Afternoons for Wednesday 27 April 2022

 

1:20 Apple launches new child safety feature in New Zealand

Apple is expected to introduce new safety features to their devices that will help shield children from nudity.

The feature automatically detects nudity in images sent in messages, blurs them, and displays a "sensitive content" warning.

It's been active in the US since late last year but will be activated in New Zealand and Australia soon.

NetSafe online safety operations manager Sean Lyon talks to Wallace.

1:30 Failed bid to save Founders Theatre in Hamilton

A last-ditch effort to save Hamilton's 60-year-old Founder's Theatre from demolition has failed.

The brutalist-style theatre was shut down in 2016 because of health and safety fears and since then its fate has hung in the balance.

Founders supporters, led by the Theatre of the Impossible Trust, had been hoping to save it from the wrecking ball but Councillors argue it'll be too costly to save and have voted to turn it into a park instead.

The Trust's spokesperson Margaret Evans talks to Wallace.

1:40 Six new species of wētā discovered

To some great news now for our native species the wētā.

Six new speices of the apline cave insects have been discovered in the south of the South Island.

Massey University professor Steven Trewick talks to Wallace about their discovery and how climate change could be endangering the newly found critters.

2.12 Podcast Critic: Ximena Smith

Today's reviewer, reporter for Te Ao Moana on Māori television, Ximena Smith, talks to Wallace about Crypto Island, th latest project form PJ Vogt on Apple Podcasts.

She also shares her thoughts on Death By Conspiracy, a podcast released earlier this year by BBC's disinformation reporter Marianna Spring.

2:25 Bookmarks with Cameron Farmilo

Today's bookmarks guest is chef Cameron Farmilo, the founder of the very popular ice cream parlour 'Duck Island'

Duck Island can now be found in 5 locations nation wide and are known for their gourmet creations.

Today we find out more about the man behind the popular brand.

3:10 Teenage girls m ore likely to suffer from ongoing lockdown anxieties

The lockdowns are over but the scars  are going to take some time to heal, especially  for teenage girls says Dr Regine Galanti, a clinical psychologist who specializes in adolescent anxiety. She says skipping so many normal teenage experiences, good and bad, during isolation has left many teens less able to navigate challenges. She says while no one can make up for lost time, she offers advice on the things we can do to better support teenage girls.

3:35 Stories from Our Changing World

This week on Our Changing World: 2022 is turning into another Year of the Kākāpō, with the giant flightless parrot in the middle of its second biggest breeding season on record.

But things seldom go smoothly when it comes to kākāpō conservation, and this season is no exception, as Alison Ballance finds out.

She joins DOC’s Kākāpō Recovery team on Pukenui - Anchor Island in Fiordland’s Dusky Sound to get an update.

3:45 The Panel with Michele A'Court and Mark Sainsbury