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Film and TV reviewer Perlina Lau joins Susie to talk about The Penguin (Neon), starring Colin Farrell. It's set just after the events in the 2022 film The Batman and looks at the Penguin's rise to fill a power vacuum in the gangster world. Territory (Netflix) is a new Australian drama that's been described as "Succession in the Outback". And Myths and Maidens - a love letter to fafine Moana which is due to premier on Coconet TV next week. Perlina Lau is co-host of RNZ's Culture 101 programme.
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Jo Robertson is a therapist, educator and researcher. Earlier this year, she and others presented a petition to parliament - signed by over 10,000 - calling for internet service providers to strengthen filters on all illegal sexual behaviour. This afternoon, she'll appear before a select committee to submit in person. She talks with Susie about legislation changes she wants to see. She also discusses the proposed new law in Australia, to ban social media for under 16-year-olds
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Technology correspondent Peter Griffin looks at the announcement by President-elect Trump that Elon Musk will help lead a new Department of Government Efficiency. Can Musk's experience in slashing corporate spending translate to the public sector, and what conflicts of interest will it raise? A new report out this morning details the benefits to New Zealand of the tech sector - which companies helped to drive the $1.28b increase over 2023? And Peter looks at the 45.5% share bump for Rocket Lab on the Nasdaq yesterday - what's fueling the rise?
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Robin discusses the reopening of Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery after a $70m makeover. Roading updates in the ongoing saga that is the Mt Messenger bypass project on SH3, as well as the multi-million dollar shortfall in New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) funding that has left the New Plymouth council short. And an Opunake farmer says a new service at Taranaki Base Hospital has changed his life. RNZ's Taranaki reporter, Robin Martin
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Phil Vine reviews The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami published by Penguin Random House.
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Professor Richard Scolyer is a world recognised leader in melanoma research, named co-Australian of the Year this year, with his friend and medical oncologist Dr Georgina Long. In May last year, while in Europe attending medical conferences, he had a seizure and collapsed. Then came the devastating news he had a glioblastoma brain tumor - which has a very low survival rate and typically involves surgery followed by radiation and chemotherapy. So Richard Scolyer became a guinea pig for a world-first experimental trial of immunotherapy for melanoma patients, the side effects of which had a 60 per cent chance of killing him. Professor Scolyer has just published a book about his experience called Brainstorm.
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UK correspondent Dan Bloom joins Susie to talk about how a second Donald Trump presidency will impact the UK, particularly now he's appointed Elon Musk - who's taken aim at the Labour Party - to a high-level position. He'll look at PM Sir Keir Starmer's ambitious plans, unveiled yesterday at COP29, to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 81% by 2035. And what led to the resignation of the head of the Church of England, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby?
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A first-year teacher with a passion for rowing has secured Wainuiomata High School this year's Aon Emerging School Scholarship Award. Gordon Milne didn't want costs to be a barrier for students keen to pick up an oar at the low-income Lower Hutt school. The scholarship contributes $5000 each year toward an eligible school. Rowing - a notoriously intense, not to mention expensive, sport for high school students to partake in - has never been an option for those attending Wainuiomata High. Gordon has worked hard to secure grants and other funding to get the students this far. And has given hours of his personal time to make sure the students can get to their trainings and on the water. He hopes to foster a love of the sport and soon have the crew ready to compete in their first regatta.
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The Australian government is putting up the price of aged care as part of what it's described as a "once in a generation" overhaul. A crisis of bed availability and financial strain prompted an inquiry which resulted in 23 recommendations that the government is now working through. As part of this, aged care will become more expensive and financial support for those living independently will be boosted. Back home, New Zealand may soon be following suit, as a government review looks at new funding models. Some towns are completely out of beds with tight financial books forcing providers to reduce their capacity. Tom Symondson is the chief executive of Australia's Aged and Community Care Providers Association. He played a pivotal role in the recent reforms and is in New Zealand to discuss the redesign of our system.
