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Kathryn Ryan
Kathryn grew up in the South Island is now based in Wellington.
She has a BA degree in History and Education, a post-graduate diploma in journalism, and has also completed university study in business and economics.
A journalist for twenty years, Kathryn began in print, and joined RNZ in 1999. She spent six years reporting on Parliament in RNZ's Press Gallery office, the last three as RNZ's political editor. She became host of Nine to Noon in May 2006.
Kathryn has travelled widely throughout New Zealand and visited around 20 countries in Europe, Asia and the Pacific, as well as the United States and Antarctica.
Her interests include reading, movies, good food and wine, the great outdoors, tramping and sea swimming. She was named 2015 International Radio Personality of the Year by the Association of International Broadcasters.
RNZ Programmes
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Nine To Noon
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…
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Search results for Kathryn Ryan
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Growing kumara in country's only traditional Maori garden
17 Feb 2025Hamilton gardens are home to the country's only traditional Maori garden - Te Parapara - where everything is done as it was pre-European settlement, including the food that is grown. Head gardener… Audio
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Triathlete Kylie Frost said 'up yours' to her diagnosis
14 Feb 2025Eight years ago Kylie Frost was given a use it or lose it ultimatum by her physio - start exercising or go and find a wheelchair. This weekend, she'll compete in the Tarawera Ultra-trail in Rotorua. Audio
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Dame Patsy Reddy: Rugby, climate and being a Wellingtonian
13 Feb 2025Dame Patsy Reddy, the former chair of New Zealand rugby and the new chair of the Climate Change Commission speaks to Kathryn Ryan Audio
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Mines rescue service funding dwindles despite growth promise
4 Feb 2025As the Government plans to expand mining projects, the service set up to respond when things go wrong is in dire need of funding. Audio
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Minister for Regulation on his Bill to guide good laws
3 Feb 2025A Regulatory Standards Bill, seeking to serve as a blueprint for good lawmaking will be introduced to parliament later this year. A discussion document circulated over the summer attracted 23,000… Audio
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Music with Charlotte Ryan
29 Jan 2025Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan joins Kathryn with new music from Marlon Williams and Nadia Reid. Audio
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Greater Manchester mayor on 13 years of a city deal
27 Jan 2025Regional deals are coming to New Zealand, but Manchester city has had one for years - Kathryn speaks with the mayor of Greater Manchester about how it all works Audio
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Northland's first possum dog on the job
20 Dec 2024When Shaka - the Hungarian Vizsla cross German Short Haired Pointer - is at home, he's just a regular family dog. But when he dons his fluoro orange vest and yellow muzzle - he's on the job. Audio
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The art gallery celebrating bad art
20 Dec 2024The Museum Of Bad Art was founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1993 to collect, exhibit, and celebrate art that is too bad to be ignored. Audio
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Deck the halls: Aged care residents record a Christmas album
20 Dec 2024The power of music has been demonstrated in a special Christmas project involving residents at two aged care facilities in Auckland. Audio
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Miles Hurrell on getting Fonterra back to basics
18 Dec 2024Miles Hurrell has been at the helm of Fonterra for five years now, and to say he's conducted a turnaround job is probably an understatement. Audio
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Political commentators Husband and Thomas
16 Dec 2024Dale Husband and Ben Thomas talk politics with Kathryn Ryan Audio
