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- 3530 - Brodie Kane and Ben Thomas: The Panel talks sick leave, the Crusaders, and Taylor Swift
Broadcaster and Podcaster Brodie Kane joins Director at Capital and political commentator Ben Thomas on The Panel.
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Sun, 21 Apr 2024 - 3529 - Ava DuVernay: Origin director on her new film
Ava DuVernay is a critically acclaimed, Hollywood film-maker who's not afraid to push the boundaries.
She's behind films such as Oscar nominated Selma, and documentary 13th.
Her latest film has been labelled rebellious and radical - based on the book Caste by Pulitzer Prize winning author Isabel Wilkerson, the film is called Origin.
Ava joined Francesca to discuss her newest film.
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Sun, 21 Apr 2024 - 3528 - Erin O'Hara: How to get a better night's sleep
Studies show about a third of people wake throughout the night, with various reasons for sleep disruptions.
Erin O'Hara is a naturopath and joined Francesca Rudkin to discuss ways to get better sleep.
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Sun, 21 Apr 2024 - 3527 - Mike Van de Elzen: Classic bacon and egg pie
Bacon and Egg Pie
Cook time: 40 minutes
Prep time: 10 minutes
1 packet of flaky puff pastry, 5 sheets
10 fresh eggs
150g streaky bacon, cut into 1 cm dice
½ white onion
1 stick of rosemary (optional)
½ tsp flaky sea salt and cracked pepper
2 T sesame seeds
Preheat your oven to 180 degrees
Take a heavy 26cm EngelElzen cast-iron or similar pan and lightly spray the inside with cooking spray.
Crack one egg into a small bowl and lightly beat with a fork.
Start by laying one sheet of flaky pastry on side of the pan then another 1/3 of the way around, brushing with eggwash where the pasty touches. Then the third sheet to cover the remaining pan. The whole inside of the pan should now be covered.
Spread the bacon out across the bottom, the crack in the remaining eggs. Sprinkle across the sliced white onion, seasalt and a good crack of pepper.
Lay the remaining 2 sheets of pastry across the top, again using egg wash to bind the 2 sheets. Fold over the outside edge and roll to seal. Sprinkle over the sesame seeds and leaves of the rosemary.
Heat the pan on the stove top for 4 minutes before placing into the oven on a lower rack.
Cook for 40 minutes or until golden brown.
Serve the next morning with some spicy tomato jam.
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Sun, 21 Apr 2024 - 3526 - Dr Michelle Dickinson: Finding Nemo, Whales, and Aliens
Scientists off the coast of south-east Alaska used an underwater speaker to play a recording of a humpback whale greeting call.
A humpback whale broke away from its group and approached the vessel, in which is thought to be the first time humans and whales have communicated with each other in the humpback language.
Nanogirl Dr Michelle Dickinson discussed this and more with Francesca Rudkin.
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Sun, 21 Apr 2024 - 3525 - Steve Newall: All the latest in film
Steve Newall from flicks.co.nz joined Francesca to chat nominations for the Aotearoa Music Awards, as well as Zendaya's new film Challengers.
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Sun, 21 Apr 2024 - 3524 - Chris Patterson: Barrister on wrongly identified Bondi killer
Last weekend in the aftermath of the Bondi Mall stabbings, we saw a prime example of how badly wrong the internet can go.
For 14 hours, Sydney student Ben Cohen was widely named and wrongly identified as the killer - and it spread like wildfire internationally.
By Sunday morning, his name had made its way into the mainstream media - with Australia's 7News misidentifying Ben as the attacker.
Barrister Chris Patterson joined Francesca to discuss how this happened.
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Sun, 21 Apr 2024 - 3523 - Jude Dobson: The Last Secret Agent
In 1944, Phyllis 'Pippa' Latour parachuted into Nazi occupied Normandy as an undercover agent.
Had she been discovered, she would have been shot instantly - however Pippa made it out. In fact, she was one of the last female special operations agents to get out of France Alive.
After the war, Pippa ended up here in New Zealand, but never told a soul, not even her husband or children, about her mission during the war.
Before she died last year, she told her fill story to Jude Dobson.
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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 - 3522 - Jason Walls: Luxon's Southeast Asia trip, AUKUS Pillar 2
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has had a busy week in Southeast Asia.
ZB Political Editor Jason Walls discussed with Francesca Rudkin what came out of this trip, as well as further AUKUS Pillar 2 talks.
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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 - 3521 - Francesca Rudkin: The guidelines for parents and sick kids are silly
I’m not sure the government thought through the timing of this week’s release of guidelines around kids’ illness and school attendance.
Half way through the school holidays, I can assure Associate Education Minister David Seymour that after another week most parents will be happily marching their children off to school, snotty nose or not.
Which isn’t to say we don’t love our children. They’re the most important things in our lives, we’d do anything for them, and we love spending time with them.
But let’s be honest, we prefer it when they’re at school for a number of reasons. It’s where they need to be to get an education. We also want them out of the house. We like routine. The juggle of childcare and looking after sick children for two working parents is a nightmare if you can't work from home. And finally, those who parented through lockdowns understand the academic, social and health impacts on our children when they aren’t in school regularly.
So while the coalition government’s intentions are good and we want kids in school as much as possible, acting like a nanny state and telling us how to parent isn’t the way to do it.
We’ve moved on since Covid’s restrictions and most parents are making sensible decisions about when they should or shouldn’t send their kids to school. A decision that 's best for their own child, and the rest of the classroom. For the most part I think parents do their best to get that balance right.
I understand this is part of the Minister’s plan to lift school attendance rates and make the stats look better with short-term illness or medical reasons the biggest cause of justified absences.
Don’t forget a child only needs to be away from school for a week a term to be categories as not regularly attending. That’s a high bar.
But let’s not focus too much on short term illness. We know children and teens can catch up after a few days off battling a cold. Longer term medical reasons are more of a concern.
Talk to the amazing team at the Northern Health School, who help children carry on with their education when they’re assessed as too medically unwell to attend school. They’ll tell you their students used to be mostly being treated for cancer or recovering from an operation. Now, they’re overwhelmed with children dealing with serious mental health issues.
I can say from experience that the work they do is vital to getting students back into school without having fallen behind academically. They are some of the unsung heroes of our education system.
So instead of patronising parents about colds and snotty noses, I’d like to see the government focus on addressing a much more important issue, how do they better support the educational needs of children dealing with much more serious life challenges that keeps them out of school for longer periods of time. And if they haven't already, I'd suggest they start by having a chat with those making a difference in this area daily.
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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 - 3520 - Mike McRoberts on leaving news presenting
On Friday, Mike McRoberts announced his news presenting journey would come to an end.
The final 6pm NewsHub bulletin on July 5th will also be Mike's last... after a 40 year career in the media, half of which was spent in the prime-time news slot.
Mike McRoberts joined Francesca Rudkin to discuss his decision to step away.
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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 - 3519 - Joan's picks: The Borrowed Hills and A Calamity of Souls
The Borrowed Hillsby Scott Preston. Set amidst the foot and mouth scare in Cumbria in 2001, this is the story of two men, William and Steve, who have neighbouring sheep farms and are forced to destroy all their stock. They attempt to hide the remnants of one of their flocks from the authorities, and then when Williamfalls in with a criminal shyster, Steve is roped into their plans to travel south to rustle a pedigree flock from a faraway farm to give them something to go on with. William’s new friend brings chaos and destruction close to home. Whilst this is set against a somewhat brutal background. the author’s craft lifts it to another level entirely.
A Calamity of Soulsby David Baldacci. In southern Virginia in 1968, a black man and his wife are charged with the murder of an elderly white couple. Jack Lee takes on their case and is joined by a young black lawyer who’s a crusader for justice and civil rights. Everything is stacked against them and the relentless march towards Death Row for their defendants looks inevitable. This took David Baldacci ten years to write and is his most deeply personal story yet – and even for those of us who have read a lot of legal thrillers set in similar circumstances, the degree to which racism was entrenched in the State at that time is truly shocking and makes for a highly charged novel.
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Sun, 14 Apr 2024 - 3518 - Megan Singleton: BloggerAtLarge writer with advice about what not to do on a cruise
If you're about to embark on a first cruise or you're carrying out a post-Covid bucket list adventure, there's plenty you should be aware of before you set sail.
BloggerAtLarge's Megan Singleton recommends returning to the ship on time during planned excursions, and taking advantage of the dining room- among more travel tips.
Read more of Megan's advice for what not to do on cruises here.
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Sun, 14 Apr 2024 - 3517 - The Sunday Panel: Is New Zealand's local content in trouble?
This week on the Sunday Panel, Coast's Lorna Riley and senior PR consultant at One Plus One Communications, Damien Venuto, joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the week- and more!
There's growing concern locally produced Kiwi content could be facing more difficulties. On top of the Newshub and TVNZ cuts, there's fears TV shows like Shortland Street could be scrapped. Should we do more to save Kiwi content?
World Athletics recently confirmed it plans to offer gold medallists a cash prize in the upcoming Paris Olympics. Is this the right decision?
Rage rooms- would you pay to go somewhere to work out your anger?
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Sun, 14 Apr 2024 - 3516 - Erin O'Hara: naturopath and wellness expert on the resurgence of fibre supplements
Dietary fibre supplements are enjoying a resurgence in the world of wellness.
Research shows fibre has plenty of benefits- it helps with regulating bowel movements and gut health, weight management and blood sugar regulation.
Naturopath and wellness expert explains the benefits of fibre, and other ways we can get it besides supplements.
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Sun, 14 Apr 2024 - 3515 - Mike Van de Elzen: Beer battered fish with creamy tartare sauce
Beer battered fish with creamy tartare sauce
Cook time: 5 minutes
Prep time: 20 minutes
Serves: 6
4 sides white fish like, gurnard, snapper, or similar
2 bottles beer
1 cup flour
salt
oil for frying
Creamy Tartare
2 egg yolks
1 Tbsp white wine vinegar
1 tsp Dijon mustard
300ml grapeseed oil
3 Tbsp crème fraiche
2 Tbsp chopped capers
2 Tbsp chopped gherkins
2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley
juice and zest of 1 lemon
salt
freshly ground black pepper
Start by making the the tartare.
Place egg yolks, vinegar and mustard in a food processor and blitz to combine. With the motor running, gradually add the oil until the mayonnaise is thick and smooth. Now add all of the other ingredients and stir to combine.
Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Pour the beer into a bowl and sift over the flour and whisk in until a smooth thin batter forms. Season with salt.
Heat enough oil in a pot to 180*c, you can test a small drop of batter to check temperature. It should float to the surface and not colour up too quickly.
One by one run the fish through the batter and then slowly lower into the hot oil. Moving the fish round until fully submerged. This will stop the fish from quickly dropping to the bottom of the pot and sticking.
Once golden keep hot in an oven until all the fish is finished.
Serve alongside the tartare and some greens.
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Sun, 14 Apr 2024 - 3514 - Dr Michelle Dickinson: nanotechnologist on the new - and unexpected - solution to anger
If you are feeling angry, you might be tempted to vent, but science has a much better, evidence based solution for you.
Research published this week in the journal Scientific Reports involved scientists asking 100 volunteers to write an opinion piece about important social issues such as whether smoking in public should be banned. They were told that their writing would be evaluated and feedback would be provided to them.
The volunteers spent time writing their pieces, and no matter how good they were, every volunteer received insulting and negative feedback about their work and were scored low on intelligence, interest, friendliness, logic and rationality.
They also received insulting feedback that included statements like 'I cannot believe that an educated person would think like this'.
Immediately after receiving the insulting feedback, all of the volunteers showed an increase in their subjective rating of anger.
The volunteers were then given a piece of paper and asked to write down their immediate thoughts and feelings about the situation.
One group was asked to either throw away the piece of paper or to place it in a paper shredder and watch it be shredded. A second group was told to keep the paper either in a clear plastic box or a clear folder on their desk.
The results showed that the volunteers who kept their paper thoughts stayed angry, however the volunteers who threw away or who shredded their written thoughts returned to their initial calm state very quickly.
The researchers themselves were surprised at how effective destroying or disposing the paper was in immediately reducing feelings of anger, and seem to have found a cheap and easy way to help people to feel calm.
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Sun, 14 Apr 2024 - 3513 - Sarah-Kate Lynch and Morgana O’Reilly: Friends Like Her creator and lead actress on the new psychological thriller series
Three's new local psychological thriller series is set to follow two best friends- and a surrogacy pact that falls through.
Set in a post-quake Kaikōura, the series explores the town's recovery following the disaster, as the friendship between the leads turns toxic.
Series creator Sarah-Kate Lynch and lead actress Morgana O’Reilly say the earthquake provided a solid backdrop for the series, as it impacted people differently.
"For some people, the earthquake wasn't the end of anything, it was the beginning of things. If you were working on the roads, for example, your business might have done better. But if you had a little motel, you might have done worse."
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Sun, 14 Apr 2024 - 3512 - Steve Newall: Flicks.co.nz editor on the 2024 Cannes Film Festival selections
Some of cinema's biggest names are expected to go head to head at the 77th Cannes Film Festival.
Paul Schrader, David Cronenberg and Francis Ford Coppola have films ready to go for the May event, with the latter's $120 million Megalopolis attracting plenty of pre-festival buzz.
Flicks.co.nz editor Steve Newall explains what film fans can look forward to ahead of the festival.
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Sun, 14 Apr 2024 - 3511 - Jason Walls: ZB political editor on Winston Peters' busy week
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has been busy over the last few days.
Peters even got to catch the eclipse in New York, on the last leg of his diplomatic journey through the Middle East, Europe and the United States.
ZB political editor Jason Walls says Peters has also pushed New Zealand a step closer to joining up with the AUKUS agreement.
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Sat, 13 Apr 2024 - 3510 - Dame Susan Devoy: former squash player and senior public servant returns with frank new memoir Dame Suzy D: My Story
Dame Susan Devoy seems to have done it all.
She's been a four-time world squash number-one champion, former Race Relations Commissioner, chairwoman of The Halberg Trust- and even a contestant on Celebrity Treasure Island.
She says her original vision for the book was a 'tell-all, name-and-shame' look-back at everyone who'd gotten under her skin- and it turned out quite different.
"It's easy to write about your failings and the things you're not good at and your negative aspects- it's very hard to talk about your success and your achievements in a book."
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Sat, 13 Apr 2024 - 3509 - Anna Leask: A Moment in Crime podcast host on Jonathan Hulme speaking out about the Parker–Hulme murder case
In 1954, Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulmewere convicted of one of the most infamous and high-profile murders in the history of New Zealand.
The brutal beating of Honora Rieper made headlines all over the world, and got more exposure in the 1990s following the release of Sir Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures.
Seventy years on, the brother of one of the teen murderesses, Jonathan Hulme, appeared on Anna Leask's A Moment In Crimeto discuss the aftermath of the case.
Podcast host and senior journalist Anna Leask says Jonathan Hulme wanted to tell the world what his sister was really like- as our collective understanding of mental health has evolved over the years.
"After she died, he just had this growing compulsion to speak out and let people know what she was really like, what her life as really like, he just wanted people to have a better understanding of her."
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Sat, 13 Apr 2024 - 3508 - Irene Gardiner: NZ Screen Producers’ Guild President on the future of local Kiwi content following TVNZ and Newshub cuts
There's growing concern that the cuts across TVNZ and Newshub won't be the last for locally produced content.
As the nation's biggest broadcasting companies struggle with falling advertising revenue, the fate of Kiwi favourites such as Shortland Street remains uncertain.
NZ Screen Producers’ Guild President Irene Gardiner says local content plays an important role in keeping audiences together.
"It's our identity, it's our humour, it's what we are - and I think local content, both the more serious news and current affairs kind and the more entertaining kind, is very important."
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Sat, 13 Apr 2024 - 3507 - Sam Emery: Australian correspondent on the fatal stabbing attacks at Bondi Junction Westfield
Forensic teams in Sydney have begun a scene examination into yesterday's fatal stabbing at a shopping mall.
Six people - five women and one man - were killed and eight injured by a knife-wielding assailant, who was shot dead by a police officer on site.
Australian correspondent Sam Emery says several other people have been hospitalised following the attack.
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Sat, 13 Apr 2024 - 3506 - Francesca Rudkin: Let's pay all Olympic gold medallists
So World Athletics made an announcement this week that will no doubt send ripples throughout other global sporting organisations - and give ammunition to those who claim the Olympics aren’t worth the bother anymore - by announcing they would pay track and field gold medallists at the Paris Olympics $50,000 (USD).
Understandably, the first question asked was if this move violated the Olympic spirit? This is, after all, the first time in the 128 years of the modern Olympics that athletes will receive prize money for topping the podium.
Now, once upon a time when sport was truly amateur, I may have agreed prize money was not in the Olympic spirit. But in 2024, when many professional sports people perform at the Olympics - think golf, tennis and basketball - I’m more inclined to say, why not? Why shouldn’t the athletes take a share of the revenue the International Olympic Committee (IOC) distributes to World Athletics?
Track and field is a massive drawcard. Surely those who provide the entertainment should benefit from it?
They‘re not being paid to train for four years, so nothing changes in the lead up to the Olympics. While it’s no doubt nice to get, I doubt it will be the overwhelming motivation for athletes. I’m making an assumption here - I’m no Olympian - but the work and sacrifice it takes to compete against the best at the Olympics is likely enough in itself for most.
If you asked New Zealand track and field athletes if they do it for money I’m guessing the answer would be no. If they were about the money they’d do better to get other jobs; one’s with a salary.
The IOC was blindsided by the announcement and quick to issue a statement reminding us it’s up to each sport’s governing body to decide how to spend their share of Olympic revenue. Apparently, up to 90 percent of all the IOC’s income is redistributed to help athletes and the development of sport. If World Athletics believe they can support their sport and rewards gold medallists, good on them.
Many gold medallists are already renumerated for their performances – by either their country, their Olympic and Paralympic Committees, or sponsorships. The US Olympic Committee paid gold, silver and bronze medallists between $37,500 (USD) and $15,000 (USD) at the last games. Some countries offer more. Hong Kong offered roughly $638,000 (USD). Here in NZ, High Performance NZ hands out $60,000 to gold medallists, which is pretty good, and you may also get to help flog some lamb. Some countries offer nothing.
So why not share the profits with those who reach the top, as long as the sport in general is also being supported?
While there is a list of criticisms about the Olympics, such as how they manage drug cheats, which sports are added or removed, and whether triathletes should have to swim in dodgy waters - I just can’t wait for the games to begin on the 26th July.
It’s almost impossible not to get drawn into the drama that will unfold over the roughly 16 Olympic days. We’ll get to share the highest of highs and the lowest of lows, heart-warming underdog stories and heart-breaking missed opportunities.
It will give us a wonderful distraction in the heart of winter.
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Sat, 13 Apr 2024 - 3505 - Joan's picks: Day One and Run for Your Life
Day One by Abigail Dean. Set in the Lake District of England, this is about a school shooting and its aftermath. A local school is putting on an annual performance by the older kids, designed to make the four year olds who will start school in the autumn feel comfortable and keen to begin their education – but it all goes horribly wrong, and the way it plays out afterwards is a real sign of the times. A young man with connections to the town becomes convinced that it never happened, while the daughter of one of the teachers killed in the tragedy has a version of events that seems at odds with some of the evidence. It’s a sobering premise which I think is probably drawn from recent world events such as the Sandy Hook massacre in the States, after which a denier called Alex Jones claimed it was all made up and peddled gross misinformation.
Run for Your Life by Sue Williams. Nick Stride is an Englishman who moved to Russia in 1998 to work on the construction of a new British Embassy in Moscow, and then later on a palatial new home for one of Putin’s sidekicks, a guy named Shuvalov. He fell afoul of them and he and his family (wife, two kids) increasingly feared for their lives and moved half way around the world to Australia where they went completely off the grid, staying on illegally after their visas expired and spending years in the remote Kimberley which must be one of the most inhospitable places on earth. They eventually decided to hand themselves in but the callous indifference of the Australian immigration authorities made reintegration to mainstream society extremely difficult. Nick and his children ended up here in New Zealand where I believe they still live, and feel it’s the right time to tell their incredible story.
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Sun, 07 Apr 2024 - 3504 - Megan Singleton: BloggerAtLarge.com writer on Oakland airport changing its name
The Port of Oakland authority have launched a plan to change their "Metropolitan Oakland International Airport" to "San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport".
