Technology
Why Alexa isn't coming to NZ
Technology Correspondent, Jonathan Mosen talks to Kathryn Ryan about how NZ is missing out on a consumer product category that's taking larger countries like the US and UK by storm, smart speakers you… Audio
US radio station airs advice on how to hide child porn
An online petition has been launched by residents of the town of Benson in the US state of Arizona against a radio station which broadcast advice on how to hide child pornography.
France investigates Macron campaign email hack
French prosecutors have opened an investigation into the leak of large quantities of hacked data from Emmanuel Macron's campaign two days before Sunday's presidential election.
Tech sector looking for ways to keep and attract women workers
The technology industry wants to find out why women are leaving the technology sector in New Zealand, at a time when the need for skilled workers has never been higher. Audio
Blockchain: the future of the web?
Technologists are working to develop the next generation of the web - Web 3.0 - which is aimed at decentralising the web and perhaps more importantly eliminating expensive middlemen and giving users… Audio
The Museum of Failure
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Dr. Samuel West is the organisational psychologist behind the Museum of Failure. Where Failure is celebrated. Audio
Speed-dating for the Arts, Science and Tech
New Zealand's arts, science and tech sectors are getting together to see if our performing arts sector can be transformed. Audio
Call for taxes on Google and Facebook to support journalism
Mediawatch - Rejection of a merger between New Zealand's biggest media companies is unlikely to have averted job losses. Colin Peacock asks former editors where this leaves the industry. Audio
Virtual memories: VR for seniors
Virtual reality technology isn't just for millennials and gamers. Recently, a series of VR films targeted at a very mature audience premiered at a New York senior citizen's centre. Video, Audio
Chasing the first sub-2 hour marathon
This weekend, on a Formula One race track in Italy, three of the world's top long-distance runners attempt to run the first sub-2 hour marathon. Audio
Listener feedback for 6 May 2017
Kim Hill reads emails and text messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme. Audio
Body cams making Dunedin's parking wardens feel safer
Parking wardens in Dunedin have recorded 18 incidents of violence or abuse in one month.
NZ Businesses lagging in customer experience and data analytics
New Zealand businesses are failing badly to develop the digital services that customers want, preferring to concentrate on their earnings. Audio
The end of the cult of car ownership?
Kathryn Ryan talks with Stanford University lecturer Tony Seba who has co-authored a report predicting the impact of driver-less cars. He says within 10 years of regulatory approval, 95% of passenger… Audio
Four Auckland schools receive hoax bomb threats
Police have been investigating a series of email bomb threats to Auckland schools.
Balloon failure a downer - NASA
NASA's latest super pressure balloon flight has come to an untimely end just over a week after its launch from Wanaka. Video
Gender bias and Facebook comments: Is there a male equivalent of a vile hag?
Analysis - Gender as a topic always seems to attract abuse, as RNZ's The 9th Floor interview with Jenny Shipley shows very clearly, writes Megan Whelan.
New technology - Don Christie
Director of Catalyst IT Don Christie discusses how global IT companies are taking profit here and not putting anything back. Audio
Watchdog critical of SIS security clearance system
Until just a few years ago, the SIS security clearance systems were not secure enough, the Inspector General of Intelligence and Security has found.
'Rather than try to sell them ads, shouldn't you try to help them?'
Young New Zealanders have become subjects in Facebook research on advertising to people feeling stressed, worthless or insecure, a leaked memo appears to show. Audio
