Tech news: hurricane helpline app & Christchurch's all-electric car sharing scheme

From This Way Up, 12:30 pm on 9 September 2017
Zello

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Which tech issues are dominating the political agenda in the run-up to the general election on the 23rd of September?

Also Zello, an app that turns your smartphone into a walkie talkie and is great for group communications (a bit like the old citizens band or CB radio if you remember them), racks up more than 65 million downloads and rockets to number 1 on the App Store during hurricane season.  

And Christchurch gets what's claimed to be one of the world's first all-electric vehicle car sharing schemes. So will it take off? 

Peter Griffin has the latest technology news.