Trout Around

In this episode we wade into the murky waters of New Zealand’s Health and Safety laws.

Businesses are calling for a long-overdue review, but the conversation keeps getting snagged on—of all things—road cones! We’ll explore how these orange nuisances have taken over our streets, with Auckland’s mayor calling out the $145 million cone conundrum. Are road cones just a scapegoat, or is there something fishier going on?

Plus, we cast our lines into the latest news from across the pond, where AI-powered vending machines in the US are now selling bullets—because what goes better with your groceries than ammo? And, of course, we’ll tackle some Windows Update woes and the latest controversy around Microsoft’s new AI tool, Recall, that might just be too smart for its own good.