On Dear Science with AUT’s Allan Blackman, we are talking about machine learning for antibiotics, fighting the rise of fraudulent whisky, and antimatter atoms.
Lillian is finally returning to her Blood Phosphate series - on Part V today we hear from Green Party MP Golriz Ghahraman what the government could possibly do about this.
And Sherry talks to New Zealand Law society spokesperson Chris Macklin on the Sexual Violence Legislation Bill.
On Dear Science with AUT’s Allan Blackman we are talking about the control of academic discussion and washing your hands versus using sanitiser.
We have another instalment of the Blood Phosphate series, this time talking to someone connected to the company in Morocco that sells the phosphate to NZ
Felix reports on the government’s Predator Free 2050 goal and what it all means.
In a two part series, producer James Tapp covers the new updates to New Zealands privacy law, which comes into affect on December 1st, 2020. In this first part, James talks to Gehan Gunasekara, who is the chair of the New Zealand Privacy Foundation as well as an associate business professor at the University of Auckland, specialising in privacy. James also covers what it is going to be added amd starts of by asking Gehan what is new.
In the final part of a series on the new privacy law to come into effect on December 1st this year, producer James Tapp talks to Liz MacPherson, the assistant privacy commissioner. Last week we heard from Gehan Gunasekara, a privacy law expert, about what is being added to the privacy law, while this week we are talking about how New Zealanders perceive our laws. In a survey released just after the new privacy act was passed, it showed TWO THIRDS of New Zealanders wanted more privacy regulation among a number of other statistics which James discusses with MacPherson. James starts off by asking about what New Zealanders want in terms of privacy law.
Last week the government announced that a series of products are to be placed on a priority list as part of the waste minimization act, which includes e-waste, which Hannah covered yesterday, as well as a range of plastics. By doing so, levvys will be put in place and requirements to create more integration into the circular economy. The circular economy is an idea which revolves around the fact that many of the products do not go in a full circular fashion as materials do in nature, instead ending up in places such as landfills. While the intention is positive, there is potential for unintended consequences as voiced by the plastic industry. To understand more of their concerns, James talks to Rachel Barker, the CEO of Plastics NZ, about what this will mean for the future.
This is the first installment of a six week series, 'What's the Buzz' with the New Zealand Drug Foundation, where we discuss the current affairs of drugs in Aotearoa. This week Aneeka talks to Sarah Helm, executive director of the New Zealand Drug Foundation, about MDMA in Aotearoa, its decline in availability and what this has led to.
This week on the Wire we're recapping some of the best news pieces the 95bFM news team has produced this year with our Best of 2021 shows. So, today Jemima Huston and Emily Bell bring you the best of the Tuesday Wire.
Jemima recaps her pieces on the government's $100 million plus deal with tech giant Amazon to film The Lord of the Rings television series and Apple's child exploitation material scanning technology set to be rolled out on US Apple devices.
We play Trishil Dahya's piece on experiencing the autism spectrum.
Emily runs through 10 of the most significant events this year to round up the news cycle for 2021.
Finally, we replay Isla Christensen and Stella Huggins' Tomorrow's World episode on memory recall and the true ability of humans to remember events.
Amid hikes in rent prices across the country, the Green Party has launched an open letter calling for a rent freeze and stronger rent controls.
This is the latest in a series of calls from the Greens to revitalise the renting system in Aotearoa, previously including a warrant of fitness for homes and a registrare for landlords.
To learn more, Liam spoke to Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson about what the open letter contains and why the issue is so important.
Overnight, civil servant Sue Gray released her long-awaited report into a series of parties held in the prime minister's office while the UK was in covid lockdowns.
While the report is impartial and doesn’t make any specific recommendations as to the repercussions Prime Minister Boris Johnson should face, it found that these events “should not have been allowed to happen”, and now the question has been passed to the Conservative Party to assess whether Johnson should remain in his post.
Emilia Sullivan spoke to Aeron Davis, professor of political communication at Victoria University of Wellington about the inquiry.
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