Nine To Noon for Monday 4 July 2022

 

 

09:05 Facial recognition's creep into commercial spaces - are we ready?

Two weeks ago Australian consumer group CHOICE outed three retailers  - Bunnings, The Good Guys and KMart - for collecting the biometric data of their customers. The watchdog last week referred the trio to Australia's privacy regulator, saying there's a lack of notice and consent in the collection of customers' images, and is a disproportionate response to theft and anti-social behaviour in stores. The situation across the Tasman has caused some groups here to say it's time New Zealand developed a national strategy for the use of artificial intelligence, to ensure the way it's used aligns with our expectations around privacy. Kathryn speaks with Madeline Newman, executive director of the AIForumNZ and Dr Dennis Desmond, who lectures about cyber-intelligence at the University of the Sunshine Coast and says the technology itself is quite benign, until its aggregated with other data held about us.

 

09:30 Australian gang expert warns of an influx of 501 deportees

Associate Professor Mark Lauchs from the Queensland University of Technology is a specialist on an organised crime, corruption, and outlaw motorcycle gangs. He's warning Aotearoa to brace for a flood of 501 deportees in the next 12 months, many from West Sydney street gangs and Victoria's underworld. When Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern recently met with her Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese, she pushed for a change to Australia's 501 deportation policy. Mr Albanese said he was committed to working through the issues, but not to amending the policy. Mark Lauchs talks to Kathryn about the various crackdown on gangs across the Tasman and whether they've worked.

 

 

09:45 South America correspondent Katy Watson

Katy talks to Kathryn about the killings of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira which has shocked Brazil and beyond. The two men were in Javari valley, home to the largest number of uncontacted tribes in the world. She also discusses the recent Colombian election result, with Colombians voting in their first ever leftist president, and first ever black Vice President. Also the case of an 11 year old girl refused an abortion by a judge in Southern Brazil. The child was eventually allowed to end the pregnancy, but  President Jair Bolsonaro later said on social media that an innocent baby's life was taken in this 'tragedy' underscoring the conservatism that goes right to the top in Brazil.  

Katy Watson is a BBC correspondent based in Sao Paulo.

 

10:05 Living between the hearing and deaf world

The lives of three teenagers from America's Mid-West, who are straddling two worlds is the focus of a new documentary Only I Can Hear. The girls are CODA, or Children of Deaf Adults. Only I Can Hear has been playing as part of Doc Edge Festival, has can be viewed online until 10 July. Director, Heath Cozens follows the lives and different experiences of CODA identity of Nyla, McKenzie and Jessica.

10:35 Book review:  Notes from an Island by Tove Jansson and Tuulikki Pietila

Stella Chrysostomou of VOLUME Books in Nelson review Notes from an Island by Tove Jansson and Tuulikki Pietila
 
For 26 summers, Tove Jansson, author of the Moomin books, and her partner Tuulikki Pietila, artist and professor, visited the remote and wild island of Klovharun in the Gulf of Finland. On this barren inhospitable skerry, they built a cabin. The island provided Tove and Tuulikki with a place to be alone and inspiration for their artistic endeavours. The book, initially published in the mid-90 in Swedish, and now available in English, is a collection of memories, notes and diary entries with 24 atmospheric illustrations (copper plate etchings and wash drawings) of the island by Pietila. Published by Sort of Books,  Allen & Unwin NZ

10:45 The Reading

Kate Duignan's novel ' The New Ships' told by Nick Blake (episode 9)

11:05 Political commentators Jones & Morten

Neale, Brigitte and Kathryn discuss a range of issues on the political agenda, including Jacinda Ardern's business trip to Australia this week straight off the back of her northern hemisphere visit which netted an FTA with Europe. Also, changes are coming to donations law - will it increase transparency or make people less likely to donate? And goodbye DHBs, hello Health NZ, we look at the new system that's been launched as the health sector comes under extreme pressure.

 

Neale Jones was Chief of Staff to Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern, and prior to that was Chief of Staff to Andrew Little. He is the director of Capital Government Relations.

Brigitte Morten is a director with public and commercial law firm Franks & Ogilvie and a former senior ministerial advisor for the previous National-led government. 

11:30 A taste of Greece: Elysian Foods 

Elysian Foods has been delivering a taste of Greece to New Zealanders for over 20 years, producing a range of popular Greek dips. Elysian Foods sells traditional dips like tzatziki and taramasalata, as well as original creations like a creamy vegan olive dip. Toby Green took over the business in 2017 from the original Greek owners who were looking to retire. Since taking on the business, Toby Green set out on a mission to move to plastic-free dip containers, but found the task more difficult, and surprising, than he could have ever imagined.

11:45 Gib Board and Beyond 

Bill McKay talks to Kathryn about the chronic Gib shortage, the pros and cons of the product, and some alternatives. Gib is a plasterboard system in NZ, often called drywall in other parts of the world.  
 

Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland.

Music played in this show

Track: Good Times 
Artist: Jungle 
Time Played: 10:30am 

Track: Old Peel
Artist: Aldous Harding 
Time Played: 10:45am