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Midday Report Essentials for Wednesday 9 October 2024
In today's episode, the Navy Search and Rescue boss is currently on the water deciding on the next steps for the sunken HMZNS Manawanui, Whanau Awhina Plunket workers will now be trained as… Audio
Air slowly getting cleaner, but health impacts of breathing pollution worse than previously thought
The health impacts of traffic pollution are worse than previously reported.
What we know about the cyclone risk in New Zealand this season
Northern New Zealand is at normal to higher-than-normal risk of a tropical cyclone this season, NIWA and MetService say.
Navy deciding on next steps for HMNZS Manawanui
The Navy Search and Rescue boss is currently on the water deciding on the next steps for the sunken HMZNS Manawanui. Reporter Susana Lei'ataua spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio
Will the Earth warm by 2C or 5.5C? Why trying to narrow it down may be a distraction
Opinion - The predicted range of rising temperature has remained stubbornly wide, but efforts to narrow the Earth's response to climate change to a single number may be unhelpful.
Science: Wisdom across cultures, Parkrun benefits
Science correspondent Dr Jen Martin joins Kathryn to talk about a large-scale study with 34 researchers across various fields that examined how different cultures perceive wisdom. Ants started farming… Audio
How will Fonterra get off coal to meet climate goals?
Fonterra is typically the country's second biggest burner of coal, but it doesn't expect to get out of the fossil fuel for more than a decade. Chris Kane, Fonterra's director of global engineering and… Audio
It's swooping season, so how do you keep magpies at bay?
The start of spring coincides with magpie's nesting season which is when you are most likely to be dive bombed by the birds. Audio
Nobel prize in physics goes to machine learning pioneers Hopfield and Hinton
Hinton quit Google last year to speak more freely about dangers of AI and Princeton professor Hopfield created an associative memory that can store and reconstruct images.
Dead turtles spotted following HMNZS sinking in Samoa
The Samoa government has confirmed that so far no major oil leaks have been found on HMNZS Manawanui. Audio
Commonwealth expected to adopt ocean declaration
A panel of experts will discuss the urgent need for action on the global goal to protect 30 percent of the ocean by 2030 at the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). Audio
Environmentalists slam 'premature' seabed minerals harvesting regulations
Cook Islands has enacted seabed minerals harvesting regulations despite concerns about the lack of 'meaningful consultation'.
Manawanui sinking: Samoa govt says oil spill risk biggest concern
No oil leaks have been found in the area where the HMNZS Manawanui sank, the Samoa government says. But a local surf tour operator said he saw both diesel and rubbish in the water. Audio
Ruapehu crater lake at lowest temperature in five decades
History showed there was a slightly higher than normal probability of an eruption during cool periods.
US duo wins Nobel prize for medicine
Their discovery of microRNA has helped to explain how cells specialise and develop into different types.
Questions remain over how HMNZS Manawanui sunk
The chief of the Navy says a dive team will conduct an investigation of the sunken HMNZS Manawanui on Tuesday. Political editor Jo Moir spoke to Guyon Espiner. Audio
NZ to help Samoa with clean-up after Manawanui sinks
Fuel can be seen in the water and smelt in the air on the South side of Samoa's Upolu island, where the Navy ship, HMNZS Manawanui, sank at the weekend after hitting the reef it was mapping… Audio
Dark skies to help seabirds avoid crash landings
Turning down the lights will give Kaikōura's struggling Hutton's shearwater birds ''a fighting chance'', a local wildlife advocate says.
It's back: Scrapped Hawke's Bay dam project may be revived
A stalled, controversial plan to flood 22 hectares of conservation land in Hawke's Bay is set to be revived.
12yo inventor explains 'PillBot' - an AI medication identifier for visually impaired
Young Kiwi geniuses competed in the Samsung Solve For Tomorrow competition over the weekend, one of the winners, Gabriel Anthony talked with Leonard Powell about his use of AI for the visually… Audio
