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Today on The Spinoff: the ‘silent epidemic’ of myopia in children, the legality of flashing your lights to warn other drivers of a speed camera and a cost-benefit analysis for Wellington’s long tunnel.
But first: Alex Casey chats to investigator David Lomas about the art of finding needles in haystacks.
“There are around 100 people scattered all over the world who are members of a very unique and exclusive club. All of them, at some point over the last 16 years, have had a knock on the door and discovered a bunch of mystery flowers on their doorstep. A secret admirer? Congratulations? Condolences? Cautiously opening the small, handwritten card beneath the blooms, they all would have slowly processed the same words.
‘Hello, I’m David Lomas. A relative of yours in New Zealand is trying to contact you.’”
Revealed: A cost-benefit analysis for Wellington’s long tunnel
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Flashing your lights to warn other drivers of a speed camera – is it legal?
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Staring down the ‘silent epidemic’ of myopia in children
“In eastern Asia, the myopia statistics are dire. As many as 90% of urban teenagers in Korea are shortsighted, about 65% of children in Singapore are myopic by the end of primary school and Chinese officials say that more than 50% of children in the world’s second-most populous country are short sighted. The numbers aren’t that severe in New Zealand yet, but with three years of pandemic learning and more time spent inside, it might be only a matter of time.”
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