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Tech: OpenAI's new chatbot, facial recognition in supermarkets
Audio 8 Dec 2022Technology correspondent Dr Mahsa Mohaghegh joins Kathryn to discuss the latest mind-blowing AI chatbot from OpenAI, the use by Foodstuffs of facial recognition technology in North Island supermarkets… Audio
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Understanding Zealandia - the continent underneath us
Audio 7 Dec 2022Te Riu-a-Maui - or Zealandia - is the world's eighth continent and is right underneath us. It is the world's youngest, smallest, thinnest and most submerged continent, with about 94 per cent of it… Audio
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The mathematics of origami
Audio 6 Dec 2022Dillon Mayhew, Associate Professor from the School of Mathematics and Statistics at Te Heranga Waka/Victoria University of Wellington joins us once again to talk mathematics. This week, the discipline… Audio
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High Court rules against climate change action case
The 350-strong Lawyers for Climate Action NZ argued the Climate Change Commission's roadmap for cutting emissions was inconsistent with international agreements.
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'Dream come true' as Lydia Ko wins record prize purse
Lydia Ko believes she has recaptured the same kind of freedom she had when she became a dominant figure in women's golf when she was just 17.
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Alaa Abd el-Fattah, the jailed Egyptian-British dissident on hunger strike
Alaa Abd el-Fattah, an Egyptian-British software developer and blogger who rose to prominence in the Arab Spring uprising is now a symbol of suffering during the repression that followed.
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Operation Feather: planning for 'The Queue'
Audio 3 Nov 2022The queue for mourners to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II was one of the biggest in history, with 250,000 people waiting up to 24 hours, in a queue 16km long. A team of experts had been… Audio
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Principals expect pandemic's disruption to learning will take years to make up for
Nearly three years of pandemic-related disruption has damaged learning in some schools and left others almost unscathed.
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Brazil's Lula defeats Bolsonaro to win presidency again in stunning comeback
Former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has won Brazil's bitterly fought election, ending the country's most right-wing government in decades.
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Rain, Ireland put England's T20 World Cup in peril
England's hopes of reaching the T20 World Cup semi-finals suffered a major dampener after the former champions slumped to a shock loss to Ireland as rain forced an early finish at the Melbourne…
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Tech: Targeted ads, Iran & Starlink, laughing robots
Technology correspondent Mahsa Mohaghegh joins Kathryn to talk about targeted advertising; how it works, what the difference is between first and third-party cookies and Google's cookie-replacement… Audio
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Verstappen has another chance to claim F1 title
Max Verstappen failed to clinch his second successive F1 title in Singapore last weekend but the Red Bull driver has a better chance at Suzuka this weekend.
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Birthday boy Max Verstappen can get title party started early
Max Verstappen could be celebrating more than his 25th birthday at the floodlit Singapore Grand Prix this weekend as the Dutch driver takes a first shot at securing his second Formula One title.
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What is matroid theory?
Tonight Professor Dillon Mayhew discusses his research into matroid theory. Matroids are abstract mathematical objects that can be thought of as finite geometrical configurations. Audio
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Test rugby: All Blacks beat Australia 40-14 at Eden Park
The All Blacks have notched up another win in their record-breaking run at Eden Park, defeating Australia 40-14 in Auckland tonight.
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Is New Zealand well prepared for the next Covid wave?
Analysis - While modelling suggests it was time to wind back Covid restrictions, some measures were perhaps scrapped prematurely, Michael Plank and David Welch write.
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Mathematics professor not surprised by poor numeracy scores
A mathematics professor isn't surprised that large numbers of year 10 students have failed NCEA numeracy tests in a trial run.
Schools have told RNZ of pass rates as low as zero for the writing… Audio
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Government rules out making difficult NCEA writing and maths tests easier
The government has ruled out making NCEA literacy and numeracy tests easier to pass. Audio
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Principal warns some students will never pass new literacy test
Some principals are shocked by their students' high failure rates in a trial run of new NCEA literacy and numeracy tests. Audio
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In today's sports news: What you need to know
In today's sports news - McLaughlin wins in Portland, Tim Price third at Burghley and keeper red-carded for peeing in the bushes.
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Should we be rethinking our trans-Tasman travel habits?
As international travel climbs back to pre-pandemic levels, climate change experts are urging New Zealanders to rethink the way they fly and even axe trans-Tasman getaways.
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Tech: AI sentience, self-drive cars v kids, cameras and phone use
Audio 18 Aug 2022Technology correspondent Mahsa Mohaghegh looks at artificial intelligence use in natural language processing and how close it is to being sentient. She'll also look at how safe pedestrians are from… Audio
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Maths Craft in a box designed to help a love of mathematics
A new free classroom resource has been designed to help children see the more creative and playful side of maths. Launched today and the first of its kind in Aotearoa, the self contained box is aimed… Audio
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Micronesia announces death of vice president
The FSM Government said the late vice president exemplified the country's foreign policy of being 'a friend to all and an enemy to none'.
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'Unjustified force': Teacher loses appeal attempt over pulling out student's earphones
A teacher censured for "unjustified use of force" has failed to have the courts overturn his disciplinary finding of serious misconduct.
