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How high school students have coped during lockdown
May 21, 2020 17:43 - 3 minutes - 2.97 MBLockdown - a time some of us might remember fondly - days spent with family, going for walks, pressing the reset button. For others, lockdown is something best forgotten - a time of stress, worry and isolation. But what was it like for young New Zealanders? Youth Affairs Reporter, Katie Doyle spoke to some students at Auckland's Massey High School about what lockdown meant for them.
The Basement Company Virtual Extravaganza - youth in lockdown
May 21, 2020 17:34 - 5 minutes - 4.88 MBStage combat, lockdown diaries, apocalypse fashion montages, juggling - the result of young creatives in lockdown. About 15 young people in the Manawatu filmed their experiences of isolation in a compilation video called The Basement Company Virtual Extravaganza. This week it was released as an online theatre project and has received a huge response online. Indira asked the director Lizzie Tollemache how it came about.
Primary health care nurses want same pay as colleagues
May 21, 2020 17:13 - 3 minutes - 2.99 MBNurses who've swabbed tens of thousands of people in the fight against Covid 19 say they're getting the praise - but not the pay - for putting themselves on the line. Primary health care nurses - who work in GP surgeries and at many of the community testing centres - are seeking to be paid the same as their health board colleagues but have been offered only half the payrise they want. Their union, the Nurses Organisation, says the government needs to step in with some targeted funding. I...
News in Cook Islands Maori for 22 May 2020
May 21, 2020 17:10 - 4 minutes - 3.78 MBThe latest news in Cook Islands Maori (Te Reo Maori Kuki Airani) - brought to you by our partner - Pacific Media Network.
NZers digging deep during Covid to support others in need
May 21, 2020 17:10 - 3 minutes - 3 MBThere's a lot of financial uncertainty because of Covid-19 - but that hasn't stopped New Zealanders digging deep to support those in need. In fact, a million dollars more than normal was raised on online fundraising platform Give-a-little last month. Louise Ternouth reports.
Our contact tracing app - how effective will it be?
May 21, 2020 17:00 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBThe government's finally introduced a contact tracing app, but questions remain over its effectiveness, how transparent the process has been, and inconsistencies involved.
Taxing the digital giants
May 21, 2020 10:28 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBDr Victoria Plekhanova from Massey University's School of Accountancy has been looking into how a carefully designed Digital Service Tax could redress the balance and help level the playing field for the New Zealand media.
Creating Another Public Holiday
May 21, 2020 10:17 - 10 minutes - 9.5 MBRace relations commissioner Meng Foon joins Bryan to discuss the possibility of a new public holiday.
Our Changing World for 21 May 2020
May 21, 2020 08:15 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBTwo gems from Our Changing World's Antarctic archive - restoring Shackleton's hut at Cape Royds and hunting for extremophile microbes high on Mt Erebus.
Dateline Pacific for 21st May
May 21, 2020 08:13 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBRNZ Pacific have temporarily suspended Dateline Pacific in it regular format so that they can concentrate their efforts on broadcasting to the Pacific. In the meantime, each weeknight we'll chat to one of their reporters for a daily update. Tonight Bryan Crump talks to Koro Vaka'uta
ABC Wantok program for 21 May 2020
May 21, 2020 08:00 - 29 minutes - 27.5 MBThe latest Wantok program brought to you by the ABC
Don't Try This At Home: Using Bleach to Self-Medicate
May 21, 2020 07:33 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBNights Toxicologist Leo Schep joins us once again. Tonight he's taking a look at the science behind claims that taking bleach might help combat covid-19.
Melanesian Update for 21 May 2020
May 21, 2020 07:30 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBThe latest news from Melanesia.
News in Solomon Island Pidgin for 21 May 2020
May 21, 2020 07:15 - 4 minutes - 4.41 MBThe latest news in Solomon Island Pidgin (Tok Pisin).
