The recent heist at the Green Vault within the Dresden Castle in Germany has been speculated to be one of the largest art heists in history. City officials and experts consider the loss to be "priceless" and a "cultural loss", while the media considers the Baroque-era jewellery that was stolen to be worth one billion dollars.
The entire heist took about five minutes in total, and it may be possible that the jewels are already melted down or have been sold on the black market.
Rachel Simpson spoke to Dr Ngarino Ellis from the University of Auckland's art history department. Dr Ellis has a history in the law profession and is a member of the Art Crime Research Trust. Rachel and Dr Ellis spoke about the nature of art crime, why stealing art has historically been an assertion of power, and how exactly the Dresden thieves might have done it.
Kangaroo Island, off the coast of Adelaide, was temporarily closed over the weekend with almost half of the island burnt through by the Ravine fire (around 170,000 hectares). The Victoria and New South Wales fires have also merged into a mega-blaze.
Since the fires began in September, at least 28 people have died with thousands of homes damaged. According to the WWF, 1.25 billion animals have also perished. Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has been particularly criticised for taking a holiday while the country was struggling with the fires. In total 15 million acres have since been incinerated.
Jemah Finn is a freelancer writer and journalist, currently based in Adelaide, South Australia. Sherry caught up with her to get an update on the Australian bushfires and how the community has been. She also attended the climate change protest in Adelaide on Friday the 10th, which saw almost 3 thousand attending protesting in response to the bush fires.
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Sean Bohrman (Burger Records)
Ryan Leach (Spacecase Records)
Norm (Dum Dum Boys, Henchmen, Reptiles At Dawn)
Toody Cole (Dead Moon, The Rats, Pierced Arrows)
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Black Time - Girls In The Garage
Green/Blue - With That Face
Uranium Club - Sun Belt
Total Rejects - I Hate
Puppy & The Handjobs - Plan 9
Blacktop - Blacktop (Intro)
The Peace - Get On The Way
The Zeros - Don’t Take Any Chances
Die Group - Patient Zero
Thelma & The Sleeze - Penut Butter
Timmy Vulgar - Exile In Virusville
Free Weed - Stay At Home
Tenement Rats - $hit Tickets
Craig Brown - No Way Out
Meelt - Copia Fiel
Roy Montgomery - Used To
And Band - Home On The Range
Unda Fluxit - American Dream
Straight Arrows - Out And Down
Bloodbags - Elder Statesmen
Axemen - Doctor’s On Speed Dial
Henchmen - Metro Blues
Reptiles At Dawn - Newborn Dogs
Backstage Express - Star
Wilson Picket - Mustang Sally
Sticky Filth - Sparticus
Dead Moon - Castaways
The Rats - Tactics Plan
Andrew Becroft, Children's Commissioner, is officially recommending a total transformation of the current care and protection system for pēpi Māori after decades of calls for change to the system. Aneeka speak to Glenis Philip-Barbara, assistant Māori Commissioner, about issues facing pēpi Māori in state care and what changes we need to start seeing.
Today on the Tuesday Wire, Lyric Waiwiri-Smith speaks to Sandra Murray from Make It Legal NZ about a new poll regarding the cannabis referendum. The poll shows an overwhelming 69 percent of respondents preferred legalisation or decriminalisation over total criminalisation of cannabis.
Jemima Huston talks to Neill Ballantyne, an organiser of Diverse Church New Zealand's Awaken 2021 Conference, about the event and why it creates a safe space for queer Christians to connect.
Jade Lewis looks into the attitudes surrounding the Covid-19 vaccination at universities in the United States. She speaks to a recently vaccinated residential advisor, Daniel Sprague, from Duke University as well as Duke University’s Associate Professor of Medicine and Covid-19 Response Director Dr. Cameron Robert Wolfe.
Following the release of the 2021 Budget, Dr Mark Harvey, a Senior Lecturer in Dance Studies, has raised concerns that the arts are not a priority.
Harvey says despite the wider arts sector accounting for up to 7% of the total workforce, it receives a disproportionately small proportion of overall government spending.
Jessica Hopkins interviewed Harvey about why funding the arts sector is economically valuable, but is also essential to our mental health and wellbeing.
Felix turns a journalistic eye to the world's most mysterious stories. This week, he investigates The Dancing Plague of 1518, an event that got a whole town on their feet... before they couldn't get back down.
Robert Bartholomew from UoA's Psychology Department joins him on his very serious, totally real investigation.
The Climate Change Commission has recommended sweeping changes to cut down emissions from transport, which totalled about 47 per cent of New Zealand's carbon emissions.
It wants petrol and diesel car imports to be fully banned no later than 2035, and to have ships electrified after 2025 and short-haul routes operated by electric planes by 2030.
The roadmap also targeted to have more cars run by a mix of petrol and biofuel.
The Motor Industry Association, which represents importers and distributors of new vehicles, said they 'cautiously welcome' the report.
Its chief executive David Crawford spoke to Justin Wong.
Yesterday, Fiji recorded over six hundred new coronavirus cases. This brings their total active cases to over five thousand. Many have criticised the government's response, claiming they have failed to properly control the spread.
Producer Louis talked with the University of Canterbury's Dr Steven Ratuva about the current situation in Fiji as cases escalate.
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