Martin Sharrock – Chief Technology Officer, 2degrees
Martin Sharrock (CTO, 2degrees) joins Paul Spain to discuss cyclone recovery efforts in keeping New Zealanders connected, and the latest insights from 2degrees and the world of telecommunications.
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Telco Resilience lessons from Cyclone Gabrielle, Artificial Intelligence and Humanity
Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence, Cyclone Gabrielle lessons on Telecommunications Robustness, Meta Verified and more with Tim Warren (Ambit) and host Paul Spain (Gorilla Technology).
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Making sense of Auckland’s floods – Kevin Trenberth, climate scientist
How can we make sense of the Biblical deluge that soaked Auckland, Northland, and the Coromandel in late January – and by the time this is being recorded is about to happen again. If only there was an articulate, slow-talking climate scientist who could explain what hell just happened.
Oh, wait! Vincent just spoke with Kevin Trenberth a Distinguished Scholar at the National Center of Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder Colorado and an Honorary Academic in the Department of Physics, Auckland University. Kevin is a kiwi who left New Zealand, to obtain his doctorate in meteorology in 1972 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. And has continued with climate research including being a lead author on the IPCC.
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A Constructive Use for Building Waste – With Nigel Benton and Terri-Ann Berry
Building a new house in New Zealand produces on average two skips of construction debris. If a demolition is involved, add another 13 skips. As a nation we’re really bad at diverting all that waste from landfill. Ross Inglis spoke with two people with a solution: property developer Nigel Benton and Doctor Terri-Ann Berry from Unitec Institute of Technology.
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Dave Rouse – CEO at CarbonClick
Paul Spain is joined by Dave Rouse (CEO, CarbonClick) – discussing learnings in the tech and startup worlds and how CarbonClick is helping people and businesses to take action in reducing carbon emissions.
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What’s in store for 2023? Investment with Rohan MacMahon
Part Three: Rohan MacMahon on investment and technology
Is 2023 the year that New Zealand seizes the nettle on climate action? Or is it another year of incrementalism? And what effect will the election, with a potential change of government, have on the direction and speed of climate policy? To shed some light Vincent dusted off the crystal ball and spoke to three experts about the year ahead: Marc Daalder Newsroom’s climate reporter; Dr Victoria Hatton, director of sustainability and climate change at PWC; Rohan MacMahon, partner at the Climate Venture Capital Fund.
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What’s in store for 2023? Corporate strategy with Dr Victoria Hatton
Part two: Victoria Hatton on corporate strategy
Is 2023 the year that New Zealand seizes the nettle on climate action? Or is it another year of incrementalism? And what effect will the election, with a potential change of government, have on the direction and speed of climate policy? To shed some light Vincent dusted off the crystal ball and spoke to three experts about the year ahead: Marc Daalder Newsroom’s climate reporter; Dr Victoria Hatton, director of sustainability and climate change at PWC; Rohan MacMahon, partner at the Climate Venture Capital Fund.
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What’s in store for 2023? Climate politics with Marc Daalder
Part One: Marc Daalder starts with the year ahead in politics.
Is 2023 the year that New Zealand seizes the nettle on climate action? Or is it another year of incrementalism? And what effect will the election, with a potential change of government, have on the direction and speed of climate policy? To shed some light Vincent dusted off the crystal ball and spoke to three experts about the year ahead: Marc Daalder Newsroom’s climate reporter; Dr Victoria Hatton, director of sustainability and climate change at PWC; Rohan MacMahon, partner at the Climate Venture Capital Fund.
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Robots and coding with KaiBot creator Bruce Jackson
Paul Spain is joined by Bruce Jackson Founder of Kai’s Education, as they discuss how the award winning KaiBot is helping Children to learn coding, as well as looking into self-driving and the 3d printing industry.
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A silver lining for NZ in US Tech Layoffs? Could ChatGPT lift NZ’s economy or break our education?
Bill Bennett joins host Paul Spain as they discuss the darker side of ChatGPT, new prime minister Chris Hipkins’ potential impact on New Zealand’s tech sector and other tech news from the week, including:
- Spark named Parliamentary Service’s new Information, System and Technology partner
- Vodafone rebrand tussle with TVNZ
- More job cuts from Amazon, Microsoft and Google
- 1000 Ships affected by Ransomware attack
- Latest Mac models from Apple
- Amazon’s Echo Show 15
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Tesla price drops, NZ Gaming industry, VALL-E, global tech share prices, Small parcel drones + more
Paul Spain is joined by Finn Hogan, Digital Editor/Reporter at Newshub, as they discuss the future of New Zealand’s gaming industry, Microsofts AI voice generator VALL-E and other tech news including:
- Tesla drops price
- NZ drone delivery
- Economic downturn of global tech companies
- US flights grounded by damaged data file
- Power bank on board passenger plane ignites
- China’s SpaceX copycat rocket designs
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Kiwi lands #2 role at Tesla, Should NZ ban TikTok, CES 2023 + more
Paul Spain is joined by Phil Howie, CEO and founder at Onwardly, to discuss how Onwardly is helping businesses build, manage and scale their security and privacy programs, Road trip around NZ reveals how good are our EV charging and mobile phone coverage, and tech news including:
- New Kiwi leader at Tesla
- Should TikTok be banned in NZ
- DJI mini 3 pro hands on review
- Sony and Honda’s new EV Afeela
- CES 2023 Highlights
- IoT pet feeders at risk of hacking
- Cybersecurity vulnerabilities in Cars
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