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New building products being tested at Auckland University may be the answer to restless summer nights in city apartments…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

On Auckland's North Shore, a public golf course is fighting council plans to use their course as a floodwater catchment Auckland Council wants to turn public land into a water catchment to protect against floods. The current leaseholders say there's a better way.A stoush is brewing on Auckland's North Shore over a controversial proposal to convert Takapuna Golf Course into a floodwater catchment area, aiming to mitigate the city's increasing flood risks…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

In a world where misinformation and disinformation are rampant, the website has become an unlikely source of truth…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Canadians are united in their horror over US tariffs that have the power to plunge the country into recession and cause mass unemploymentDonald Trump's tariffs will cause huge damage to the Canadian economy and the countries' relationship, but the reasons behind the move remain both spurious and obscureUS President Donald Trump's trade war against Canada is fodder for America's flabbergasted late night comedy hosts, but north of the border, no one is laughing.Known universally for just being ... nice, Canadians have gone from anxious to angry as America slaps 25 percent trade tariffs on its imports - a move that could send Canada into recession.In the Ontario province alone, an estimated half a million jobs could go."People are really angry in this country at the United States," says the host of CBC's Front Burner podcast, Jayme Poisson…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Up to 300 New Zealanders a year are administered electric shock treatment - and the vast majority are happier for it Electroconvulsive Therapy has had a bad rap in films and media for decades - in some cases, deservedly so. A specialist explains why the stigma is not warranted.…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Tens of thousands of handsets and other devices are likely to become redundant by the end of the year as NZ shuts down the 3G phone networkAs New Zealand works to pull the plug on the 3G network by Christmas, telecos aim to avoid the debacle that happened in Australia when it did the same last yearPaul Brislen is on a mission this year and it could probably be summed up as 'don't stuff things up like Australia did'.It's to do with New Zealand's 3G networks being shut down by the end of 2025, and upgraded to the next generation of technology.It's a world-wide move and Australia turned its 3G off last year. The trouble is, the repercussions are still going on there - to the extent that a Senate committee is investigating why some customers were left worse off, unable to make calls or send text messages in areas where they previously could - and that included emergency calls…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

The government wants to make retail a safer work environment by allowing citizens arrest. One legal expert fears the change will have the opposite effect.Under an ammended law, citizens will have the power to detain criminals at any time, for any crime. But one law professor says retail workers aren't trained to police - and the fallout could be serious.…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

A claim we're not paying enough attention to giving our children the ability to sort out what's real and what's not in the murky depths of the internet  Macleans College in Auckland is giving its media studies students the tools to deal with mis and disinformation, but their teacher wants to see those lessons more widespread…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

A new book promises to lift the lid on the history of Wellington's Indian community in ways that would surprise most people There's more to the Indian community than stories of migrant exploitation and overstaying - and a new book opens the lid on its history…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Media oversight and regulation is described as messy, and screen productions desperately need help. Changes are in the wind.  The government is making changes over the rules and structures around publicly funded screen and media, industries that are on their knees…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details