The Wire with Caeden

The Government has released a report in response to the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation's petition to raise the age of free access to mammogram screening from 69 to 74. After originally committing to raising the age in 2017, the Government has now backtracked on the promise due to ICT issues at Breast Screening Aotearoa and a shortage of radiologists.

A recent report from the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation says a woman willl lose her life every month because of the decision. Tuesday Wire producer Rosetta Stone spoke to Adele Gautier, New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation's Research and Strategic Programmes Manager, about the consequences of the Government's decision.

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Spike speaks to:

- Dr. Tim Welch about the implications of National's backtrack on the MDRS

- Amanda Ashby about the Curtain Call campaign to include effective curtains in the Healthy Home Standards

and Simon speaks to:

- Shane Henderson for City Counselling about Mayor Brown's proposed budget, airport share sales and rates rises

- 95bFM's Water Reporter Marnie Prickett about the new "Lessons Learnt" report from the Ministry of the Environment

- Josh McCormack about the "Framing Hope" exhibition, raising funds for communities out west affected by recent weather events

New Zealand's privacy laws are fit for 2011. That was the headline of a statement released by academics from the University of Auckland about the Privacy Act 2020. Lawyers at the University of Auckland have emphasised their concern of a lack of coverage that Privacy Act has for individual rights and use of regulatory tools by agencies in the time of the social media age. To talk more about what was meant by their statement and the recommendations that these academics are asking of the government, Andre Fa'aoso spoke to Nikki Chamberlain, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Auckland.

Data from Fitbit smartwatches is being used to provide key information to healthcare providers, in a new study pioneered by University of Auckland doctoral student Ruhi Bajaj. 

They developed a prototype app that would allow for tracking of vital signs to be analysed using machine learning and stored in a database, which could then be analysed by healthcare providers to provide early warning signs.  

Arno spoke with Ruhi to find out more about the study. Arno started by asking what the hypothesis behind the study is.