Afternoons for Wednesday 28 April 2021

 

1.12 First Song:

 

1:17 Privacy commissioner on Apple's new privacy feature

Apple has just rolled out a new privacy feature for iPhones and iPads that offers users more control over their data.

In a move that was fiercely opposed by Facebook, Apple's latest software update includes a new App Tracking Transparency feature.

Privacy commissioner John Edwards talks to Karyn about the move and what it means for users' personal data.

1:27 Australian on the shortlist to to on a one-way trip to Mars

Josh Richards has made it onto the shortlist to go on a one-way trip to Mars. He's on the final list of 100 from 200,000 applicants for the Mars One trip that aims to establish a permanent settlement on the planet. Josh Richards speaks to Karyn from his Mount Gambier home. 

1:37 The demise of Auckland's iMax building

Auckland's iMax building on Queen Street has been a much loved destination for more than 20 years, but with many tenants leaving the building, questions are being asked about its future.

Freelance journalist Chris Schulz  has been looking into what's going on and he's written about it for his Substack newsletter Boiler Room.

He talks to Karyn about the decline of the massive structure in the city centre.

1:55 Afternoons Quiz Robert Kelly

RNZ producer and onetime bookseller Robert Kelly presents his weekly quiz.

 

2.12 Podcast Critic: Denise Garland

 

2:25 Bookmarks with Ema Tavola

It's time to get some picks from this week's Bookmarks guest! Ema Tavola is an independent curator and director of Vunilagi Vou gallery in south Auckland. Ema has lived in Fiji and Palmerston North and currently lives with the gallery in Tāmaki Mākaurau. 

She joins Karyn Hay to discuss the music books and cinema that influences her life and work. 

3:10 How to be seen as an older woman

Former Australia Channel 7 presenter Melissa Doyle and her best friend, American Naima Brown are not impressed with the way their countries treat older women. Too many feel undervalued and invisible after age 50.  They talk to women around the world, from New Zealand to Ghana, about making the most of life's second act in their podcast Age Against the Machine. 

3:35 Stories from Our Changing World: Kauri dieback disease

Back in 2013, Alison Ballance visited Colin McCahon House in west Auckland, where the late Colin McCahon painted nearly 50 works with kauri in the title. She met plant expert Nick Waipara, and Diane Blomfield and Chris McBride, who shared their experience with kauri dieback disease, which saw two trees on the property felled in January 2013. Alison catches up with Nick Waipara in 2021 to find out what is the state of kauri dieback today.

3:45 The Panel with Jo McCarroll and Andrew Hoggard