Saturday Morning for Saturday 18 November 2023
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Who killed the Crewes? Opening the book on a cold case
8:10 AM.The murder of Harvey and Jeannette Crewe in their Pukekawa farmhouse in 1970 is perhaps New Zealand's most infamous unsolved crime. Arthur Allan Thomas was convicted twice, pardoned and compensated… Read more Audio
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Gregory De Pascale: Iceland on edge, waiting for eruption
8:50 AM.Iceland is bracing itself for a significant volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula near the capital Reykjavik. Tens of thousands of earthquakes have rattled the country in recent weeks… Read more Audio
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Kashmir Hill: facial recognition software and the end of privacy
9:05 AM.Facial recognition technology is helping fight crime but it's also making the internet a less safe place to put your face, says New York Times tech journalist Kashmir Hill. Read more Audio
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Amanda Smith Barusch: embracing the rage that comes with age
9:35 AM.Gerontologist Dr Amanda Smith Barusch argues it's time for older adults to embrace grumpyness. In Aging Angry: Making Peace with Rage the University of Otago and University of Utah Emeritus Professor… Read more Audio
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Richard O'Rawe: In the Name of the Son
10:00 AM.Gerry Conlon spent fourteen years in jail as one of the Guildford Four, following the 1974 IRA Guildford pub bombing. New play In the Name of the Son chronicles the heady aftermath of his wrongful… Read more Audio
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Dr Max Berry: the huge job of looking after tiny babies
10:30 AM.Dr Max Berry has dedicated her career to understanding and caring for babies born too soon. As a consultant neonatologist she's on the floor of Wellington's neonatal intensive care unit supporting… Read more Audio
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Playing Favourites with Oscar Kightley
11:00 AM.Samoan-born writer, director, playwright and actor Vai To'elau Osa Isa'ako Mase Kightley, known as Oscar, is widely regarded as a bit of a legend. But now it's official, with the announcement that… Read more Audio
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8:10 Who killed the Crewes? Opening the book on a cold case
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The murder of Harvey and Jeannette Crewe in their Pukekawa farmhouse in 1970 is perhaps New Zealand's most infamous unsolved crime.
Arthur Allan Thomas was convicted twice, pardoned and compensated, after police evidence was found to be corrupt.
In The Crewe Murders - Inside New Zealand's Most Infamous Cold Case investigative journalist Kirsty Johnston and Associate Professor of Journalism at Massey University James Hollings take a fresh look at the case.
300714. Photo supplied. Harvey and Jeanette Crewe pictured on their wedding day. They were killed in their Pukekawa farmhouse on 17 June 1970. Photo: supplied
8:50 Gregory De Pascale: Iceland on edge, waiting for eruption
Gregory De Pascale Photo: supplied
Iceland is bracing itself for a significant volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula near the capital Reykjavik.
Tens of thousands of earthquakes have rattled the country in recent weeks, deforming the land and causing sinkholes.
These tremors, along with evidence that an underground river of magma about 15km in length is rising towards the earth's surface led nearly 4,000 people to evacuate from the town of Grindavik earlier this week.
Experts say it's not a case of if, but when, an eruption occurs. One of those watching and waiting is Dr Gregory De Pascale, an Associate Professor of Geology at the University of Iceland.
A member of the emergency services walks near a crack cutting across the main road in Grindavik, southwestern Iceland. The town - home to around 4,000 people - was evacuated in the early hours of 11 November. Photo: KJARTAN TORBJOERNSSON / AFP
9:05 Kashmir Hill: facial recognition software and the end of privacy
What does the rapid rise of facial recognition technology mean for the future of privacy?
That's the question being tackled by Kashmir Hill in her new book Your Face Belongs to Us.
She's the New York Times reporter who broke the story of secretive startup Clearview AI's existence back in 2020.
Clearview harvested billions of photos from the internet to build a searchable database of faces.
Since then she's been reporting on the uses and misuses of facial recognition technology.
Photo: Earl Wilson
9:35 Amanda Smith Barusch: embracing the rage that comes with age
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Gerontologist Dr Amanda Smith Barusch argues it's time for older adults to embrace grumpyness.
In Aging Angry: Making Peace with Rage the University of Otago and University of Utah Emeritus Professor looks at how some of us get angrier as we get older, and how it can benefit us.
Barusch is a former Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Gerontological Social Work, and is Deputy Editor-in-Chief for the Australasian Journal on Ageing.
10:00 Richard O'Rawe: In the Name of the Son
Gerry Conlon spent fourteen years in jail as one of the Guildford Four, following the 1974 IRA Guildford pub bombing. New play In the Name of the Son chronicles the heady aftermath of his wrongful imprisonment.
Richard O'Rawe wrote the 2017 book In the Name of the Son: The Gerry Conlon Story, which the play is based on.
Himself a former Irish Republican prisoner, O'Rawe was a leading figure in the 1981 Maze prison hunger strike. He and life-long friend Conlon grew up together in Belfast.
O'Rawe is the author of several books about the Irish Troubles, including Blanketmen: An Untold Story of the H-Block Hunger Strike. In the Name of the Son is coming to the Auckland Arts Festival in March next year.
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10:30 Dr Max Berry: the huge job of looking after tiny babies
Dr Max Berry has dedicated her career to understanding and caring for babies born too soon.
As a consultant neonatologist she's on the floor of Wellington's neonatal intensive care unit supporting premature babies and their parents through the often rocky first weeks and months.
As a researcher her focus is ensuring better long-term outcomes, by understanding how prematurity impacts adult blood pressure regulation, diabetes risk and brain health.
Dr Max Berry Photo: Mava Enoka
11:00 Playing Favourites with Oscar Kightley
Samoan-born writer, director, playwright and actor Vai To'elau Osa Isa'ako Mase Kightley, known as Oscar, is widely regarded as a bit of a legend.
But now it's official, with the announcement that he's won this year's Television Legend award at the New Zealand Television Awards.
On screen and behind the scenes, he’s been a driving force behind making Pasifika stories mainstream.
He joins Kim to share some of his favourite songs, fresh off the plane from LA, where he attended the premiere of Taika Waititi's film Next Goal Wins, which he starred in.
Oscar Kightley Photo: supplied
Books featured on the show
The Crewe Murders - Inside New Zealand's Most Infamous Cold Case
by Kirsty Johnston and James Hollings
Published by Massey University Press
ISBN: 9781991016478
Aging Angry: Making Peace with Rage
By: Amanda Smith Barusch
Published by Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780197584644
Your Face Belongs to Us: The Secretive Startup Dismantling Your Privacy
by Kashmir Hill
Published by Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9781398509184
Music played in this show
Playing Favourites with Oscar Kightley
Song: You Can't Always Get What You Want
Artist: Rolling Stones
Time played: 11:15
Song: Afternoon Delight
Artist: Starland Vocal Band
Time played: 11:30
Song: French Letter
Artisit: Herbs
Time played: 11:45
Song: Aotearoa
Artist: Trinity Roots
Time played: 11:55