The Wire with Jessica

Accessible Ubers and taxis are expensive, leaving public transport the only option for many. However, Aotearoa’s public transport system has been criticised as lacking accessibility for people with disabilities.

Olivia spoke to member of the Disabled Persons Assembly NZ, Paul Brown, about the current accessibility issues with our public transport system, and what people can do to learn more about this topic. 

That was member of the Disabled Persons Assembly NZ, Paul Brown, speaking to me about accessibility issues with our current public transport system. 

The average words per minute (wpm) a person can type out on a phone is around 35 words. This is slightly higher for computers with an average of around 40-45 wpm. 

Stenographers can produce up to an incredible 360 wpm, keeping up with conversation in real time. However the skillset requiring this is tedious and expensive to employ; resulting in outsourcing and automation of transcription.

Director of Mercury Transcripts Katherine O'Brien spoke to Sofia about how stenography works and about being one of the last four stenographers in all of Aotearoa. 

One Hundred and fifty three countries have ratified the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

The Convention which was originally ratified in 1948 was intended to prevent a repeat of the genocidal atrocities of World War Two.

Now, over 75 years after the convention was ratified, South Africa has filed a case to the International Court of Justice, alleging that Israel, a member of the convention, has breached their obligations.

Nicholas spoke to Treasa Dunworth, Associate professor of Law at the University of Auckland about the facts surrounding the historic case.

The Tuesday Wire team is joined by Dr Allan Blackman for Dear Science. The team discusses the use of A.I in potentially disproving old beliefs about fingerprints, new telescope photos of Uranus and Neptune being less blue than we thought. .

Nicholas speaks to National Coordinator of Palestinians in Aotearoa, Dr Ahmed Saadeh about the ongoing situation in Gaza.

Nicholas also speaks to Associate Professor of Law Treasa Dunworth South Africa’s case against Israel at the ICJ

And, Sofia speaks to Katherine O’Brien director of Mecury Transcripts , about the extinction of a phonetic medium.