Earth Sciences NZ have released their first national risk model for Flooding, evaluating exposure of New Zealand’s infrastructure nation wide to floods and climate based harm.
The data shows the potential costs in damage to infrastructure at the forefront of inshore and river flooding, as well as the areas that face a greater risk of damage. However, this also shows that there are remaining issues of climate justice around those who are most vulnerable, which have not been taken into account as much as they should have in this map.
Monday Wire Producer Alex spoke to Lecturer in Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Auckland, and research lead at the Future Cities Research Centre Dr Iresh Jayawardena about this map, what it means for our infrastructure, and what still needs to be done.
Midway through 100% New Zealand music week and it's still full steam ahead. On What's Up with Nicola Willis, Rachel speaks to the Deputy Leader of the opposition, Nicola Willis, about National's use of AI in campaigning images, the government's budget, and the steel subsidy. Rob Bollix deep dives underwater on The Mind Trench, exploring octopus dreams. Model Home's Rachael dials in from Ōtautahi to talk about their new single, Leaky Home Simulator 2031. We have a very special performance from Aotearoa's own Bic Runga, as well as a chat about two decades of Beautiful Collision, and the upcoming shows to celebrate. Stay tuned for the video of Bic's performance. Whakarongo mai nei!
Just what makes a model 'super'? Is the creation of a personal brand simply savvy business? Who were considered the first 'supermodels' and, more importantly, considered the most notorious?
Chris Fowlie chats about high THC seeds being imported into NZ and the potential for a West Auckland Liquor Trusts style retail model for recreational cannabis.
Penelope returns with tales from Paris Fashion Week, from crashing the catwalk to models protesting on the runway, Pennie gives us the lowdown on what actually went down this year.
Fletcher is back with us on a Wednesday, Lillian spoke to Fletcher this morning about the Treasury’s modelling of unemployment figures announced yesterday, how to best support workers at this time and what he expected to hear during the epidemic response committee meeting.
The National Party's Denise Lee joins Laura Kvigstad for their weekly chat. This week she fills us in on what the budget means in a National Party perspective and how she would have liked to see the budget modeled in a transformative way.
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