Para Kore - Working Towards Zero Waste
May 17, 2020 06:05 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBPara Kore is a waste and recycling initiative that works within Māori organisations to reduce waste. It began over a decade ago and has spread to almost four hundred marae across the country. From the Te Ahi Kaa archive vault - Justine Murray visits Kirikiriroa marae in Hamilton to find out how it works with Pine Campbell.
How we count women’s work is discussed at the 2020 New Zealand Arts Festival
May 17, 2020 04:06 - 50 minutes - 68.9 MBKristen Ghodsee and Marilyn Waring talk to Kathryn Ryan about the fight for valuing women's economic contribution to society - at the 2020 New Zealand Festival writers' programme.
Professor Emrys Westacott: Covid-19 pandemic 'spells the end of the neoliberal era'
May 17, 2020 04:05 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBMany have revelled in a return to a simpler life due to Covid-19. Professor Emrys Westacott, who wrote The Wisdom of Frugality, says this is a time to reflect on whether the type of society we had built was the kind of society that we want.
Covid-19: The uncertain future of global air travel
May 17, 2020 02:40 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBMany airlines grounded their fleets in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, while most others were forced to cancel the majority of their flights. Ian Petchenik is a spokesperson Flightradar24, a global flight-tracking service based in Sweden.
Julia Ebner: Going undercover with extremists
May 16, 2020 23:30 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBJulia Ebner says creating identities to go undercover and infiltrate extreme groups was like creating characters for a novel. But it didn't always go to plan. She discusses her new book Going Dark, The Secret Social Lives of Extremists.
Alaskan hero providing groceries for entire town
May 16, 2020 22:25 - 21 minutes - 20 MBGustavus, Alaska, is home to the world's smallest and most isolated Costco shop. When it was cut off from its supply chain, owner Toshua Parker took matters into his own hands and started loading shipping crates onto a 96-foot barge.
What makes us believe conspiracy theories?
May 16, 2020 22:04 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBWhy do people believe conspiracy theories? And what do conspiracy theories tell us about the way we view the world? Professor Joe Uscinski is a political scientist and author of American Conspiracy Theories. He joins the show to explain.
3MM: Peter Dunne on the legalities of lockdown
May 16, 2020 21:37 - 3 minutes - 2.94 MBThree Minutes Max, succinct opinions from New Zealanders on topics of their choice. Former MP Peter Dunne discusses the human rights and legal issues surrounding Covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
A lonely Māori voice at the Covid-19 briefings
May 16, 2020 21:07 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBYou might not know his face, but you probably remember his voice. Māori Television’s Heta Gardiner has been one of the most memorable contributors to the daily Covid-19 briefings
Mediawatch for 17 May 2020
May 16, 2020 21:05 - 30 minutes - 28 MBMedia merger saga turns into bitter court battle; no Budget relief yet for under-pressure news media; a lonely Māori voice at the Covid-19 briefings.
The Panel: Joanne Black and Annah Stretton
May 16, 2020 20:44 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBFormer deputy editor of the Listener Joanne Black and entrepreneur Annah Stretton join the show to discuss the recent move to alert level 2, the government's new budget, and how things look for the future of media and retail.
The future of New Zealand shopping centres
May 16, 2020 20:33 - 10 minutes - 9.88 MBPaul Keane has vast experience in New Zealand's commercial property industries and has closely viewed the growth of the shopping centre industry over the past 50 years. He joins the show to discuss the post-Covid-19 future of shopping.
Three Minutes Max: Krishna Botica on hospitality's necessary survival
May 16, 2020 20:30 - 3 minutes - 3.11 MBThree Minutes Max, succinct opinions from New Zealanders on topics of their choice. Restaurateur Krishna Botica discusses the need to make big decisions very quickly to ensure the survival of NZ hospitality industry.
Johan Giesecke: Why lockdowns are the wrong approach
May 16, 2020 20:10 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBProfessor Johan Giesecke is one of the world's most senior epidemiologists. He believes lockdowns like the one we've just had in New Zealand are just a way of delaying the inevitable. Professor Giesecke joins the show from Sweden.
