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Death of the sweatshop and China's dangerous appetite for seafood
12:04 PM.According to Adam Minter of Bloomberg View, the sweatshop model of low-cost labour could soon be consigned to history as it gives way to automation and technology. Plus China's booming fishing fleet… Read more Audio
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Snapchat 101
12:03 PM.Snapchat's a messaging app that uses the power of images to connect an estimated 150 million daily users. With 10 billion videos watched on the platform every day, major businesses are also looking… Read more Audio
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Flies as feed
12:02 PM.A less confronting way of introducing insects into our food chain could be to feed them to the animals we eat. Bryan Lessard is an insect specialist at Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and… Read more Audio
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This Way Up for 10 September 2016
12:01 PM.Eating insects, China's seafood crisis, rechargeable batteries and Snapchat. Audio
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Auckland school farm
12:04 PM.A farm's been running at Mount Albert Grammar School in Auckland since 1932, and today teaches 160 students a year all about farming and horticulture. We visit the school farm and meet Larney Palmer… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Tech: Apple’s tax avoidance
12:03 PM.Peter Griffin has tech news with an update on Apple's tax bill and what it could mean for New Zealand's tech sector. And how GST is about to bite on imported digital goods. Read more Audio
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Science: Alzheimer’s breakthrough
12:02 PM.Chris Smith with the latest science news and this week a new drug that seems to prevent, and could even reverse, the plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease. Read more Audio
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This Way Up for 3 September 2016
12:01 PM.Urban farming using food waste, Apple's tax avoidance scheme and what it could mean for the local tech sector, the working farm at an Auckland school, and the latest science news. Audio
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E-cigarettes: do the benefits outweigh the risks?
12:01 PM.New Zealand's about to change the law so people can legally buy e-cigarettes containing nicotine here. This Way Up reviews the current state of our knowledge about the safety of the vaping and the… Read more Audio, Gallery
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'Scary ass' cows
12:05 PM.Why Dr Neil Jordan of the University of New South Wales and the Botswana Predator Conservation Trust is painting fake eyes on cows' bottoms in Africa! Read more Audio, Gallery
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India: taxes and Tinder
12:04 PM.The dating app Tinder is disrupting traditional ideas of love and relationships in India. Meanwhile historic tax reforms will bring the country's 1.25 billion consumers into a single market for the… Read more Audio
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This Way Up for 20 August 2016
12:03 PM.Epilepsy assistance dogs, Tinder shakes up India's dating scene, and how painting 'scary' fake eyes on cows' bottoms in Africa is good news for lions! Audio
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Epilepsy: causes and treatments
12:02 PM.Dr Ian Rosemergy has a particular interest in epilepsy. He's a consultant neurologist and the clinical leader for neurology at Capital & Coast DHB. Read more Audio
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Epilepsy Assistance Dogs
12:02 PM.Trained dogs are helping people with epilepsy through their seizures and could even be acting as an early warning system. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Epilepsy: Ava's story
12:01 PM.Six year old Ava has just found out she's got epilepsy. Simon Morton speaks to Ava and her mother Amelia about what the diagnosis means for them. Read more Audio
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Drone Racing
12:06 PM.A New Zealand team is heading to the World Drone Racing Championships taking place in Hawaii in October, and the sport seems poised to hit the big time, with ESPN broadcasting live coverage of the US… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Tech news: Future drones
12:05 PM.Peter Griffin with tech news. How Facebook wants to use a solar-powered drone to provide free internet access to Africa, and could delivery drones really bring goods to our homes one day? Read more Audio
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Saving lives with drones
12:04 PM.Keller Rinaudo of Zipline is using drones to save lives. Its fixed-wing drones are delivering critical medical supplies and blood into remote parts of Rwanda. Read more Audio
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Drone History
12:03 PM.From their use in the military to today's consumer product the drone's had a varied and interesting history. Adam Rothstein charts it in his book Drone (Bloomsbury). Read more Audio
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The psychology of money
12:45 PM.Claudia Hammond is a writer, broadcaster and psychology lecturer and in her new book Mind Over Money (Canongate) she looks into the psychology of money. Read more Audio
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An ode to the shopping trolley
12:15 PM.An ode to the shopping trolley; its past, its present and its future. With Zachary Crockett, Matt McKeown, Murray Siple, Henry Harris-Burland and Peter Griffin. Read more Video, Audio, Gallery
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China shapes global entertainment industry
12:50 PM.Once the preserve of Hollywood, Walt Disney and the US, China is having a massive and growing influence on the entertainment industry; in areas like film, TV, video games and theme parks. Adam Minter… Read more Audio