Security
Parliament hails the returning heroes
The House reviews the week in Parliament with praise for paralympians and more than usual unity when the subject is security. Audio
Google's 'Security Princess' on staying safe online
It's easy to be relaxed about our password security, but Parisa Tabriz, Google's Director of Engineering and self-titled Security Princess joins Jesse to share some easy tips we can try right now. Audio
DDOS website attacks could be just the start of a campaign - expert
A cyber-intelligence expert fears disruption to New Zealand websites is just the start of a campaign of attacks.
Websites for some government agencies and banks have been targeted over the last… Audio
Security draws major parties together
When New Zealand faces a security issue the major political parties often co-operate, focusing more on solutions than blame, as this week demonstrates. Audio
Internet outage likely a planned cyber attack
New Zealand Post and the MetService are among at least five organisations that a computer security expert says are almost certainly the target of another coordinated cyber attack.
ANZ Bank and Kiwi… Audio
Deradicalising a troubled man
There are programmes available to help radicalised people, but those people have to want to change.
LynnMall attacker's deportation awaited appeal
Following Friday's terror attack, Cabinet will today consider the need for any changes to immigration or anti-terror laws, and a higher level inquiry. Ahamed Aathill Mohamed Samsudeen was shot dead by… Audio
Chinese gamers get time-limits, Windows confusion,
Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about the decision by China to limit children's gaming time to three hours per week. There's confusion over an upgrade to Windows - and the… Audio
Covid-19: EMA on border crossing applications
The Employers and Manufacturers Association is concerned at a backlog of applications to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment for workers to cross Auckland's southern border.
Alan… Audio
Covid-19: Police back enforcing Auckland border
Border checkpoints are back in Auckland.
They will remain as long as Auckland, and currently Northland, remain at alert level 4, while the rest of the country has shifted to level 3.
Police… Audio
Charlotte Bellis: 'I'll stay in Afghanistan as long as I can'
New Zealand Al Jazeera journalist Charlotte Bellis had been visiting Kabul Airport -- the only way in and out of Afghanistan at the moment -- this week, as locals and foreign nationals alike tried to… Video, Audio
Paekakariki beach may go without lifeguards this summer
There's a risk there will be no surf lifeguards at Paekakariki beach, on the Kāpiti Coast, this summer.
Paekakariki Surf Lifeguards' clubhouse has been closed due to structural concerns.
It's the… Video, Audio
Password safety a bit lax in New Zealand
Kiwi iPhone users have been receiving text alerts from Apple saying their passwords are compromised lately, Take these warnings seriously if you want to be confident your online information is safe… Audio
Covid-19: Queensland extends lockdown
Queensland has extended its Covid-19 lockdown amid rising cases.
The Australian state recorded thirteen new communuity cases of the Delta variant on Monday.
Ten of those are children younger than… Audio
New Plymouth Mayor wants MIQ spots for oil workers
The mayor of New Plymouth says a lack of spaces in managed isolation is forcing New Zealanders working on overseas oil and gas rigs to choose between their careers and their families.
Neil Holdom… Audio
Defence overdue for audit of hazardous materials management
The Defence Ministry is years overdue for an audit of how the military's controls hazardous materials such as rocket fuel and old ammunition.
The audits are required by law and the ministry says they… Audio
Worker says MIQ spaces making him choose between job and family
Oil and gas workers based overseas say a lack of managed isolation spaces is forcing them to choose between their careers and their families.
New Plymouth resident Gavin Shaw has been on a rig off… Audio
Bryce Webster-Jacobsen: negotiating with ransomware hackers
Ransomware attacks are not a new phenomenon, but they have increased exponentially since the beginning of the pandemic. Bryce Webster-Jacobsen is the Director of Intelligence for Virginia-based… Audio
Korowai Maanaki failing at basic security - Children's Commission
There are still security problems at a youth justice residence in Auckland where two young people escaped through a window and went on the run last year.
The Office of the Children's Commissioner has… Audio
Counter terrorism internet forum winning plaudits
The Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism is winning plaudits for its work in hobbling the online work of violent extremists.
The US-based organisation was founded by Facebook, Microsoft… Audio