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Lately for Wednesday 13 July 2022

  • Mid Week Mediawatch

    10:35 PM.This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about an under-exposed aspect of the current crisis in healthcare - and another batch of journalism jobs and content funded from the public purse Also: a… Read more Audio

  • Peering 13 Billion Years into the past

    10:30 PM.It may have felt a little smaller down here on earth today after NASA released more stunning images taken by the James Webb Space telescope. Head of Science at the UK Space Agency Dr Caroline Harper… Read more Audio

  • What Does the OCR Increase Mean?

    10:18 PM.As was widely predicted the Reserve Bank has raised the official cash rate to 2.5 percent It's the highest rate since 2016 and more are promised as the bank tries to get inflation under control.

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10:18  WHAT DOES THE OCR INCREASE MEAN?

AS was widely predicted the Reserve Bank has raised the official cash rate to 2.5 percent

It's the highest rate since 2016 and more are promised as the bank tries to get inflation under control.

Close up of hand using tablet with financial digits and downward red arrow on blurry background, illustrating economic decline.

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Adding to the economic woes, New Zealanders on average have spent an extra $4000-$5000 in the past year on basics including food, rent and fuel.

Financial commentator and editor of the newsletter The Kaka Bernard Hickey joins Karyn to explain what is going on

10:25 PEERING 13 BILLION YEARS INTO THE PAST

It may have felt a little smaller down here on earth today after NASA released more stunning images taken by the James Webb Space telescope.

The images show billions of years of cosmic evolution in what has been hailed as the beginning of a new era of space observation.

This image released by NASA on July 12, 2022, from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) shows a landscape of “mountains” and “valleys” speckled with glittering stars which is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by the JWST, this image reveals for the first time previously invisible areas of star birth. - The JWST is the most powerful telescope launched into space and it reached its final orbit around the sun, approximately 930,000 miles from Earths orbit, in January, 2022. The technological improvements of the JWST and distance from the sun will allow scientists to see much deeper into our universe with greater detail. (Photo by Handout / NASA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NASA" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

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While NASA is the main player behind the 10 billion dollar telescope it has also been a international collaboration between multiple space agencies and scientific institutes

Head of Space Science at the UK Space Agency Dr Caroline Harper chats to Karyn about her reaction to those images and what the UK's involvement in the development of the telescope has been.

10:35 MID WEEK MEDIAWATCH

This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about an under-exposed aspect of the current crisis in healthcare - and another batch of journalism jobs and content funded from the public purse

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Also: a road rage TV show pulled off the air - and a blunt assessment of a TVNZ show yet to screen