Smith is President and Board Chair of Physical Education New Zealand and an Associate Professor at University of Canterbury. 

10.45 Christmas gift ideas with Alice Taylor 

Alice Taylor is joining Bryan across the week to give yummy and simple Christmas gift ideas. Listen here for yesterday's recipes, and see here for the shortbread recipe.

Here's also the recipe for the BBQ Meat Rub:

2 tbsp paprika 

1 tbsp cumin 

½ tbsp ground coriander

½ tbsp ground ginger 

½ tbsp cinnamon 

½ tbsp salt

Mix ingredients together and store in a jar.  

11.10 A golf caddie on the Te Araroa Trail 

Summer is the season for walking and Doug Haynes is walking Te Araroa, the National Trail.

He's a golf caddie who is carrying two sets of golf clubs on the trail to raise money for children's charity KidsCan.

He joins Bryan on the line from Taumarunui.

11.20 Shayne Carter and Hamish McKeich 

Bryan shares one of his favourite RNZ Concert interviews from the year.

Today, it's Shayne Carter and Hamish McKeich. 

Carter has been at the forefront of New Zealand rock music for over 40 years. From his high school band Bored Games, to Straightjacket Fits, to Dimmer. 

But something else has been happening to Carter's music over the past decade: he's gone a little bit classical.

This month, Carter released his first album with a symphony orchestra, REforms.

It's a collection of mostly previously recorded songs, reimagined for the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

Carter joined RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump along with the orchestra's conductor for the recording sessions, Hamish McKeich.

11.40 How to staycation in Wellington 

Part two of our Staycation - or urban vacation series - depending on where you live.

Today - Te Whanganui O Tara - Wellington, with Simon Woolf, who's well qualified, first because he lives there, secondly, because he's just written a book about the city, Wellington Moods.