Despite speculation, this change isn't to end decades of mix-ups with Auckland Airport, as the locations were once famously mixed up by an unfortunate traveller in 1985.
BloggerAtLarge.com writer Megan Singleton says this name change is actually for marketing reasons- the inclusion of 'San Francisco' will hopefully being more travellers in.
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Sun, 07 Apr 2024 - 3503 - The Sunday Panel: Do politicians deserve more money?
This week on the Sunday Panel, ZB Wellington Mornings host Nick Mills and partner at Freebairn and Hehir, Liam Hehir,joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the week- and more!
An opinion piece from Jason Walls claimed the Prime Minister, his Ministers and every other MP in parliament is underpaid. Do we agree with this claim? Do politicians deserve more money?
Prime Minister Chris Luxon has been on the receiving end of some backlash amid claims he's running New Zealand like a business. His list of 36 action points came with a lot of business jargon- can we look past that? What does his business background mean for his leadership skills?
Are children's birthday parties out of control? A new article says middle class parents spend anywhere between NZ$629 and NZ$2098 – or far more – on their child’s special day. Is this getting ridiculous?
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Sun, 07 Apr 2024 - 3502 - Erin O'Hara: Naturopath and wellness expert on the warning signs of an unhealthy gut
Research shows gut health is critical to one's overall health- so how can we spot the warning signs of an unhealthy gut?
Bloating, constipation, or painful digestion are the obvious symptoms, but an unhealthy gut can lead to obesity, mental health challenges, food sensitivities, skin problems and energy loss, among other conditions.
Naturopath and wellness expert Erin O'Hara outlines the steps you can take to spot an unhealthy gut- and reduce the impact of harmful symptoms.
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Sun, 07 Apr 2024 - 3501 - Liam Pieper: Australian novelist and ghost-writer explores celebrity culture in new book Appreciation
Australian author Liam Pieper's has his work all over bookstores across the Tasman- but they've typically never featured his name.
Pieper's been behind several bestselling celebrity memoirs, but as a ghost-writerhis name doesn’t appear on the cover and he gets absolutely no public credit for the book’s success.
His new novel dissecting Australian celebrity culture and the fear of getting 'cancelled' bucks this trend.
"I've drawn on the mechanics of ghost-writing and what it's like to sit with a celebrity - usually someone who's pretty famous, certainly much more famous than me - and plum their mind and insecurities and doubts and hopes and dreams and try and make a story out of that."
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Sun, 07 Apr 2024 - 3500 - Mike Van de Elzen: Rosti with poached eggs and creamed spinach
Rosti with poached eggs and creamed spinach
Cook time: 30 minutes
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serves: 6
5 large potatoes
100gm butter, melted
3 Tbsp sunflower oil
Good amount of salt freshly ground black pepper
300gm black pudding, grilled or fried (optional)
6 eggs, poached
Creamed spinach:
1 Tbsp sunflower oil
1 onion, finely chopped
1 bag spinach
1/2 cup white wine
1 cup cream
1 tbsp dijion mustard (optional)
salt
Preheat oven to 180*C.
Peel the potatoes, place into a pot and cover with cold water with a good pinch of salt.
Bring to the boil and simmer for 8 minutes. Check by pressing a knife into the potato, they should still hard in the centre (firm enough to grate).
Drain and cool the potatoes. Once cool, grate the potatoes and combine with the melted butter, salt and pepper.
Heat the sunflower oil in a large cast iron or non stick frying pan. Start by pressing in the potato mix. Ensure the bottom of the rosti is kept moving to avoid burning. Once all the potato has been pressed into the pan, cook on a medium heat for a couple of minutes. Drizzle the remaining oil around the edge of the rosti and allow it to flow down to the bottom. Place the pan into the oven. and bake for 30 minutes.
After this time, remove the pan and flip the rosti out onto a board to segment into wedges to serve, Serve with poached eggs, black pudding and creamed spinach.
For the creamed spinach:
Heat the oil in a sauce pan, add the chopped onion and sauté for 1 minute. Add the white wine and reduce slightly. Pour in the cream, return to the boil, then reduce the heat. Simmer for 10 minutes. Drop the spinach in, bring it back to the boil, then remove from the heat. Season with salt and white pepper to taste.
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Sat, 06 Apr 2024 - 3499 - Michelle Dickinson: nanotechnologist on the South Korean nuclear fusion power scheme reaching heat milestone
Exciting news this week, as a nuclear fusion reactor in South Korea breaks all records by running an experiment at 100 million degrees C for 48 seconds.
Just for context, that’s around 7x hotter than the centre of the sun.
Nuclear fusion is the process of heating and forcing tiny particles particles together under high pressure and high temperature to make a heavier particle - which releases energy. It is the same process by which stars burn and results in the generation of huge amounts of energy without producing greenhouse gases or long-term radioactive waste.
Scientists have been trying to harness this power because - in theory, if the process is done efficiently, the amount of energy released will be way more than the amount of energy put in and voila the world will have a new way of producing renewable energy for the planet and its ever-increasing need for electricity.
The experiment involves the superheating of plasma and trapping it inside a donut-shaped reactor surrounded by powerful magnetic fields.
The plasma cooking part is easy - however containing the super hot result in a way that doesn’t melt the container the experiment is held in is a whole different challenge. Scientists have also not yet been able to carry out the experiment in a way that creates more energy than has been put in, and it is likely to take at least a decade if not decades before nuclear fusion is seen as a feasible way to produce sustainable energy for the planet.
There has been huge interest and investment in nuclear fusion recently, especially as newer technologies like artificial intelligence and blockchain require growing amounts of energy. Sam Altman, head of ChatGPT creator OpenAI has personally invested hundreds of millions of dollars into fusion research - and science always moves faster when investors support them with cash.
The future of fusion may still be a long way off, but that future could potentially be led by Kiwis with Wellington based OpenStar Technologies being one of the companies working to develop a nuclear fusion reactor.
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Sat, 06 Apr 2024 - 3498 - Steve Newall: Flicks.co.nz editor on Alex Garland’s pre-US election contemporary thriller 'Civil War'
The filmmaker behind indie hit 'Ex Machina' is offering viewers a look into a war-torn America ahead of a contentious election season.
Director Alex Garland's 'Civil War' depicts a war-torn futuristic version of America, where states are at war with themselves.
Flicks.co.nz editor Steve Newall examines this contemporary thriller- and unpacks the idea that this could be a warning for the months ahead.
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Sat, 06 Apr 2024 - 3497 - Joseph Kay: Save The Children team leader on the emotional and physical toll of deaths six months into the Gaza conflict
Enormous frustration among aid agencies six months into the war on Gaza.
More than 30,000 Palestinian people, including 13,000 children, have been killed since the war began.
Save the Children's Joseph Kay says aid agencies still face heavy restrictions from Israel.
He says the numerous deaths of aid workers, including seven World Central Kitchen staff this week, has taken a toll.
"This terrible tragedy does highlight that nowhere is safe in Gaza."
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Sat, 06 Apr 2024 - 3496 - Judy Bailey: former newsreader and broadcaster embraces ageing and evolving in new book Evolving: Finding Health and Happiness As We Age
It's been almost 20 years since former newsreader Judy Bailey read her last bulletin- and she's been taking part in several causes and campaigns since.
The former 'Mother of the Nation' has recently been busy helping people to embrace aging through her new book Evolving: Finding Health and Happiness As We Age.
Judy Bailey says reaching an older age can be an 'uncomfortable' experience if you let it happen- so it's important to prepare and plan.
"When you turn 65, people tend to treat you as though you might be a bit vulnerable and frail and a bit doddery, maybe. We tend to be be the target of either retirement village ads or ads for incontinence pads... and we have at least three good decades ahead of us."
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Sat, 06 Apr 2024 - 3495 - Jason Walls: ZB political editor believes the Prime Minister, Ministers and every MP in Parliament is underpaid
One of ZB's leading policitcal commentators has claimed the Prime Minister, his Ministers and every other MP in parliament is underpaid.
Jason Walls outlined this concept in a premium opinion piece for ZB Plus, after The Business Herald's Executive Pay Survey revealed CEOs had received an average pay of just under $2.3 million.
He says Luxon and his Ministers have to face more public scrutiny and media attention- and have more people reporting to them in comparison.
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Sat, 06 Apr 2024 - 3494 - Peter Dunne: former United Future leader weighs in on proposed public sector job cuts
More public sector roles face the chopping block, following recent announcements.
The Ministry of Health is the latest to propose slashing jobs in order to meet the Government's cost-cutting targets- of an average of 6.5 percent.
Former United Future leader Peter Dunne says there needs to be a purpose for restructuring the sector beyond cutting jobs.
"It's pretty easy to say- let's just cut numbers. But you've got to have a purpose for doing so other than saving money."
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Sat, 06 Apr 2024 - 3493 - Francesca Rudkin: Leave the kids alone
I rolled my eyes on Friday as New Zealand youth became the latest punching bag of politicians getting some air time.
School was ditched for another Climate Strike around the country, that not only called for action on climate change, but also featured calls for Māori rights and a free Palestine.
Associate Education Minister David Seymour said it was 'unacceptable' for students to protest during school hours and they should be marked absent by schools.
He’s right on both accounts. Ideally our children would be in school, and they will be marked as absent - unjustified absent even. Not that that means much.
But here’s why I don’t like using youth as political point scoring:
We want our youth to be curious, and engaged with the world. We want them to have their own opinions, a vision for the future, and hope. But when they express this we seem to get miffed. We talk about the need for civics to be taught in school - but when young people taking an interest in Government policy and global events we demean them.
Just because they have views that may be different to other generations doesn’t make them any less valid. Listening to other people’s points of view and understanding their perspective is as important in a civil society as knowing how to voice your own views. We are not teaching youth this by gaslighting them.
Sure, there are teenagers who aren’t really engaged with the issues who likely took the day off school to attend, but that’s only a problem if they aren’t attending school regularly - and that’s where our focus should be.
If your kid does attend school most of the time and just went along to check it out - clock it up as a valuable life experience. They’re not ram-raiding a dairy for vapes in a stolen car. Or swanning around on an international family holiday in term time. There are lots of reasons why teenagers aren’t in school. Is this reason so bad?