Calling Home: Anna Dare in Toronto, Ontario
May 16, 2020 19:45 - 16 minutes - 15 MBDr. Anna Dare is the Chief Resident at the Trauma Surgery service at Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital, but as of a few weeks ago she was redeployed to the ICU to cover shortages and help look after the sickest Covid-19 patients.
Urgency with Budget 2020
May 16, 2020 19:30 - 12 minutes - 17.1 MBAfter a budget announcement the Government normally introduces some legislation under urgency - this year it worked on six.
Professor Gary McLean: International Covid-19 update
May 16, 2020 19:18 - 13 minutes - 12 MBGary McLean is a professor in molecular immunology at London Metropolitan University who specialises in infectious diseases, immunology and antibody engineering. He discusses the big international Covid-19 talking points of the week.
Freedom and haircuts: survey shows priorities for level two
May 16, 2020 19:10 - 4 minutes - 4.45 MBThe eighth weekly survey on the impact Covid-19 is having on Kiwis' lives found people were simply looking forward to having more freedom as the country headed into alert level 2, and the top priority for people was ... getting a haircut.
Toby Ord - What is the greatest threat to humanity?
May 16, 2020 03:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBAt the same time as the Covid-19 pandemic began sweeping the world Australian moral philosopher Toby Ord released his book calculating the possibility of the end of humanity. In The Precipice he weighs up scenarios that could contribute to our downfall. From the man-made threats of climate change and nuclear war, to the potentially greater, more unfamiliar threats from engineered pandemics and advanced artificial intelligence. A research fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute, and a ...
Peter Warner: 'Lord of The Flies' rescuer
May 15, 2020 23:45 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBPeter Warner is part of an extraordinary story that made global headlines over the past week, despite it being decades old. It's the tale of a real life 'Lord of the Flies' scenario, six Tongan boys who were marooned on a desert island and rescued 15 months later. In 1966 Peter Warner was the captain of a fishing boat that sailed past the island, called 'Ata, and found the teenagers there. Students at a Catholic boarding school in Nuku'alofa, the boys had stolen a boat, and set sail for ...
Barbara Ewing on her coming of age memoir
May 15, 2020 23:06 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBNew Zealand actor and novelist Barbara Ewing has written a memoir about life as a young woman in Wellington and Auckland in the 1950s and early 1960s, before she headed off to study in London. One Minute Crying Time documents her early experiences of anxiety, fraught family life, and what at the time was a controversial romantic relationship with a young Maori man.
Keke Brown: disability and the arts
May 15, 2020 22:40 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBPelenakeke (Keke) Brown has recently returned to Aotearoa after being based in NYC for six years. An interdisciplinary artist, her work spans art, writing, and performance. She's become the interim artistic director of Touch Compass, a professional performance company showcasing work from artists, writers, and actors with and without disabilities. A founding member of the company, she's now the first artist with a disability to lead it. Among the subjects up for discussion, how her art p...
In defence of bats: disease ecologist Jonathan Epstein
May 15, 2020 22:08 - 45 minutes - 41.2 MBWidely blamed for being a disease vector in the spread of the novel coronavirus, bats have a bit of a PR problem at the moment. It's resulted in overzealous individuals burning their colonies, and slaughtering them in large numbers. Disease ecologist Jonathan Epstein has stepped up to go into bat for his creepy and cute little animal friends. From pollination to pest control, he says bats do an awful lot of good for us. Jonathan's work as a disease ecologist for The EcoHealth Alliance in...
Shaun Bythell: Scotland's biggest second hand bookshop
May 15, 2020 21:40 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBShaun Bythell lives in Wigtown, Scotland, where he runs The Bookshop - the largest second hand bookshop in Scotland. Its shelves span nearly 2 kilometres and contain over 100,000 books, Shaun has written two hit books, laced with his trademark grumpy good humour, about his shop and its clientele: The Diary of a Bookseller and Confessions of A Bookseller He's currently putting the finishing touches to a third book. We check in on him, his wife, and their 11 month old to see how their book...
