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Modeller says twin peaks a possibility in Omicron outbreak
A Covid-19 modeller says there's a chance Aotearoa will experience twin peaks in its Omicron outbreak because of the early explosion of numbers in Auckland.
University of Canterbury mathematics… Audio
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Mathematics and the Lagrange Point
Over the last month or two, there has been a lot of press coverage of the new James Webb Space Telescope, and quite a lot of that coverage has mentioned the fact that the telescope is going to "sit at… Audio
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Police and defence mandates court case has opposition urging rethink
Last week's High Court judgment has ratcheted up the pressure over government mandates, with the opposition now arguing it makes the case to keep them even weaker.
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Govt under more pressure to ease border restrictions as Covid cases rise
Political pressure is mounting on the government to move faster on easing border restrictions as the domestic outbreak escalates.
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What works when tackling misinformation - report
Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2021 was vaccine, but it could just as easily have been 'misinformation'. This nebulous thing has been front and centre since the dawn of the pandemic; most… Audio
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Our Changing World's best moments of 2021
Our Changing World presenter Claire Concannon looks back at the programme's most listened to podcasts of the year.
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How two families battled with police over crash that killed loved ones
Two West Otago families were subjected to one of the country's longest and most fraught fatal crash investigations after a truck collision killed two people. Phil Pennington looks at what went wrong.
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Covid-19 has fundamentally disrupted teacher supply - Ministry
A forecast indicates the ability of young teachers to go overseas for work could be the difference between a surplus of teachers next year, or a shortage of nearly 1000.
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Marcus Du Sautoy: the art of the shortcut in math and life
Oxford mathematician Marcus du Sautoy says humankind's laziness might just be its saving grace. Despite being frowned upon, du Sautoy says our inherent reluctance for hard work can often lead us to… Audio
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The Collatz Conjecture
Audio 16 Nov 2021Dillon Mayhew, Associate Professor from the School of Mathematics and Statistics at Te Heranga Waka/Victoria University of Wellington joins us once again. Tonight he's tackling a famously unsolved… Audio
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An uncertain future for Christchurch
Covid-19 modeler and Professor in Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Canterbury Michael Plank joins Jesse to discuss the situation ÅŒtautahi Christchurch finds itself in today as more… Audio
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Children need better definitions of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ screen time
Analysis - The pandemic has fundamentally altered every part of our lives and the increasingly blurred line between recreational and educational screen time presents new challenges.
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Opinion: Moving away from literal 'elimination' is not surrender
The Covid-zero strategy may be past its use-by date, but New Zealand still has a vaccinations advantage, professor in applied mathematics Michael Plank writes.
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Panel calls for sweeping changes to maths teaching
An expert panel charged with reviewing the maths curriculum has exceeded its brief and called for a major overhaul of maths teaching in schools.
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Auckland secondary school principals worried by teacher shortage
Auckland secondary school principals are worried they will not be able to find enough teachers to meet growing enrolments next year.
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Five of eight NZ universities see rise in cheating in 2020
Figures released to Checkpoint under the Official Information Act show five out of eight universities had an increase in cheating last year. Lecturers say the issue is far worse than figures show, as… Audio
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Auckland becomes Covid-19 elimination frontline
Analysis - The number of new cases in New Zealand's Delta outbreak is now on a downward trend and we have a good chance of eliminating it, experts Michael Plank and Shaun Hendy write.
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Statistics, Damn Statistics and their Misuse.
Dillon Mayhew, Associate Professor from the School of Mathematics and Statistics at Te Heranga Waka/Victoria University of Wellington joins us once again. He tackles one of his favourite topics: the… Audio
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Devices in schools linked to lower achievement in core subjects - report
Just when thousands of school kids are relying on computers to connect with their teachers, a new report has linked digital devices to worse achievement.
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Auckland likely to remain in strict lockdown for weeks - expert group
Latest modelling shows that the current Delta variant has spread much faster than last August's outbreak, when around 90 people had been infected before it was detected.
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High participation rate for female students in PNG's code camps
A series of digital code camps in the Pacific are aimed at engaging learners in STEM and coding activities, as Indigenous learners are underrepresented in the technology industry.
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Cases rising, but Google data suggest NZers are sticking to lockdown rules
The number of locations of interest, and close contacts, continue to grow in the Delta outbreak. There are now 210 active cases in the community. But the good news is, Google's latest Community… Audio
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Former Labour deputy prime minister Sir Michael Cullen dies
Sir Michael Cullen, the former Labour deputy prime minister and the architect of a national superannuation fund and the popular KiwiSaver scheme, has died in Whakatāne aged 76.
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Lockdown will 'stop the virus in its tracks', but case numbers could still rise - modeller
Covid-19 modeller Michael Plank says the level 4 lockdown "will be stopping the virus in its tracks" and although case numbers may continue rising during the next week he is hopeful the numbers will… Audio
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Covid outbreak: What does the latest modelling tell us?
Audio 19 Aug 2021Covid modeller Michael Plank from the University of Canterbury Mathematics department joins Susie to explain what the latest modelling looks like. Audio