And remember, as annoying as the disruption is for teachers when teenagers don’t turn up to school, it’s actually not hard to catch up on a day’s work. As one of my children (who didn’t attend the protest said), the Minister for Education keeps telling us the curriculum is poked. That’s not much of an incentive to go to school.
Many claim a student-led climate protest is a waste of time, and won’t achieve anything. The same could be said about various other protests we’ve seen over the last 4 years - but what I would say to politicians who dismiss these protesters as just kids who should be at school, do so at their own peril. Many of those expressing their concerns at this Government’s climate policies, or lack of them, will be voting in a couple of years, and becoming young leaders in their own right.
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Sat, 06 Apr 2024 - 3492 - Rachel Ward: Former actress and film-maker on her new documentary piece Rachel's Farm
Rachel Ward's latest ventures have taken her in a different - and unexpected - direction.
She's gone from Hollywood actress and Vogue cover model to becoming a farming expert in rural Australia, alongside her husband Bryan Brown.
After her farm was taken out by the devastating 2019/2020 Australian bushfires, Ward decided to change her focus towards regenerative farming- a journey she's documented in her film Rachel's Farm.
She says the transition to regenerative farming was a long journey, but creating the documentary taught her a lot.
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Tue, 02 Apr 2024 - 3491 - The Sunday Panel: What do we think of Easter trading hours?
This week on the Sunday Panel, journalist Wilhelmina Shrimpton and editor and commentator, Jo McCarroll joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the week- and more!
Another year, another debate about the state of Easter trading hours. Is it time to move past shutting the shops during the holiday? Do we need clearer rules this weekend? Do workers need the guaranteed time off?
Have we got our heads in the sand about AI? The International Monetary Fund has released a survey that revealed AI will impact nearly half of all jobs around the world. Experts here warn we should start preparing for a future where humans are no longer necessary. Should we start preparing for a different world?
We're a quarter of the way through 2024- how are we getting on with our New Year's Resolutions.
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Sat, 30 Mar 2024 - 3490 - Erin O'Hara: Naturopath and wellness expert on rebalancing following an increased Easter sugar intake
After this weekend's inevitable binge on chocolate and carbs, many will want to get back on the 'straight and narrow' after Easter.
The annual excuse to indulge in sugar can spark a lot of guilt by the end of the holiday, and one expert recommends balancing out the intake.
Naturopath and wellness expert Erin O'Hara says exercise and moderation are helpful steps to take to cancel out the harm of over-indulging.
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Sat, 30 Mar 2024 - 3489 - Mike Van de Elzen: Getting smoky flavour into food
Mike Van de Elzen: Getting smoky flavour into food
Hot Smoking
- Food is smoked inside the same unit as a fire source.
- In the Engel fire, you can move the fire basket closer or further away from the food being smoked, controlling the temperature.
-Making a hot smoker can be as easy as finding a steel cabinet with shelves, drilling a number of holes into the bottom and top. Then creating a small fire in the bottom of the cabinet and closing the box. Or using your gas stove and a heavy steel tray.
- Always brine your meats first and ensure you have a certain amount of ventilation in the top of the box to allow moisture out.
Cold smoking
-Food is smoked in an adjoining unit to the fire source.
-Here at the school we use a UFO - a small metal cylinder filled with wood chips, connected on one side to a fish pump and the other, an adjoining chamber.
- The product you are smoking must be as dry as possible and ideally cut or broken up into pieces, creating more edges for the smoke to stick to.
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Sat, 30 Mar 2024 - 3488 - Dr Michelle Dickinson: Nanotechnologist on the new research showing male mammals aren't bigger than females
Charles Darwin confidently stated that male mammals were mostly bigger than females, and this view has been held for over 150 years.
New research out this week in the journal Nature Communications,however, finds that Darwin's statement isn’t true and there is actually no difference in size between most male and female mammals.
In the study, the researchers compared the body masses of 429 wild animal species. They found that in many species including lemurs, golden moles, horses and zebras, the size of both sexes is the same.
Contrary to popular opinion, males were typically larger than females in only 28 percent of the mammal species studied.
Now there were some species that had significantly larger males in the cohort, including the elephant seal in which the males typically weigh in at three times the size of females.
However, to counter that the study also found that female peninsula tube-nosed bats were typically 40 percent larger than the males.
So why do so many of us believe that males are bigger?
Well part of it is to do with Darwin, but part of it is to do with what we are surrounded by locally and on TV.
Many familiar mammals, including pets like cats and dogs as well as livestock like sheep and cows have males that are larger than females. We also tend to watch wildlife documentaries that focus on charismatic species like primates and carnivores which also have larger males as they have great fight and dominance scenes in them. Typically, the male of the species is heavier when the males are required to fight to acquire a female mate.
Bias in the scientific literature has played a part in the misconception that males are normally bigger with most of the research being carried out by male scientists. One of the first studies that countered their view was in 1977 by female scientist Katherine Ralls, but her research was drowned out by all of the male dominated opposing studies.
The science-backed truth is that in the majority of mammal species, monogamy is the trend and males don’t need to fight for access to females. When this is the case, the females are typically larger which helps them to produce and carry more offspring.
It’s also a great lesson in how even scientific evidence can be shaped by our own pre-existing beliefs and why it's important to increase diversity in the science sector.
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Sat, 30 Mar 2024 - 3487 - Steve Newall: Flicks.co.nz editor on Sydney Sweeney's latest project Immaculate
Euphoria and Anyone But You breakout star Sydney Sweeney has stepped into the world of producing in her latest project.
Immaculate, a psychological horror starring Sweeney herself, is based off a decade-old script she discovered- and brought back to life as a co-producer.
Flicks.co.nz editor Steve Newall explains if the result if worth checking out.
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Sat, 30 Mar 2024 - 3486 - Joan's picks: The Call and The Trading Game : A Confession
The Call is about Detective Sergeant Honey Chalmers who, after surviving a brutal attack goes back to her small home town to care for her mother. In the course of her work she’s become too close to an informant who’s linked to a gang made up of 501 returnees from Australia, and she’s pretty sure the informant, Kloe, is now in trouble. Honey’s private life is complicated and when Kloe turns up in the small town, events converge. This is a terrific thriller, based in our own backyard and I hope will be the first in a series.
The Trading Game : A Confession by Gary Stevenson. Gary grew up in poverty in east London . The one thing he had going for him was his intelligence – he’s a maths whizz and put that to good use to win a place at the London School of Economics where he discovered that rich people think that poor people are stupid – something he then used to his advantage. He got a job at Citibank where he started to make really stupid money and discovered that enough is never enough. He worked incessant hours and had no other life, losing friends along the way - eventually having a breakdown after which he got his life back together. He now campaigns against inequality, having come to realise that while the money was good it can be at the expense of his soul.
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Sun, 24 Mar 2024 - 3485 - Megan Singleton: BloggerAtLarge writer reveals some 'crazy' travel based facts
BloggerAtLarge's Megan Singleton returns with a list of 'crazy and bizarre' travel facts for the weekend.
Between the rule that you can't photograph the Sistene Chapel ceiling and the impact cabin pressure has on your tastebuds, there's not shortage of unique travel facts to drop into conversation.
Listen to Megan's other unexpected travel facts here.
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Sun, 24 Mar 2024 - 3484 - The Sunday Panel: What did we think of the speculation surrounding Princess Kate?
This week on The Sunday Panel, Chelsea Daniels from the Front Page podcast and NZ Herald Senior Writer Simon Wilson joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the week- and more!
Following Princess Kate's shocking cancer diagnosis announcement, do the trolls and speculators need to take a proper look at themselves? What have we come to as a people when our first reaction is extreme theories and to poke fun at doctored photos?
The Herald's Liam Dann has asked in an opinion piece if the Government needs to put their promised tax cuts on hold until the country can afford them. Do we agree with this?
Have hot cross buns gone too far? Do we really need one with cheese and onions mixed in?
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Sun, 24 Mar 2024 - 3483 - Erin O'Hara: naturopath and wellness expert on the rise of cancer in young people
Princess Kate's announcement that she's undergoing cancer treatment confused and shocked people all over the world.
There has been a notable increase in cancer in young adults, with people aged 18-49 being impacted more than usual.
Naturopath and wellness expert Erin O'Hara explains further.
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Sun, 24 Mar 2024 - 3482 - Dr Michelle Dickinson: nanotechnologist explains biological factors behind teenage stink
If you have ever had a teenager in your home, you know that they have their own unique teenage aroma. New research out this week was able to confirm that teenagers typically smell of goats, cheese and urine- and there is a chemical reason why.
Published in the journal Communications Chemistry,the researchers sewed cotton wool pads into the armpit area of pyjamas to collect the sweat from 36 volunteers who wore them overnight. 18 of the volunteers were infants aged 3 and under and 18 of the volunteers were teenagers aged 14-18.
The extracted sweat was then analysed using both a gas chromatography-olfactometry device for chemical analysis as well as professions human smellers.
The infants had their own unique smell which was described as smelling like violets and due to a higher level of the ketone α-isomethylionone.
They found that chemically two steroids 5α-androst-16-en-3-one and 5α-androst-16-en-3α-ol were only present in the teenage sweat. These steroids are reported to have a smell that is similar to sweat, urine, musk and sandalwood.
The teenagers also had elevated levels of six different carboxylic acids which smell of goat, cheese, capsicim and wax according to the professional smellers.
The change in the smell of teenagers is due to the onset of activity of sweat and sebum glands combined with hair growth, and microbes on the skin.
Sebum is an oily substance that helps to protect your skin and these glands become very active around puberty.
While the study didn’t come up with a conclusion as to why the smell of teenagers changes, previous research into stickleback fish found that related sticklebacks dislike each other's smell once they reach sexual maturity which might help them to avoid inbreeding.
Whatever the reason – the likelihood is that your teenager stinks and there isn’t much anyone can do about it.
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Sat, 23 Mar 2024 - 3481 - Steve Newall: Flicks.co.nz editor on the remake of Road House
The 1989action movie Road House, remembered by audiences as a classic guilty pleasure, has been remade.
Starring Jake Gyllenhaal and boxer Conor McGregor, in his acting debut, the film promises to give audiences a fresh take on familiar cheesy 80s charm.
Flicks.co.nz editor Steve Newall explains the film further.
