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Charlie Shackleton's forensic look at the true crime genre
The Zodiac Killer Project premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival where it won the Next Innovator Award, and it's screening at this year's New Zealand International Film Festival. Audio
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Is there confusion over the role of 'physician associates'?
9:05 am todayAn investigation ordered by the UK government into physician associates there has found they shouldn't diagnose and treat untriaged patients. Audio
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Govt keen on making EV chargers smart
9:20 am todayThe Government is proposing to make it mandatory for all new electric vehicle chargers to have smart functionality. Audio
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Cleaning up flood damage in Tasman and Marlborough
9:30 am todayMore help to deal with the damage caused by flooding in Tasman and Marlborough is about to arrive in the form of the so-called "Enhanced Task Force Green." Audio
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Theatre show explores siblinghood from disabled perspective
11:30 am todayHaving siblings can be something joyous, comforting, frustrating and challenging - sometimes all at once. Audio
Tuesday 22 July 2025
On today’s show
09:05 Is there confusion over the role of soon to be regulated 'physician associates'?
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An investigation ordered by the UK government into physician associates there has found they shouldn't diagnose and treat untriaged patients. It also recommends changing their name to "assistant" rather than associate to stop them being confused with doctors. Four months ago the Health Minister, Simeon Brown, gave the go ahead for Physician Associates to become part of the regulated health workforce here. At the moment the PA's working here are trained in the UK or the US and work under the licence of a supervising doctor. The New Zealand Resident Doctors' Association has backed the two main findings of the UK report, but the New Zealand Physicians Associate Society says the situation in the UK isn't applicable here. Kathryn is joined by Deborah Powell the National Secretary of the Resident Doctors Association and Lisa deWolfe the regulation chair of the New Zealand Physician Associate Society.
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09:20 Govt keen on making EV chargers smart
The Government is proposing to make it mandatory for all new electric vehicle chargers to have smart functionality, saying it would help manage capacity and reduce the need to upgrade lines. Most EVs are charged at home on a simple 3 pin plug into the wall. But that limits line companies’ control over energy draw, as they do with hot water to manage load on the network, and means households can’t charge their cars when power is cheapest. MBIE is consulting on the proposed changes. Kathryn speaks with Drive Electric chair Kirsten Corson and Moonis Vegdani chief network and digital officer for Counties Energy the lines company for South Auckland.
Electric car charging. Photo: 123rf
09:30 A taskforce of beneficiaries to help clean up flood damage in Tasman and Marlborough
An example of some of the widespread damage to roads and infrastructure in the Nelson Tasman areas. Photo: Supplied/ Nick Smith
More help to deal with the damage caused by flooding in Tasman and Marlborough is about to arrive in the form of the so-called "Enhanced Task Force Green."
The government has activated funds which means those on benefits in the area can volunteer to assist and become part of the group working to reverse some of the damage.
The Ministry for Social Development's Regional Commissioner for the area, Craig Churchill, says Enhanced Taskforce Green is entirely voluntary, but it will help those hit by flood damage and build skills for those taking part.
09:45 US correspondent Ximena Bustillo
The latest in the Jeffrey Epstein situation as President Trump takes a defamation case against the Wall Street Journal. Harvard University's lawyers' arguments against the administration and the President's different take on the speech welcoming new citizens.
Photo: AFP/Maddie Meyer
10:05 Charlie Shackleton's forensic look at true crime genre in his Zodiac Killer Project
Photo: Supplied: Charlie Shackleton
What happens when you're all set to make a documentary about a high-profile serial killer, based on a book, written by a cop, who alleged a cover-up...and then suddenly you no longer have the rights to the story? Many filmmakers might have given up. Charlie Shackleton dug in. He was attempting to make a documentary about the Zodiac Killer, thought to be responsible for five murders in northern California in the late 1960s, who sent cryptic clues to media, taunting police. The result is Zodiac Killer Project, in which he breaks down how he would've constructed his narrative. Along the way, he deconstructs the true crime genre - investigating how crime documentaries are pulled together, the narrative tricks designed to draw viewers in and keep them watching. The film premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival where it won the Next Innovator Award, and it's screening at this year's New Zealand International Film Festival.
10:35 Book review: John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs by Ian Leslie
Photo: Faber & Faber Limited
Dean Bedford reviews John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs by Ian Leslie, published by Faber & Faber Limited.
10:45 Around the motu: Mike Tweed on Wanganui
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Mike discusses the on going debate about the district's last outdoor pool, the heritage school buildings demolished to make way for health services and capping of license numbers.
Mike Tweed is a Multimedia Journalist for the Whanganui Chronicle
11:05 Business commentator Nicholas Pointon
Company failure rates are on the up, Nicholas explains what the reasons behind this might be. What are land lease communities? And why they work in Australia but have failed to be picked up in New Zealand. Nicholas also discusses call from iwi who want to invest in Kiwibank, and Spark's chair's long tenure is being questioned.
Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi
Nicholas Pointon is a senior journalist at the National Business Review.
11:30 New theatre show explores world of siblinghood from disabled perspective
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Having siblings can be something joyous, comforting, frustrating and challenging - sometimes all at once. A new theatre work is looking to examine the weird and wonderful world of siblinghood - as well as what it's like when one of them is dis or differently-abled. Siblings has been three years in the making, and it features an all-disabled cast. The creators behind it are Barnie Duncan and Pelenakeke Brown, an interdisciplinary artist who spent six years studying and working in New York City. Last year she received a Wynn Newhouse Award for artists with disabilities. She talks to Kathryn about the show's development and statement.
11:45 Sport with Marc Hinton
A wrap of the All Blacks series against France, while the British and Irish Lions start their tour of Australia. Who is the 19-year-old turning heads at the Warriors in rugby league's NRL. Marc also discusses golf, basketball and yachting.
Brodie McAlister celebrates his try against France. Photo: Brett Phibbs / www.photosport.nz