This week on Dear Science Casper had a chat with Allan Blackman about Gregor Mendel's 200th birthday, using scientific techniques to determine the authorship of Josquin's compositions, and scientists changing the bonds between atoms for the first time.
In response to the death of an unarmed constable in 2020, the New Zealand police invested 200 Million dollars into a safety programme for front line officers.
It’s been recently disclosed that new AI software, titled search X, is at the heart of it. Josh Black talked to Alex Sims from the university of Auckland to find out more.
The Government’s Employment Relations Amendment Bill has passed its third and final reading.
Wire Host Caeden spoke to E Tū National Secretary Rachel Mackintosh about what the bill means for workers, particularly the new test to define who is a contractor.
They also spoke to University of Auckland Law School Professional Teaching Fellow Simon Schofield about the bill, particularly the impact on those earning more than $200,000 and workers more generally.
After years of speculation and concern, the Cadbury factory in Dunedin will close early next year. This will put more than 350 people out of a job, at least 200 will be made redundant by the end of this year. bFM reporter Mack Smith spoke to E tū Union Spokesperson Chas Muir about the closure.
It’s been revealed New Zealand sent over $200,000 towards North Korea aid until it was cut off last year. We talk to the Taxpayers Union, the group behind the revelations, about their claims that this was a waste of expenditure.
Ant Healey, Head of Operations at APRA AMCOS NZ, and newly minted Silver Scroll nominee Fazerdaze (a.k.a. Amelia Murray) talk to Mike about songwriting and the 2017 APRA Silver Scrolls longlist announce. After an initial 200 songs have been whittled to 20 by a jury of songwriter peers, what stands to happen next for both the award organisers and the award hopefuls?
Otago University is looking to cut around 200 jobs. Producer Jack Marshall spoke to Tertiary Education Union organiser Shaun Scott talking about the proposed staff cuts at Otago University and how this might effect the students and staff.
Bridge's voice made a disappearance the weekend before Laneway, so in order to continue on with a beauti chat with TOKiMONSTA, he became 'Tracy USA' via a text-to-speech website.
They talk through her new album Lune Rouge, her comeback after contracting moyamoya, remixes, and her favourite L.A. homecoming meal.
The University of Auckland's Dr. Peng Du won the $200,000 Prime Minister’s MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize (wow) for his work on the human gut. Dr. Du talks about iIrritable bowel disease being a catch-all descriptor of a number of gut conditions, and he might have the hard-drive look-a-like technology to help this.
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