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Sat, 23 Mar 2024 - 3480 - Justin Pemberton: Escaping Utopia director explores the inner workings of Gloriavale through interviews with escapees
The insular Greymouth community of Gloriavale has kept Kiwis enthralled as testimonies keep emerging.
A new TVNZ documentary, Escaping Utopia, promises to unveil the stories of people who've left the community- and the struggles they've endured.
Co-director Justin Pemberton says Gloriavale is going through a transitionary period following the death of their former leader.
"The community is now imploding, it's going through some sort of- either regeneration or collapse, and we don't really know which yet, it's very much a live story. I think that's why we felt so compelled to need to go and visit."
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Sat, 23 Mar 2024 - 3479 - Rachel House: Kiwi actress ventures into the world of directing with new film The Mountain
Kiwi actress Rachel House has built up quite a screen presence, having appeared in many local and big-budget international films.
She's also a dedicated acting coach and she's been a passionate advocate behind getting Disney films translated into Te Reo.
And now, she's making her way into the world of directing through her new film The Mountain, arriving in theatres this week.
Rachel says her experience as an actress prepared her for directing her first full feature film.
"I think more film directors should do theatre, and I think more film directors should do acting as well, because you learn how to break down the beats, you learn how to really dissect a script and you learn how to give performers direction."
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Sat, 23 Mar 2024 - 3478 - Dr Juber Hafiji: dermatologist weighs in on the uptick of under-13s using anti-aging skincare
A chain of well-known Swedish pharmacies made headlines by introducing age restrictions for certain skincare products.
Social media has led to an explosion of under-13s using skincare loaded up with ingredients including retinol, AHAs and peptides, and there's concern surrounding the impact on young skin.
Dermatologist Dr Juber Hafiji says these products have their benefits, but there's risk of swelling, itching and flare-ups if people use them too early in life.
"The products in and of themselves have benefits for the skin in terms of anti-aging, so reducing fine lines, pigmentation, improving skin texture and the quality of the skin- but it's all in the timing."
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Sat, 23 Mar 2024 - 3477 - Sophie Trigger: ZB senior political reporter ahead of Chris Hipkins' State of the Nation speech
A chance to hit the refresh button, and lay down Labour's values now in Opposition.
Party Leader Chris Hipkins is giving his verdict on the State of the Nation this afternoon.
Senior Political Reporter Sophie Trigger says it's Hipkins' first major speech as Opposition leader, and it's an opportunity for a reset five months on from election defeat.
She says he's speaking to party faithful in South Auckland, considered traditional Labour heartland- and he's expected to draw on party values of old, and outline what Labour stands for in 2024.
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Sat, 23 Mar 2024 - 3476 - Jo Robertson: Make Sense co-founder on Spark becoming New Zealand's first internet provider to join the Internet Watch Foundation
Telecommunications giant and internet service provider Spark is set to introduce more firewalls, filters, barriers and protections to protect Kiwi users.
From April, Spark will be the first New Zealand-based provider to join the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) in order to reduce exposure to malware, scams and sexual abuse material.
Make Sense co-founder Jo Robertson says Spark will go from blocking a few hundred URLs to blocking at least 6,000 objectionable links per day.
"What they're doing is- they're essentially removing so much more child sexual abuse material from their platform than other internet providers."
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Sat, 23 Mar 2024 - 3475 - Russell Myers: Daily Mirror royal editor and Pod Save the King host on Kate Middleton's cancer diagnosis
It's been 24 hours since the Princess of Wales' cancer diagnosis was revealed to the world via social media.
Kate Middleton announced yesterday she's receiving preventative chemotherapy, following weeks of speculation about her health and whereabouts.
Daily Mirror royal editor and Pod Save the King host Russell Myers says Kate's 'emotional' and 'personal' statement has generated sympathy from all over the world.
"Regardless of your opinion of the royal family- we've been poring over the intrigue, the scandal, the in-fighting of them over recent years. But as people in the palace have said to me very recently, they're humans too."
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Sat, 23 Mar 2024 - 3474 - Joan's Picks: The Hunter and The Long and Winding Road
The Hunter by Tana French. Sequel to her earlier book, The Searcher though can easily be read on its own. Cal is a retired Chicago detective who’s moved to a small Irish village looking for a quiet life. He befriends Trey, a young girl who’s long lost Dad suddenly turns up with a get rich scheme for the locals which he desperately needs them to fall for. He reckons though without his daughter who has ideas of her own and some big motives for revenge which she is meticulously planning. This is a very fine novel from a writer at the top of her game.
The Long and Winding Road by Lesley Pearse, She’s known for her novels – she’s written more than 30 – all of which have strong female lead characters who have challenges to be overcome and she’s beloved by millions of readers. This new one though is nonfiction – it’s her memoir, and reading it it’s very easy to see where she gets both her ideas and her empathy from. She’s really lived a life – spent time in an orphanage as a child before going to live with her father and stepmother; scrounged for survival doing a number of dead end jobs; gave up a child at the age of nineteen; was at the heart of the swinging 60’s in London and eventually published her first book at the age of 48. Anyone who loves her novels will also love this – it reads just like they do.
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Sun, 17 Mar 2024 - 3473 - Megan Singleton: BloggerAtLarge.com writer with her highlights and recommendations for Perth
Travel expert and BloggerAtLarge writer Megan Singleton has been seeing the sights across the ditch in Perth.
Megan's been taking in the sights of the city and touring the Swan River- as well as checking out the coffee and indigenous food available.
Read more about Megan's recommendations for visiting Perthhere.
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Sun, 17 Mar 2024 - 3472 - The Sunday Panel: What happens next for the Green Party?
This week on the Sunday Panel, political commentator and Director at Capital, Ben Thomas, and TV producer and commentator Irene Gardiner joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the week- and more!
Where can the Green Party go from here? They've had a bad year so far, between a change in leadership, Golriz's arrest and Darleen Tama's alleged role in an exploitation scandal. Does the party need a reset? How damaging could this all be?
More rumours swirling around Kate Middleton's absence- is the public owed an explanation? Will Kate's disappearance be that damaging? Is the public and media reaction over the top?
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Sun, 17 Mar 2024 - 3471 - Erin O'Hara: Naturopath and wellness expert examines why New Zealand seems to get fatter every year
New data has confirmed New Zealand is getting fatter every year, with obesity stats reaching new heights.
Excess weight is problematic for numerous health conditions including heart disease, diabetes, and chronic disease- which impacts our taxpayer-funded health system,
Naturopath and wellness expert Erin O'Hara says the rise in sedentary jobs and the cheaper cost of process food has driven these stats up- and education is key to reducing weight woes.
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Sat, 16 Mar 2024 - 3470 - Mike Van de Elzen: Potatoes with wilted greens and anchovy cream
Potatoes with wilted greens and anchovy cream:
Cook time: 20 minutes
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serves: 6
1 kg little farm potatoes, washed
10 cloves garlic
300 ml milk
6 anchovy fillets
2 tsp Dijion mustard
2 tbsp cider vinegar
150 ml olive oil
200 gm winter greens like kale, swiss chard, spinach and wild rocket
2 tbsp sunflower oil
Salt
Place the potatoes into a pot and cover well with cold water, season with salt and bring to the boil, turn down to a simmer and cook until the potatoes are just undercooked. Approx 12-15 minutes. Turn the water off and allow the potatoes to sit in the water for 5 minutes before draining.
For the dressing, place the milk into a small pot along with the garlic and anchovy fillets. Bring to a simmer and cook until the garlic is soft (around 10 minutes) turn off and pour mix into a blender and allow to cool for a couple of minutes. Add in the dijion mustard and cider vinegar.
Carefully turn the blender on and blitz, slowly add in the oil and check the seasoning.
To serve, heat a cast iron pan until hot. Place the winter greens into the pan along with a tbsp of water and a pinch of salt. Sauté quickly until the leaves just start to wilt.
Mix through the potatoes and drizzle over the dressing.
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Sat, 16 Mar 2024 - 3469 - Dr Michelle Dickinson: nanotechnologist explains the health benefits of menopause
For most women, menopause is a natural phase of life and part of biological ageing. While the symptoms that go with it may be challenging, this week new science research finds that the benefits of menopause probably outweigh the hot flashes and weight gain.
To find out more about menopause, researchers looked at five whale species that go through menopause and compared them to 27 related species to see if they could find any insights, and their findings were published this week in the journal Nature.
Menopause is rare in the animal world, and only a handful of mammals experience it, including humans, one population of chimpanzee and some whales.
It’s much more typical for female animals to stay fertile and keep producing eggs up until the end of their life – helping to increase the chance that their genes will be passed down to the next generation.
The scientist looked at whales that go through menopause including killer whales (Orcas), false killer whales, beluga whales, short-finned pilot whales and narwhals and found that when compared to related species like dolphins and sperm whales, the menopausal female whales lived for 40 years beyond their predicted lifespan.
The researchers noted that menopause occurred in social species and found that non-fertile grandmother whales took part in babysitting calves and shared food with their grandbaby whales. The grandmother whales also led their pods on long journeys to find food if it was scarce.
It seems that rather than compete with their daughters for the same resources by being pregnant at the same time, menopausal whales increase their ability to pass down more of their genes by supporting their daughters to bring up their genetic grandbaby whales. In exchange for this grandmother help, the older female is able to enjoy her postmenopausal time by living for an extra 40 years.
While this study was on whales – not humans, the social dynamics and projected lifetimes are very similar. For example, female killer whales (like humans) can breed until their 40’s but can live until their 90’s! These numbers aren’t far off what a human female goes through which could lead to a conclusion that while menopause symptoms are tough – they might be buying you an extra 40 years of life.
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Sat, 16 Mar 2024 - 3468 - Dr Bex Bell: author and expert unpacks imposter syndrome in new book Inner Critic to Inner Coach
Research shows an estimated 70 percent of people will experience impostor syndrome at least once in their lives.
It's been revealed that several big names have been impacted by this condition- including Michelle Obama, Lady Gaga and our own former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
Author and expert Dr Bex Bell unpacks the nature of imposter syndrome in her new book Inner Critic to Inner Coach.
"It really struck me how prevalent the imposter syndrome is in students in an academic setting- and I knew from my own lived experience how much it sort of hammered me while I was at university as well."
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Sat, 16 Mar 2024 - 3467 - Steve Newall: Flicks.co.nz editor on Lee Tamahori's new film- The Convert
The award-winning director behind Once Were Warriors, Along Came a Spider and the James Bond vehicle Die Another Day has returned to his Kiwi roots in his newest film.
