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Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 29 June, 2025

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 29 June, 2025 Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 29 June, 2025, 39.09 MB
Tue 29 Jul 2025

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman, chats with us about an astronomical discovery, the passing of the great Tom Lehrer, and the latest estimate on your required daily step count

Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

Denmark's attempt to tackle the deepfake epidemic w/ University of Auckland's Alex Sims: July 29, 2025

Denmark's attempt to tackle the deepfake epidemic w/ University of Auckland's Alex Sims: July 29, 2025 Denmark's attempt to tackle the deepfake epidemic w/ University of Auckland's Alex Sims: July 29, 2025, 23.59 MB
Tue 29 Jul 2025

The growing usage of AI deepfakes has been for a number of different reasons… Whether it’s just for fun, or to jeopardise someone’s career, these AI-generated images, videos, and voice recordings have become more accessible and easy to make.

Deepfakes have been used for financial fraud, during election campaigns to taint the reputations of mostly female candidates, and also to spread propaganda and misinformation.

However, Denmark has proposed a law to grant individuals copyright over their own face, body, and voice. Although the move has been hailed as world-leading, and a step forward to address the harms of AI deepfakes, it has drawn criticism for not being effective enough. It has also provoked concerns about the act of copyrighting one’s likeness to the same degree as intellectual/artistic property. Producer Faith spoke to Professor Alex Sims from the University of Auckland’s commercial law department about the proposition, and its effectiveness.

Homelessness Insights Report: The impact of homelessness and housing insecurity on Māori and Pacific health outcomes w/ Manaaki Rangatahi spokesperson Brooke Stanley and Ihi Research member Dr Madeline Shelling: 29 July, 2025

Homelessness Insights Report: The impact of homelessness and housing insecurity on Māori and Pacific health outcomes w/ Manaaki Rangatahi spokesperson Brooke Stanley and Ihi Research member Dr Madeline Shelling: 29 July, 2025 Homelessness Insights Report: The impact of homelessness and housing insecurity on Māori and Pacific health outcomes w/ Manaaki Rangatahi spokesperson Brooke Stanley and Ihi Research member Dr Madeline Shelling: 29 July, 2025 , 41.63 MB
Tue 29 Jul 2025

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development's latest Homelessness Insights Report shows that there has been an increase in homelessness across Aotearoa.

In particular, the report —  like other research including a report from Ihi Research last year — highlighted a disproportionate impact of homelessness on Māori and Pacific populations, as well as women and younger demographics.

Tuesday Wire Host Sara was interested in delving into the correlation between these findings about homelessness and health outcomes for the populations who face exacerbated impacts.

She spoke with both Manaaki Rangatahi spokesperson Brooke Stanley, and Māori health researcher Dr Madeline Shelling about the impact of homelessness on Māori and Pacific health.

Her first interview is with Brooke from Manaaki Rangatahi. 

She also spoke with Madeline Shelling. I started by asking her to talk about how this latest report connects to previous research on the impact of homelessness on Māori.

The Wire w/ Sara: 29 July, 2025

The Wire w/ Sara: 29 July, 2025 The Wire w/ Sara: 29 July, 2025, 144.12 MB
Tue 29 Jul 2025

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman, chats with us about an astronomical discovery, the passing of the great Tom Lehrer, and the latest estimate on your required daily step count

In our weekly catchup with the National Party’s Tom Rutherford, I ask about the government’s recent electoral reforms, and the latest Homelessness Insights report
In light of this homelessness report, I also speak with Manaaki Rangatahi spokesperson Brooke Stanley about her views on addressing homelessness in Aotearoa, as well as Dr Madeline Shelling from Ihi Research about the health impacts of housing insecurity for Māori and Pacific populations 

Finally, Faith spoke to commercial law Professor Alex Sims from the University of Auckland about the ongoing problems caused by AI deepfakes, and what Denmark is doing to tackle them.

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 29 June, 2025

Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 29 June, 2025 Dear Science w/ Professor Allan Blackman: 29 June, 2025, 39.09 MB
Tue 29 Jul 2025

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Professor Allan Blackman, chats with us about an astronomical discovery, the passing of the great Tom Lehrer, and the latest estimate on your required daily step count

Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow!

Electoral reforms & the Homelessness Insights report w/ National Party MP Tom Rutherford: 29 July, 2025

Electoral reforms & the Homelessness Insights report w/ National Party MP Tom Rutherford: 29 July, 2025 Electoral reforms & the Homelessness Insights report w/ National Party MP Tom Rutherford: 29 July, 2025 , 20.84 MB
Tue 29 Jul 2025

On Friday, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith announced various changes to the electoral system in New Zealand which he says seek to make the process of voting more efficient and effective for future elections.
These include the closing of enrolment 13 days before the official election day, prohibiting the provision of food and drink at polling booths, and a reinstatement of a total prisoner voting ban.

