Internet

Canterbury farmer Geoff Wallace posted a job advertisement asking for a non-smoker who, "wears his hat with the peak to the front and be capable of wearing his pants around his ass not his knees." Video, Audio

Netsafe's executive director, Martin Cocker, talks about a new offshore scam which uses a "yes" response to make it appear that you have agreed to a purchase. Audio

The problems of private drone use during an emergency; claims that half of the world's web traffic is encrypted; and gamers identify planets for scientists in a cool citizen science project. Audio

Youtube is being blamed for a decline in literacy among younger people. Audio

The High Court has ruled that internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom is eligible for extradition to the United States to face charges of money laundering. Kim Dotcom joins Checkpoint. Video, Audio

Last week news broke that the company that runs Wellington's pioneering independent radio station Radio Active has gone into liquidation. A panel of independent radio champions talk about the… Audio

This week Facebook gets into the TV business, and India launches 104 satellites in a single mission. It's a new world record and announces the country as a serious player in the commercial space race.

Murry Chong's facebook post about Te Reo opens up a wider issue of people being told what they can and can't say on social media sites. Audio

The CEO of Dunedin video game studio Rocketwerkz gives his staff unlimited leave, limits his salary to a notch above the highest paid worker, and has thrown out middle management. Video, Audio

Wikipedia bans the Daily Mail as a reliable source, Snapchat gets ready to go public, plus the next generation of mobile telephony – 5G is just around the corner. Audio

A cognitive scientist is building a computer platform to crowdsource the answers to some of the world's toughest questions. Audio

Kathryn Ryan speaks to Privacy Commissioner, John Edwards, who has sent the Justice Minister a report recommending six changes to the Privacy Act - most of them intended to give his office more… Audio

How can news be controlled with more than 600 million citizens of mainland China now online? A veteran journalist and media freedom advocate in neighbouring Hong Kong tells Mediawatch about working… Audio

Peter Griffin has the latest on Facebook's huge growth in users and ad revenue, and why did thousands of UBER customers delete the app this week? Audio