After wowing audiences at the Toronto International Film Festivallast year, The Convert gives viewers a look into a long-running blood feud between Māori tribes in the 1830's.
Flicks.co.nz editor Steve Newall says many familiar local Kiwi faces can be found starring in this film.
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Sat, 16 Mar 2024 - 3466 - Adam Pearse: NZ Herald political reporter on Green MP Darleen Tana being accused of migrant exploitation
More bad press for the Greens, as one MP has been caught at the centre of an exploitation scandal.
Green MP Darleen Tana ha been stood down after allegations of migrant exploitation at E Cycles NZ, a business owned by her husband.
NZ Herald political reporter Adam Pearse says the party's co-leaders, Marama Davidson and Chloe Swarbrick, will want to want to make sure things are more settled among the Party going forward.
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Sat, 16 Mar 2024 - 3465 - Anton Ashcroft: DivergenThinking co-founder on helping educators understand neurodiversity
A registered psychologist believes more action needs to be taken to help neurodiverse learners in the classroom.
Next Monday marks the second-annual Neurodiversity Celebration Week- and this year, the focus is on training teachers to educate neurodiverse students.
DivergenThinking co-founder and psychologist Anton Ashcroft says he's seen the fallout from an education system that fails to support neurodiverse tamariki.
"I think the challenge is- that when you've got a huge number of diverse children in your classroom, responding as just one teacher to those individual needs is really quite a challenge."
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Sat, 16 Mar 2024 - 3464 - Abraham Verghese: Author and academic ahead of the 2024 Auckland Writer's Festival
Abraham Verghese is a renowned infectious disease doctor, a professor and vice chair at Stanford University and a recipient of America’s National Humanities Medal.
He's also made headway as a best-selling author, having written Cutting for Stone, The Tennis Partner and The Covenant of Water-all smash hits in the literary world.
He's been confirmed as one of the big names set to appear at the 2024 Auckland Writer's Festival, and he's 'excited' to join this line-up of writers.
"I've never been, I've never been to that side of the world before, that's particularly exciting for me."
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Sat, 16 Mar 2024 - 3463 - Gemma Rasmussen: Consumer NZ Head of Advocacy and Research on the company's mission to tackle 'greenwashing'
A call to action from Consumer NZ to help get on top of false environmentally-friendly claims on our products.
It says issues of 'greenwashing' are rising, and it needs the public's help to send in examples to determine the full scope of the problem.
Almost half of Kiwis find it difficult to decipher whether a product's green claims are true.
Consumer NZ's Head of Advocacy and Research, Gemma Rasmussen, says it's easy for products to enter the market without any checks run on sustainability claims.
"It takes our investigative team hours to look at a product, go to the website, talk to the manufacturers and really try to keep up with what is going on- and I think that is part of the problem in New Zealand."
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Sat, 16 Mar 2024 - 3462 - Satish Ranchhod: Westpac Senior Economist on the bank confirming 125,000 extra houses will be needed to keep up with migration
Westpac Bank says New Zealand will need to ramp up house-building prowess to keep up with increased migration.
The bank estimates 125,000 homes will need to be built within the next 5 years to meet demand amid soaring post-pandemic migration.
Westpac Senior Economist Satish Ranchhod says even if migration slows down to more average rates, the population is likely to increase by 300,000.
"Just thinking about the number of people that's going to be required to be housed- it pushes it up to those really high levels of building over the next few years."
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Sat, 16 Mar 2024 - 3461 - Francesca Rudkin: Why are we so obsessed with Princess Kate?
OK. So what am I missing?
Why are we so obsessed with Princess Kate? How did we go from some simple facts - abdominal surgery, recovery and back to work after Easter - to conspiracy theories, divorce rumours, a photoshop fail with nefarious undertones. Even the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have got in on the story - by making it about themselves.
How has this become such a thing? How has this become a thing at all? If I concentrated, I think I could come up with 100 more important things. Every hour. For at least a week.
And before you blame the media; they’re not completely at fault. In this world of data and analytics, if the readers doesn’t click on a story it tends to go away. Clearly this is a story we can’t get enough of.
Look I get it. Princess Kate is a publicly funded member of the royal family. She is one of the most recognisable women in the world, a future Queen and mother of an heir to the throne of England. I understand some people feel we have a right to know details about her state of health, but that’s largely because we’re nosey and like a bit of gossip.
The norm is, and has always been, to respect the royal family’s privacy when it comes to their health, and I think it’s perfectly reasonable for the Princess to keep sensitive details about her health private. The medical advice was for the Princess to rest for 6 weeks post-surgery and return to work after Easter. So just leave the woman to it. We don’t know what the surgery was, but assuming it was not minor then all the more reason to leave her to recover in peace.
The public comparison to the way the King’s cancer diagnosis has been handled is also ridiculous. Of course the reigning King couldn’t just disappear for months without an explanation – imagine the column inches then! But he has hardly been open about his situation. All we know is he is being treated for cancer. We don’t even know what kind of cancer. So why should Princess Kate be required to tell us anything more than it was abdominal surgery? Why can’t we show her the same sympathy and courtesy being shown the King.
As for the photoshop debacle. Good god. Someone thought it would be nice if Kate posted a pic to say Happy Mother’s Day, and they made a hash at it. Yeah sure, Kensington Palace should have done a better job – they are slicker than this, but people have photoshop fails and bad days at the office all the time. Doesn’t make me trust the royals any less. Quite the opposite, it reminds us what we see on social is often manipulated – for better for worse.
Maybe I’m naïve and the scandal of the century is being covered up. But even if it was – would it impact any of our daily lives? Nah. So can we please drop this crazy health hunt and leave the woman in peace.
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Sat, 16 Mar 2024 - 3460 - Joan's picks: The Warm Hands of Ghosts and Beyond Hope
The Warm Hands of Ghostsby Katherine Arden. Set during WW1, Laura Iven is a nurse who returns from the battleground to her native Halifax, where her parents are suddenly killed by the massive explosion resulting from the collision of two ships in the harbour, one of which was carrying munitions for the war. This real event had an extraordinary and terrible impact on the town. When she receives word that her brother and only surviving family member, has been killed in the trenches, something doesn’t add up and she heads back to Belgium as a volunteer at a private hospital. Soon after arriving she hears whispers about ghosts moving amongst the living, and a strange inn-keeper whose wine gives the soldiers the gift of oblivion. Could this have happened to Freddie, her brother – but if so, where is he?
Beyond Hopeby Bariz Shah. Memoir of an Afghani man who came to New Zealand as a child refugee, grew up struggling with a sense of not belonging and ended up with the wrong crowd and a stint in Auckland prison. Once he’d served his sentence he did an engineering degree and turned his life around, becoming a pillar of the Christchurch Muslim community and receiving a Civic Award from the City Council there after the 2019 attacks. This is a story of redemption – of finding belonging, a sense of home, and a real life purpose.
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Sat, 09 Mar 2024 - 3459 - Megan Singleton: BloggerAtLarge.com writer on Air New Zealand urging travellers to follow carry-on luggage rules
Air New Zealand is cracking down on travellers who abuse the limits for carry-on luggage.
The airline has noticed people are trying to get around the 7 kilogram, 118 centimetre rule- and are requiring rulebreakers to check bigger bags in.
BloggerAtLarge.com writer Megan Singleton says she's noticed people carrying medium-sized bags that appear to violate the limits.
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Sat, 09 Mar 2024 - 3458 - The Sunday Panel: What will Chlöe Swarbrick bring to the Green Party?
This week on the Sunday Panel, Coast day host Lorna Riley and Damien Venuto from One Plus One Communications joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day- and more!
Auckland Central MP Chlöe Swarbrick has been confirmed as the new co-leader of the Green Party, replacing James Shaw. What will she bring to the role? How will she transform the Greens?
More media industry losses- TVNZ has announced they plan to cut 68 jobs one week on from Newshub's closure. What does this mean for the state of the media industry?
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Sat, 09 Mar 2024 - 3457 - Erin O'Hara: naturopath and wellness expert on controlling and reducing food cravings
Everyone struggles with craving sweet, salty and crunchy snacks- how can we fight these urges?
Wellness expert Erin O'Hara says it's important to pay attention to these cravings, as they might signal essential nutrients are missing from your diet.
She explains how to counteract the urge to consume sugary and salty snacks here.
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Sat, 09 Mar 2024 - 3456 - Mike Van de Elzen: Smokey marinated eggplant
Smokey marinated eggplant:
Cook time: 20 minutes
Prep time: 20 minutes
Serves: 4-6
2 eggplants, sliced lengthways into 1cm thick slices
1 cup oregano leaves
2 cups coriander leaves
1/2 tsp smoked paprika
3 cloves garlic, peeled
juice of one lemon
flaky smoked salt
1 fresh chilli de-seeded
3 tbsp olive oil
Brushed the sliced eggplant with a little bit of oil before grilling over a hot BBQ or Engel fire until well coloured and tender.
Place the rest of the ingredients into a blender and blitz until smooth.
Spoon the marinade over the top of the eggplant and mix through until all the eggplant are covered.
Set aside and allow to marinate for at least 30 minutes before serving.
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Sat, 09 Mar 2024 - 3455 - Dr Michelle Dickinson: nanotechnologist explains why Labradors are more likely to be fat
Is your dog fat? If it’s a Labrador, then science now provides an excuse.
All dog owners know the challenge of resisting your pet's big, sad eyes as they beg for one more treat, but there is one dog breed that pushes its owners by begging more than others according to new research published this week in the journal Cell Metabolism.That dog breed is the Labrador Retriever, which was found in the study to be more likely to engage in behaviour that related to getting extra food - including begging.
The scientists genetically tested 33 Labradors, of which 18 were fit and healthy, and 15 were obese. They found that the obese dogs were more likely to be carrying a variation in the gene called POMC. The variation in this gene turned off hunger cues in the dog meaning the dogs were much more food motivated and more likely to overeat.
They then expanded the genetic study to include 700 more Labradors and found that the gene variation was in 23 percent or 1 in 4 of the Labs. All of the dogs that had the gene variant were also obese- and according to their owners, renowned for scavenging food and begging.
