Afternoons for Tuesday 4 October 2022

 

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1:15 Tech skill shortage beginning to bite despite recruitment efforts

The tech sector is warning that skill shortages are continuing to plague the country, despite substantial efforts to remedy the problem.

The concerns are particularly relevant with news breaking this afternoon that a large North Island GP network, Pinnacle Health has been hit by a cyber attack- potentially affecting more than 85 clinics across Bay of Plenty, Waikato and Coromandel.

NZ-Tech chief executive Graeme Muller talks to Jesse about the latest cyber attack and the skill shortage in the sector across Aotearoa.

1:25 Looking at how unhealthy products are marketed online

The way alcohol companies and other unhealthy products market themselves online is going under the microscope in Wellington this week.

Massey University's SHORE & Whariki Research Centre is holding a seminar tomorrow to bring together some of the best minds in this space to discuss how policy

One of the speakers at the event is Associate Professor Nic Carah at Queensland University of Technology, he talks to Jesse about what he thinks should change.

1:35 NZ wins the Adventure Racing World Championships

New Zealand has come away with the win and shiny title of World Champions at the Adventure Racing World Championships in Paraguay.

It's not the first time Aotearoa has held that title. It's the 7th.

Team captain Nathan Fa'avae is here to tell us about the seven day, five hundred and fifty kilometre race.

Nathan talks to Jesse about the origins of the sport and their latest win.

1:45 Relationships with Hannah Korrel

Neuropscyhologist Hannah Korrel is back to talk about relationships. This week she's talking about how to fight 'fair'.

2:10 Book Critic: Claire Mabey

Today Claire talks to Jesse about Fludd by Hilary Mantel, the new RNZ Cookbook and Dame Fiona Kidman's book of essays/memoir called So Far, for Now.

2:20 Crimes NZ: "Pumpkin" case, abandonment and murder covering three countries

Today on Crime NZ we're looking at a case which shocked the world and involved an international manhunt.

In September 2007 a three-year-old girl was found abandoned at Melbourne's Southern Cross railway station.

Initially authorities were unable to verify her identity, so they gave her the nickname "Pumpkin" after the pumpkin patch branded clothing she was wearing.

But "Pumpkin" was actually Qian Xun Xue, whose father Nai Yin Xue had abandoned her at the train station before fleeing to the United States.

What the authorities didn't know at this point is that he'd murdered her mother Anan Liu back at the family home in Mount Roskill, Auckland.

Simon Scott was the Detective Senior Sergent in charge of the case, he talks to Jesse about the complex case which involved authorities in three countries.

3:10 Finding solitude in a hyper-connected world, is it possible?

Constant connection with social media and smartphones makes it almost impossible to be alone. And that's not a good thing says essayist, author and former Yale Professor Bill Deresiewicz. We've lost the ability to sit with our thoughts and get easily distracted. To be an individual takes constant effort. Deresiewicz explains why we need to be more than excellent sheep who just follow the crowd in a collection of essays called The End of Solitude: Selected Essays on Culture and Society.

3:30 Spoken Feature: BBC Witness

In 1967, a major breakthrough was made in our understanding of the evolution of the world. A student discovered fossils at Mistaken Point in Newfoundland, Canada.

The fossils give us a record of the oldest multi-cellular organisms to inhabit the earth. Catherine Harvey has been speaking to Dr Shiva Balak Misra about his ground-breaking find.

3:45 The Panel with Sarah Sparks and Peter Dunne