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Top Stories for Wednesday 5 June 2019
National confident Treasury boss' Budget 'hack' claim a lie, Four killed in Darwin shooting, gunman arrested, Protests in London as Trump meets May, Govt plans Digital Services Tax for online… Audio
Government proposes taxes for tech giants, multinationals
The government has released details of how it intends to tax large online multinational companies like Facebook, Google, Uber and Airbnb.
Why it's worth putting taxpayer dollars into gaming
A $7.5 million injection into a University of Canterbury game lab is an indication of the staggering numbers the industry returns to the economy. Audio
'Conversations With People Who Hate Me'
In 'Conversations With People Who Hate Me' the actor and activist Dylan Marron speaks directly to the people making hateful comments about him (and others) online. Four years ago Colleen tweeted "I'm… Audio
Week in politics: National set the trap and Robertson walked into it
Analysis: National used the information it found on Treasury's website to set a trap - and it worked far more effectively than Simon Bridges could have imagined after Gabriel Makhlouf made his "we…
Why is tech giant Huawei's world crumbling?
Chinese tech giant Huawei is at the centre of a technology cold war, and now consumers have been dragged into it. Audio
Treasury's Budget breach not illegal - Bridges responds
Police have dropped an investigation into hacking of the Treasury website.
The Treasury admitted a weakness in its website meant people could access a limited amount of Budget information.
We cross… Audio
Ben Thomas, Bryce Edwards on Budget breach
The police have dropped an investigation into hacking of the Treasury website prompted by the leaking of supposedly secret Budget details.
The Treasury admitted a weakness in its website meant people… Audio
Treasury website breach not illegal - police
The police have dropped an investigation into hacking of the Treasury website prompted by the leaking of supposedly secret Budget details.
The Treasury admitted this morning a weakness in its website… Audio
Budget 2019: Treasury breach and political drama
The New Zealand Treasury has admitted its supposedly top secret Budget website was breached by searches for particular keywords.
And it says it's been advised by the police that anyone who found… Audio
Budget 2019 political game 'immature' - David Seymour
ACT Party leader David Seymour says the political game being played by the government and the National Party over leaked Budget details is immature and misses the point.
He says the real issue is… Audio
Budget breach 'systematic' but didn't break law - Treasury
Police have halted their investigations into Tuesday's Budget leak saying an unknown person or persons exploited a feature in the Treasury's website search tool but their actions does not appear to be… Audio
When is a hack not a hack?
Tech experts say National's early access to Budget documents was probably not the work of a sophisticated hacker, but an amateur computer sleuth who got lucky. But has anything actually illegal… Video, Audio
New book looks at businessman's battle with Whale Oil blogger
An investigative book on the seven-year-long defamation battle between blogger Cameron Slater and businessman Matt Blomfield has been released.
The trouble with art and algorithms
Facebook has banned an artist after she posted one of her works. It's a swastika made up of Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" caps. Rather than promoting white supremacy, Kate Kretz says it's… Audio
Mosque attack gunman's manifesto, video still online
Two months on from the Christchurch mosque attacks, the gunman's manifesto and shooting video are still available on almost 50 websites worldwide.
Ripping it up with Russell Brown
The first 101 issues of NZ music and culture magazine Rip It Up have been digitised by the National Library of New Zealand and can now be found and searched online. Audio
Christchurch Call and response
The Christchurch Call now has international backing, but a prominent media freedom advocate in the US tells Mediawatch there could be unintended consequences for the media and journalists. Audio
Police investigate racist online forum post
Police are investigating a racist post in an online forum used by University of Auckland students, which contains allusions to violence against Asians.
Douglas Coupland: I miss my pre-internet brain
Douglas Coupland sometimes misses the time before the dawn of the internet, but says once you get addicted to any increased level of speed of information you can never go backwards. Mixing the bizarre… Audio