To see if it was just Labradors, the researchers then studied 38 other dog breeds. They found this gene variation occurred in only one other breed - flat-coated retrievers, which are related to Labradors.
The conclusion of the study was - if you own a lab and it constantly pesters you for extra treats - you as the human owner are going to need more will power to deny them if your dog is going to remain fit and healthy.
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Sat, 09 Mar 2024 - 3454 - Liam Dann: NZ Herald business editor at large on his new business industry guide BBQ Economics
Veteran business journalist Liam Dann aims to educate readers about business, money and the economy in his new guide- 'BBQ Economics'.
The book is designed to answer challenging financial questions in a familiar, entertaining and Kiwi-specific way.
Liam Dann says he's noticed business news felt 'sectioned-off' with all the jargon and language- and he hopes to break down the barriers.
"The debate around interest rates and inflation- people are very engaged and sometimes there are barriers around the language, and I hope that I'm helping to translate some of that stuff for people."
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Sat, 09 Mar 2024 - 3453 - Steve Newall: Flicks.co.nz editor ahead of the 2024 Oscars ceremony
Grab some popcorn, because it's almost time for the 2024 Oscars.
Hollywood's biggest night will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on Monday (NZT) and will see some of the biggest films of last year — including Oppenheimer, Poor Things, Killers of the Flower Moon, and of course Barbie — all go head-to-head.
Flicks.co.nz editor Steve Newall shares his predictions and picks ahead of the event.
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Sat, 09 Mar 2024 - 3452 - Robin Campbell: UB40 founding member on the band's 45-year anniversary
Reggae band UB40 have released their first single in over three years to celebrate their upcoming anniversary.
The band has a new album, UB45, out this April to commemorate 45 years of music- featuring new songs and re-records of fan favourites.
Following the release of the single 'Gimme Some Kinda Sign' founding member Robin Campbell says celebrating decades of music is 'surreal'.
"We took it very seriously, we intended for it to have some kind of longevity. I think we thought 10 years would be a good innings, but to get to 45 and still be doing something that we dreamt of doing and something that we loved doing- it's all a bit surreal."
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Sat, 09 Mar 2024 - 3451 - Claudine Crabtree: NZ School Library Association president on the shortage of libraries in schools
The School Library Association warns that a 'critical' educational resource is gradually fading away.
New data estimates two thirds of schools don't have working libraries.
Of around 2500 schools, there are only 56 full-time librarians, and 873 part-time.
Association president Claudine Crabtree says libraries are crucial, as they encourage children to value reading.
"Reading for pleasure has been shown to be the single biggest indicator of a child's future success- more than their family circumstances, their parent's education background and their income."
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Sat, 09 Mar 2024 - 3450 - Dr Chris Jackson: professor and cancer specialist on the Government's cancer health target
The Government's new cancer health target is being described as easy to measure- but unlikely to make a difference.
The target aims for 90 percent of patients to receive cancer management within 31 days of the decision to treat.
Cancer specialist Professor Chris Jackson says it's a bit like saying all bus trips will take 10 minutes, without counting the time spent at the bus stop.
He says the Government could have opted for different targets, such as the cure rate, or the time from diagnosis to treatment.
"So rather than from decision to treat, put the time from actually getting a diagnosis, because that takes into account more of those scans and diagnostic pathway stuff."
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Sat, 09 Mar 2024 - 3449 - Jason Walls: ZB political editor ahead of the Green Party confirming James Shaw's replacement
James Shaw's replacement as co-leader of the Green Party will be named this morning.
Shaw announced his resignation in January after nearly nine years at the helm - but will stay an MP to support one last piece of environmental legislation.
Newstalk ZB Political Editor Jason Walls says it will almost certainly be Auckland Central MP Chlöe Swarbrick.
He says her only challenger was activist Alex Foulkes, but he is outside Parliament.
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Sat, 09 Mar 2024 - 3448 - Francesca Rudkin: Hopefully this is a wake-up call for media
The upheaval within the television industry continued this week, with TVNZ announcing cuts to its news and current affairs department on Friday. It’s not just news bulletins proposed to be cut, but also flagship shows such as Sunday and Fair Go.
It’s a devastating time for those involved, and another brutal hit to the industry on top of the shock announcement of Newshub’s proposed demise last week.
I’ve been involved in the media for 28 years, and for 26 years colleagues with more experience have been telling me the industry would soon be unrecognisable.
Admittedly, a lot has changed in those 28 years, especially in television. There have been too many restructures, strategy shifts and changes to programming priorities to list; but amazingly the demise of traditional free-to-air commercial television never quite came the way it had been prophesised. Until now.
I’m amazed at both how long it took - it’s hung in well all things considered – and at the industry’s defiance; which is why I’m a bit taken aback that the hit has finally come.
But here’s the thing. The challenges facing media, and in particular television, have been known for decades. We have known there aren’t enough advertising dollars to support the number of media outlets. We have known that in the digital era, eyeballs are moving to smaller screens. We have known that digital simply can’t be monetised like TV. We have known it’s all changed.
I was never in the heart of all the action, but I can remember over a decade ago there were conversations between TV3 and TVNZ about sharing news resources. These conversations didn’t just start a few weeks ago.
There were conversations about news bulletins, and how many we needed, there were conversations about to compete against streaming services and the need to offer digital streaming services as quickly as possible.
So, has everything moved too slow? Did we hold on to a good thing for too long just because we could and not because we should? It’s been an impossible balancing act, media know they need to be where the audience is growing on digital, they also know that they’ll made less money as their audiences get there. And harder still, the money from television enables the investment in digital services.
Restructures are hugely unsentimental beasts driven by the bottom line - they do not reflect the talent, work ethic or personality of those impacted. And it is concerning to see the journalists and shows that both hold our politicians and others to account and which reflect our unique place in the world have been the target of cuts.
But any business owner will tell you that if your business is not in a solid position when a recession hits then you’re already on the back foot, making the fight to survive harder.
I can only hope, now that the blinkers are off and the brutal state of the media industry has been revealed, that the conversations about the industry’s future leads to action. No more sitting on our hands as advertiser dollars head overseas to Meta, Google and fair payment is made in exchange for content. Let’s speed up collaboration between state owned media – maybe with less consultants this time - and we see a more aggressive transition to being competitive in this new landscape.
A strong fourth estate makes for a strong democracy, and a vibrant, cohesive country. It’s worth fighting for.
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Sat, 09 Mar 2024 - 3447 - Joan's picks: The Women and Same as Ever
The Womenby Kistin Hannah who is well known for terrific historical fiction.The Nightingaleis probably her best loved work, but I’m also a huge fan ofThe Four Winds. This new one is set during the Vietnam War.Frankie McGrath’s family have a proud history of military service, but when she volunteers to go to Vietnam with the Army Nurse Corps they’re appalled. So too are the American public, who on her return ostracise her, many refusing to believe that women served. The naïve young girl who went to war comes back wiser and wearier, needing to remake her life in the shadow of so much chaos and destruction. This is wonderful storytelling set against the landscape of history.
Same as Everby Morgan Housel. He talks about how when people are planning for the future we tend to fixate on all the things that we don’t yet know about which might happen – the what-ifs. He takes an alternative view and says that a better focus is to identify the things that stay the same and never change, as they’re more likely to enable better forecasting; knowledge of the things that never change is more useful, and more important, than an uncertain prediction of an unknowable future. He makes his point through 24 short and highly entertaining stories where he gives examples to support his premise. He’s the author of another book,The Psychology of Money. His premise there is that doing well with money isn’t necessarily about what you know; it’s about how you behave.
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Sun, 03 Mar 2024 - 3446 - Megan Singleton: BloggerAtLarge writer's recommendations for people going to Paris for the Olympics
Crowds of tourists are expected to head to Paris in the coming months, ahead of the 2024 Olympics.
When fans aren't sitting in the stands watching athletes represent their countries, there's plenty for out-of-towners to do and see in the city.
BloggerAtLarge's Megan Singleton recommends the Montmartre neighbourhood, the Catacombs and the various walking tours based off the Da Vinci Code or Emily In Paris- once you're done with the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre.
Read more about Megan's favourite things to experience in Parishere.
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Sun, 03 Mar 2024 - 3445 - The Sunday Panel: Does Luxon's promise of austerity ring hollow?
This week on the Sunday Panel, podcaster Brodie Kane and partner at Freebairn and Hehir lawyers, Liam Hehir, joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the week- and more!
Prime Minister Chris Luxon has pulled a rapid U-turn on his claiming of an accommodation allowance after taking $52,000 to live in his mortgage-free Wellington apartment. Is this a good look for a Prime Minister who promised financial austerity?
The Government's first 100 days are almost up- how much have they accomplished? Are we feeling better or worse about the direction of the country?
Voice messages/notes- do we love them? Do we hate them?
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Sat, 02 Mar 2024 - 3444 - Erin O'Hara: naturopath and wellness expert on gut microbiomes and mental health
In recent years, science has been examining the relationship between gut microbiomes and the resulting effect on mental health.
New research has revealed the gut microbiome has a critical role in mood disorders, as serotonin, dopamine, and glutamate are impacted by gut health.
Naturopath and wellness expert Erin O'Hara offers tips and tricks for keeping both in perfect shape.
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Sat, 02 Mar 2024 - 3443 - Mike Van de Elzen: Smoked fish and kumara top pie
Smoked fish and kumara top pie
Cook time: 12 minutes
Prep time: 15 minutes
Serves: 6
1kg smoked fish, broken roughly
2 large kumara, peeled and diced
1 onion, peeled and diced
1 tbsp curry powder
4 eggs, boiled till hard, peeled and chopped
3 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed
1 onion, peeled and diced
3 tbsp butter
3 tbsp flour
1 cup grated tasty cheese
300ml veggie stock
Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees
Place the diced kumara into a pot of cold water with a pinch of salt and bring to the boil. Cook until tender and drain. Once it has cooled slightly smash with a fork or potato masher.
Heat a pan over a medium heat and saute the garlic and onion in the butter, then whisk in the flour and curry powder to make a roux (like a paste). Make sure it is nice and smooth, then whisk in the stock and continue to whisk until it becomes thick.
Once the sauce has thickened, then add your roughly broke flakes of fish and combine well with a spatula and check for seasoning. Place into a 20cm x 30cm roasting tray and cover with the smashed kumara and top with the grated tasty cheese. Bake for 30 mins on 180 degrees.