A number of Labour and Greens party politicians have been among those to criticise the changes as a disenfranchisement of voters which will make democratic engagement in New Zealand more difficult.

As well, last week the Ministry for Housing and Urban Development released the latest iteration of the Homelessness Insights Report which reveals that there has been a quantifiable rise in homelessness across Aotearoa.

The Wire w/ Joel: 28 July, 2025

The Wire w/ Joel: 28 July, 2025 The Wire w/ Joel: 28 July, 2025, 83.98 MB
Mon 28 Jul 2025

This week on the Monday Wire:

News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel, spoke to MP Simon Court about the scrapping of same-day election enrolments, as a part of the government’s changes to the Electoral Act, and ACT Party Leader, David Seymour’s comments that those who enrol late are “drop-kicks”.

Joel spoke to Gen Toop — a senior campaigner at Greenpeace, on NZ First’s support of ACT’s Overseas Investment Bill, and Greenpeace’s concerns with the bill.

Joel spoke to Calvin Cochran — a spokesperson for the Smokefree Expert Advisory Group, about a recent RNZ investigation alleging close connections between NZ First Party Leader, Winston Peters and multinational tobacco company, Philip Morris, and what needs to be done to combat tobacco industry lobbying.

And Joel spoke to Dr Saira Raza Khan — a Lecturer of Marketing at the University of Auckland, on the need to move away from ‘scare tactics’ in health advertising.

Whakarongo mai!

Proposed changes to same-day election enrolments and David Seymour's "drop-kicks" comments w/ the ACT Party's Simon Court: 28 July, 2025

Proposed changes to same-day election enrolments and David Seymour's "drop-kicks" comments w/ the ACT Party's Simon Court: 28 July, 2025 Proposed changes to same-day election enrolments and David Seymour's "drop-kicks" comments w/ the ACT Party's Simon Court: 28 July, 2025, 13.34 MB
Mon 28 Jul 2025

Justice Minister, Paul Goldsmith, recently announced a proposal to the Electoral Act and Constitution Act, removing the ability for an individual to enrol on election day.

Alongside this comes the proposal of halting the ability to enrol during the advanced voting period.

This move has received backlash - including from within the government. This morning, Attorney-General, Judith Collins KC, says the move goes against the Bill of Rights Act.

During the 2023 general election, over 450,000 enrolled in the 12-day period, with 110,000 enrolling on election day.

A significant proportion of those later enrolments consist of young people, and in areas of bigger Māori, Pacific, and Asian communities.

In light of this move, ACT Party Leader, David Seymour, says those who have left voting to the last minute are “drop-kicks”. As well as this, the ACT Party’s justice spokesperson, Todd Stephenson, added to this, saying “Democracy works best when voters are informed, engaged, and take the process seriously,” and that “It’s outrageous that someone completely disengaged and lazy can rock up to the voting booth, get registered there and then, and then vote to tax other people’s money away.”

For our weekly catchup with the ACT Party’s Simon Court, News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel spoke to him about this move.

NZ First's support of Overseas Investment Bill w/ Greenpeace's Gen Toop: 28 July, 2025

NZ First's support of Overseas Investment Bill w/ Greenpeace's Gen Toop: 28 July, 2025 NZ First's support of Overseas Investment Bill w/ Greenpeace's Gen Toop: 28 July, 2025, 8.25 MB
Mon 28 Jul 2025

Recently, NZ First has helped pass ACT’s Overseas Investment Bill through its first reading.

The amendment bill, if passed, will make it easier for multinational corporations to purchase land in the country, which has raised concerns over the environmental consequences of such as move.

News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel, spoke to Gen Toop — a senior campaigner at Greenpeace, on NZ First’s support of ACT’s Overseas Investment Bill, and Greenpeace’s concerns with the bill.

Moving away from 'scare tactics' in health advertising w/ the University of Auckland's Saira Raza Khan: 28 July, 2025

Moving away from 'scare tactics' in health advertising w/ the University of Auckland's Saira Raza Khan: 28 July, 2025 Moving away from 'scare tactics' in health advertising w/ the University of Auckland's Saira Raza Khan: 28 July, 2025, 6.43 MB
Mon 28 Jul 2025

In a recent study by Dr Saira Raza Khan — a Lecturer of Marketing at the University of Auckland, published in the Journal of Advertising Research, the study looks at the advertising of health campaigns, with the need to move away from ‘scare tactics’.

News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel, spoke to her about her study, and why we should move away from these ‘scare tactics’.