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The Inland Revenue department has doubled the size of its team responsible for chasing down overseas-based student loan debt and is taking more legal action in both New Zealand and Australia. Overdue student loan debt has grown to a record $2.37 billion dollars - with $2.2 billion of that owed by overseas borrowers - most of whom are based in Australia. Only 29 percent of all overseas student-loan borrowers met their repayment obligations in the past 12 months. Inland Revenue was allocated 116 million dollars in this year's Budget to bolster compliance and enforcement, with some of that ring-fenced specifically for overdue student loan debt. The rest of the funding is being used across other areas of the tax system including cryptocurrency, trusts, the so-called hidden economy and organised crime. Andrew Stott, Marketing and Communications group manager at the IRD, discusses the department's compliance work with Susie.
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Been offered a 'dry promotion' lately? A step up the job ladder - without the remuneration to go with it? Shannon Barlow is Managing Director of Frog Recruitment, and says a recent survey the company conducted found nearly half of the thousand workers surveyed reported that they - or a colleague - had been promoted without a salary increase. Many respondents said that led to feelings of resentment or demotivation - and had them thinking of leaving. So why are these 'dry promotions' happening - and what's the risk, both for employers in offering them - and employees in possibly turning one down? Shannon joins Susie with some advice of how to handle the situation.
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Alfred Buxton is regarded as the "father of landscape design" in New Zealand. Working in the early 20th century, he designed more than 350 private and public gardens around the country over a 40 year period. He was one of the first to create expansive and sophisticated gardens that transformed clients' properties and way of life. Many of his clients were women: some independent, some wives of farmers, some businesswomen, some widows. Wellington historian , Dr Clare Gleeson, has told the story of the women who commissioned Alfred Buxton to design gardens in a new book, published by Cuba Press.
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The future of the Whakatane Sportfishing Club and two iconic local businesses are up in the air as decisions are made around the location of a floodwall to protect the town. Whakatane is getting a second airline next year. Residents around Sullivan Lake are bracing for another stench-filled summer due to past inaction of the District Council in maintaining the man-made lake. And, the 25-year-old chinaberry trees that line either side of the main Whakatane shopping street may have a short lease on life. Local Democracy Reporter - Diane McCarthy is with the Whakatane Beacon
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Ralph McAllister reviews James by Percival Everett published by Macmillan - - shortlisted for this year's Booker Prize.
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He's helped bring to life some of the biggest stop motion films in the business. The Corpse Bride, Coraline, Frankenweenie and Isle of Dogs have all taken shape thanks in part to the creative hands of Kiwi animator Antony Elworthy. He's also part of the Christchurch animation studio Stretchy, which is behind the kids' animated series Kiri and Lou. Antony's now lent his talents to the written word - with the release of his debut novel The Strange and Unlikely Tale of Montgomery, the Mysterious Bird of Mystery. It centres on the tall stories told by a grandfather to his grandson - and one in particular that involves his work as a magician with a malevolent feathered sidekick.
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Susie talks to RNZ journalist Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira.
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Australia correspondent Chris Niesche joins Susie to talk about the impact of President-elect Trump returning to the White House - what might it mean for the economy and diplomatic relations? And Victoria is set to expand the state's hate speech laws to protect those vilified based on disability, gender identity, sex or sexual orientation.
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What does it take to make an arts festival truly inclusive? Creatif Kate knows, she's is one half of the creative force behind Wellington's Disabled Artists' Theatre or DAT - Festival, along with Susan Williams. It's into its third year, helping to showcase hearing or vision impaired, neuro-divergent or disabled performing artists, writers and filmmakers. The festival is on now until November 17. It was born out of the cancellation of Disability Pride Week - and is getting bigger each year, despite the squeeze on arts budgets.
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A two-year teaching degree in the Far North is about to send its first cohort into jobs at local primary schools. The Te Hiku primary teaching degree is co-led by iwi Ngai Takoto, Te Rarawa and Waikato University with a kaupapa Maori approach. It's aimed at people with teacher aide experience or similar, combining prior knowledge with a jam-packed agenda to reduce a normally three-year programme to two. It's hoped it will address a long-standing teacher shortage in Northland which worsened this year, with students being rostered home at two different schools over winter. Waikato University professor Mere Berryman is the programme lead, and Anahera Taramoeroa is a member of the first cohort.
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10 weeks after the country's first tyre recycling scheme launched, 830-thousand end-of-life car tyres have been collected.
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