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Sat, 02 Mar 2024 - 3442 - Dr Michelle Dickinson: Nanotechnologist reveals why humans don't have tails
Why don't we have tails? This was the question asked by geneticist Bo Xia as he recovered from a tailbone injury.
Around 25 million years ago, apes (and therefore humas) diverged from monkeys and in the process they lost their tails.
Tails play a crucial role in the animal kingdom helping creatures to communicate, balance, send signals, regulate body temperature and defend themselves.
This makes humans and apes unique among mammals, and our tail loss is thought to be the evolutionary change that led to our transition to walking on two legs.
This week scientists have finally figured out how this happened and published their results in the journal Nature.
The researchers looked at the genomes of six species of apes and 15 species of monkeys that had tails to see what the differences were between the groups. They found a significant gene mutation in a gene called TBX in both humans and apes.
To see if this gene was related to tails, they used CRISPR to create that same gene mutation in mice embryos. All of the mice went on to be born with either shorter tails or totally without tails, proving to the scientists that this gene mutation millions of years ago was the cause of our tail-free state.
The study highlighted the significant impact that even minor changes in our DNA can have.
In addition to being tail-less, the scientists found that the mice with altered genes also experienced a higher rate of birth defects related to the closing of the neural tube, which forms the spinal cord and brain.
This suggests that while losing our tails may have provided some benefits when it came to moving- it may have also increased the risk of specific health issues in humans that involve the neural tube like spinal bifida.
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Sat, 02 Mar 2024 - 3441 - Cohen Holloway and Chelsie Preston-Crayford: Kiwi actors ahead of the release of Dark City: The Cleaner
A new crime drama brings horror, intrigue and secrets to New Zealand’s garden city.
Based on the bestselling novel by Kiwi crime author Paul Cleave, Dark City: The Cleaner depicts a darker version of Christchurch plagued by serial killers.
Stars Cohen Holloway and Chelsie Preston-Crayford say it's a unique experience to depict serial killers that have more depth than most.
"You always have to find what you like about the character, you go through a process of finding out who they are- you go through that process with the script, you go through that process with the director."
Dark City: The Cleaner debuts on SoHo, Neon and Sky Go on Monday, March 4th.
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Sat, 02 Mar 2024 - 3440 - Steve Newall: Flicks.co.nz editor on the release of Dune: Part 2
Several years after 2021's Dune, the long-awaited sequel has finally arrived in theatres.
Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Dave Bautista and Stellan Skarsgård all return to reprise their roles, alongside newcomers Christopher Walken, Florence Pugh, and Austin Butler.
Flicks.co.nz editor Steve Newall says viewers will get to properly experience the film as a cinematic event this time, after the original was impacted by Covid-19.
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Sat, 02 Mar 2024 - 3439 - Jude Walter: BrainFit coach warns people to prioritise brain health this Brain Awareness month
Experts are calling on people to look after their memory and overall health this Brain Awareness month.
Research shows the brain can grow and change - and deteriorate - over the years, so strengthening your mind is essential to stopping health conditions later on in life.
BrainFit coach Jude Walter says the brain needs a variety of challenges to stay in shape.
"Our brain is not a muscle, but it behaves very much like any muscle in our body. If I was to go to the gym and lift weights only with my left bicep, I'd have a beautiful rippling muscle on one side and nothing on the other."
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Sat, 02 Mar 2024 - 3438 - Dylan Firth: Brewers Association NZ executive director on nationwide beer consumption going down
The demand for beer nationwide has dropped significantly, according to new figures.
Stats NZ data shows consumption has dropped by 4 percent, the largest drop in 15 years.
Brewers Association NZ executive director Dylan Firth says smaller breweries have taken a significant hit as consumers look to curb their spending.
"With interest rates being very high and consumers looking to curb their spending, I think a lot of those smaller businesses have been struggling a bit."
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Sat, 02 Mar 2024 - 3437 - Chelsea Handler: comedian on her career-shaping childhood and upcoming tour
US comedian Chelsea Handler is set to bring her controversially-named tour to New Zealand shores this July.
Handler had a diverse, long-running entertainment history, having worked as an actress, writer and television host for over two decades. It’s been a long career, the result of big plans and ambition brought about by a complicated family dynamic.
“I was not satisfied at all with my family dynamic when I was born as the youngest of six children. I remember being very young and looking around like- who’s in charge? Because it wasn’t my mom, it wasn’t my dad, they were two hot messes. And my brothers and sisters were just doing what they wanted.”
She told ZB’s Francesca Rudkin she knew she wanted to turn her life around, and she started working as early as she could to ensure she didn’t get anything less than the best for herself.
“I wanted a big life, I wanted freedom and I wanted adulthood. And I wanted to cut ties with anyone who was going to hold me back- I thought childhood was insulting, I never felt like a child.”
Her upcoming comedy tour promises similar anecdotes and stories to the ones she shared with Francesca- Handler vividly recalls the day she was told she would never fly first class, and that moment stuck with her.
“I remember walking past the first class section and I was sniffing around- this is my group, you know? It smells like my group! And my mom’s like- keep going, keep going, we’re in the back, we’ll never be able to fly first class. Those people are rich and we’re not. And I was like- first of all, speak for yourself.”
Handler knew from an early age she could get away with being opinionated and assertive. Despite her ‘messy’ upbringing as the youngest in a family of eight, her five siblings eventually looked to Handler as a family leader. She told Francesca she was bold and opinionated- and she hopes to encourage other women to do the same.
“It's all about women knowing their own power and standing up for themselves and being loud and brave. I like to live my life in a very loud, brave way as an example to everyone. You don't have to get married, you don't have to have babies to have value, there are a million things you can don in this world."
She’s copped some backlash for her controversial moments, but she’s unbothered by the headlines and negative comments. She explained to Francesca that she doesn’t feel the need to be liked by everyone, and that’s never her intention.
“Also if everyone does like you- what does that say about you? It says that you have no opinions, that you don't stand for anything, because it's impossible to be liked by everybody. I started my career understanding that a lot of people would not like me, so anyone who likes me is a bonus."
Chelsea Handler’s still looking forward to touching down in New Zealand, it’ll be her first tour since 2019. And depending on how a certain presidential election turns out- she could come back again much sooner, as she explained to Francesca.
“I want my life to be one big adventure, and it has been. Getting to come to New Zealand and Australia and travelling the globe to make people laugh is a total, total privilege."
Chelsea Handler’s two-stop New Zealand tour, Little Big B****, will play at the Auckland Town Hall on July 5th and Wellington’s St James Theatre on July 6th.
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Sat, 02 Mar 2024 - 3436 - Jason Walls: ZB political editor on the Government's 100-day deadline drawing closer
Time is almost up on the end of the Government's first 100 days.
Its 100-day plan is comprised of 49 actions to be completed by March 8- this coming Friday.
Newstalk ZB political editor Jason Walls says it's an arbitrary number, that happens to be over the summer period.
"By definition, it is quite a gimmicky thing. It's a really good, easy, PR victory for the Government to get to. On Friday, they can say- listen, we've ticked everything from our 100-day plan off."
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Sat, 02 Mar 2024 - 3435 - Grant Duncan: political commentator on the Government reaching the end of their first 100 days
One expert believes the Government has made a good amount of headway on their 100-day plan.
Next Friday marks the deadline for the Government to accomplish everything they laid out in their 49-point plan.
Political commentator Dr Grant Duncan says there's some loose ends the Government has yet to resolve- meaning ministerial statements could be coming.
"Some of their 100-day plan items started off with the wording- 'begin work on'. So they could have indeed begun work on a national infrastructure agency and it may still be stuck in the back office."
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Sat, 02 Mar 2024 - 3434 - Joan's picks: This Tender Land and Murdle: More Killer Puzzles
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger. This is a brilliant book which originally came out four years ago, but is now out in second format and worth revisiting for anyone who may have missed it at the time. It’s about four children who escape from a terribly abusive school for Native American Indians (though actually only one of them is a Native American) and make their way down the Mississippi River from Missouri to St Louis where they believe they will find a new home. It’s set in 1932. On their way they meet a lot of characters– people affected by the Great Depression living in shanty towns, shysters, faith healers, you name it – but the spirit and determination of these kids is remarkable and their journey is an odyssey towards a better future.
Murdle: More Killer Puzzles by G.T.Karber . Sequel to Murdle, which was a runaway success last year – in fact it sold over 200,000 copies in the UK and beat things like Guinness World Records and the new Richard Osman Thursday Murder Club title to the top of the bestseller lists. It’s based on a daily puzzle website the author developed in 2021, and across the book’s 100 challenges, readers are given the scenario of a series of murders – some of them hugely inventive – for which you have to use codes and maps to decipher who the killers are – and there are four levels of difficulty. It’s a bit like a printed, extended version of Cluedo.
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Sun, 25 Feb 2024 - 3433 - Megan Singleton: BloggerAtLarge writer's guide to planning a trip post-Covid
The borders are open, the restrictions have been lifted and people are taking to the skies again.
For those who haven't travelled since Covid - or who need a little refresher - BloggerAtLarge writer Megan Singleton has a list of tips and tricks to plan the perfect trip.
She recommends starting with a clear itinerary, doing plenty of research and joining up with travel groups- among other useful ideas.
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Sun, 25 Feb 2024 - 3432 - The Sunday Panel: Does the race to claim the moon need regulation?
This week on the Sunday Panel, journalist and broadcaster Wilhelmina Shrimpton and editor and commentator, Jo McCarroll joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day- and more!
There's lots of new developments in space exploration- does this need more regulation? Will the race to claim the moon turn out like the race to claim Antarctica?
Air New Zealand has warned that domestic travel costs could be increased. Is this fair? Will consumers turn to other airlines for domestic flights?
Is the smart mouthguard technology good for protecting rugby players? Are more tests needed?
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Sun, 25 Feb 2024 - 3431 - Erin O'Hara: Naturopath and wellness expert with tips on how to thrive instead of survive
These last few years have been tough on all of us, with many feeling like they're still in 'survival mode'.
Life in 'survival mode' comes with its own risks, with sleep, nutrition and holistic life balance being pushed aside in rough times.
Wellness expert and Erin O'Hara explains how to return to optimal health and offers tip on how to thrive in less-than-ideal circumstances.
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Sun, 25 Feb 2024
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