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As it is Fraud Awareness Week, the government has announced its plan to tackle the issue of scamming in Aotearoa by collaborating with the public and banking sectors. 

Producer Athena spoke to Professor of Law at the University of Auckland, Alexandra Andhov, about why this step is welcome, while also indicating a broader issue of Big Tech companies having unregulated influence over social media users.

This week on Dear Science, our expert Professor Allan Blackman chatted to us about how mining old data from NASA’s Voyager two has solved a variety of mysteries about Uranus, lizard spit being able to detect a rare pancreatic tumour, and elephants turning a hose into a showering tool.

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

This week on the Monday Wire...

News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel, speaks to Global Innovator, Matt Hart, about grappling with moving back home, in a new segment beginning on the show.

For our weekly catch up with the ACT Party, Joel also speaks to Simon Court about the hīkoi mō te tiriti, the Treaty Principles Bill passing its first reading, and the haka protesting this.

Producer Yesenia speaks to Professor in the Department of Commercial Law at the University of Auckland, Alex Sims, about the concerns regarding facial recognition.

Joel speaks to Senior Lecturer in the School of Physical and Chemical Sciences at the University of Canterbury, Sally Gaw, about a study published in Science discussing global plastic waste.

And Yesenia speaks to Child Poverty Action group Researcher Harry Yu Shi about newly released statistics showing there is currently 99,000 New Zealand children in persistent poverty.

Whakarongo mai!

Facial recognition has been on the rise within technology, and so has our dependency on said technology. However, concerns have been raised with such risks regarding this.

Producer Yesenia spoke to Professor in the Department of Commercial Law at the University of Auckland, Alex Sims, on the concerns facial recognition has posed for today's technology, and the various alternatives people can use with dealing with sensitive information online.