Virologist Chris Smith answers Covid-19 questions
May 15, 2020 21:06 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBVirologist Dr Chris Smith is back to answer more questions about the emerging science around the novel coronavirus pandemic. A consultant clinical virologist at Cambridge University, and one of BBC Radio 5 Live's Naked Scientists, he's been digesting all the latest Covid-related science and research for us each week, as we come to understand more about the virus and how it's spreading.
Kashmir Hill - Police use of software Clearview AI
May 15, 2020 20:10 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBThis week RNZ exposed an unapproved police trial of controversial facial recognition software Clearview AI. Described as a "search engine for faces" the technology is used by hundreds of police forces across the US and the world to help identify criminals and their victims. Founded by Australian Hoan Ton-That, Clearview has assembled a database of 3 billion images scraped from social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. So why does Clearview AI cause disquiet among...
Third Term Webseries
May 15, 2020 10:40 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBWriter Michael Beran and actor Tandi Wright join us to talk about their new political comedy web series - A pregnant Prime Minister trying to negotiate her way through her pregnancy and a complicated MMP landscape.
Emile Goes To The Cav
May 15, 2020 10:17 - 4 minutes - 3.8 MBElile Donovan talks to Bryan about his experience at an Auckland bar on the first Friday of level 2.
Feed Convoy heads to Hawkes Bay
May 15, 2020 09:47 - 8 minutes - 8.04 MBHundreds of bales of donated hay, emblazoned with smiley faces and messages like "kia kaha", are heading to Hawkes Bay this weekend as part of the Rapa Feed Run. Organisers Sophie and Daniel Hansen are hoping the convoy of trucks will nail home the desperate need of their farming cousins further north and remind those farmers they have plenty of community support.
12-year-old photographer brings drought struggles home
May 15, 2020 09:39 - 6 minutes - 6.41 MBThe Jowsey family are among many Hawkes Bay farmers struggling with drought. The daily grind of feeding and watering stock on the parched paddocks is being documented on camera by the youngest in the family, 12 year old Selby.
The Cost of the Drought
May 15, 2020 09:27 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBHelensville dairy farmers Scott and Sue Narbey have been adding up how much this year's drought has cost them.
Honey
May 15, 2020 09:20 - 7 minutes - 6.88 MBThe honey production season has been better this year, but there are still large numbers of beekeepers trying to get out of the industry because they are not making money. Chris Honnis is a small Waikato beekeeper who will stay in the industry he loves, but he says it is in the doldrums.
On the farm: What's happening around New Zealand
May 15, 2020 09:15 - 7 minutes - 6.7 MBIt's still horrifically dry in Southern Hawkes Bay and some Gisborne mandarins are being held on trees until demand picks up post lockdown, while in the South Island green kiwifruit are being harvested in Nelson, while Marlborough through to Northern Southland is desperately dry and supplements are hard to find and expensive.
A country lockdown
May 15, 2020 09:07 - 6 minutes - 6.2 MBRob Lyons and Joe Swann are mechanical engineers from Ireland and Scotland, making Triumph motorbikes. While in NZ on a mountainbiking trip, they found themselves stuck here because of Covid-19. They have turned their hand to agricultural work, picking grapes and are now heading north to do kiwifruit. They've been living the country life with the river for a shower and a park in Masterton, their backyard.
Full Episode for Friday May 1 2020
May 15, 2020 09:03 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBCountry Life has a bit of a dry programme today : there is the personal impact of the severe drought in Southern Hawkes Bay ... a convoy of trucks taking stock food from Wairarapa to Hawkes Bay, and a Helensville couple count the cost of the drought.
Te Waonui for week ending Friday 15 May 2020
May 15, 2020 09:00 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBComing up on Te Waonui - The Prime Minister backtracks on tangihanga rules under alert level two, the government puts $900 million towards M�ori in this years' budget, and more than 17,000 M�ori working in tourism lose their jobs.