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🎤 Media & Public Engagement

Complete Media Archive

Expert commentary on AI, games, education, and technology across television, radio, print, and online media. Spanning two decades across New Zealand, Australia, Norway, and internationally.

50+
Total Appearances
7
Television
10+
Radio
9+
Print
20+
Online / Web

📺 Television

TV
How AI Chatbots Could Shake Up the World
TVNZ Q&A • March 2023
TV
Contract Cheating and Blackmail
AM Show • December 2022
TV
Games and Skills Learning
AM Show • November 2022
TV
VR and Science Education
Newshub • July 2018
TV
Virtual Reality Possibilities — Science Festival
Channel 39 • July 2018
TV
Virtual Reality: Connecting the World
Kosovo National TV • 2014
TV
Technology Expert Segment
TV1 Breakfast • 2003

🎤 Radio

Radio
AI Influencing Christmas Gift Buying
RNZ • December 2024
Radio
Sustainability Discussion
Blowing Bubbles / Sustainable Lens • September 2024
Radio
There's a Reason Those Mobile Game Ads Are Annoying
RNZ • July 2024
Radio
ChatGPT Might Doom Us All, But It Won't Replace Teachers
RNZ • May 2023
Radio
Education Ministry Warns Teachers Not to Use AI to Mark Exams NEW
RNZ Morning Report • May 2023
Radio
Software to Detect AI Systems Like ChatGPT Activated in NZ
RNZ • April 2023
Radio
Gamers Know the Power of 'Flow' — Audio Interview
ABC Radio Australia • August 2021
Radio
Gamers Know the Power of 'Flow' — Live Chat
3AW Drive, Melbourne • August 2021
Radio
Gamers Know the Power of 'Flow' — Breakfast Interview
Radio Adelaide • August 2021
Radio
Net Neutrality Commentary
Various NZ Radio • 2006

📰 Print / Newspapers

Print
AI — Not What You Know But How Fast You Can Learn
PPTA Magazine • June 2024
Print
Wellbeing Luminaries Gather in Gore
Otago Daily Times • May 2024
Print
ChatGPT: How to Get the Most Out of This AI NEW
NZ Herald / Bay of Plenty Times • May 2023
Print
ChatGPT: AI Detection Software Activated in NZ Universities
NZ Herald • April 2023
Print
How AI Has Made Cheating Widespread in Australian Schools NEW
Syndicated across Australian outlets (The Senior, Canberra Times, etc.) • April 2023
Print
Story on Coming Back to NZ
Otago Daily Times • July 2018
Print
Computer Games' Rise in Elder Care Tipped
Otago Daily Times • 2012

🌐 Online / Web

Web
First-Ever Research Conference Led By AI — Expert Reaction NEW
NZ Science Media Centre / Scoop • October 2025
Web
Royal Society GenAI in Research Guidelines (contributor) NEW
Royal Society Te Aparangi • June 2025
Web
A Textbook Second Teacher: How AI Has Changed Study
The Post • 2024
Web
The Dawn of AI — NZQA Symposium
NZQA • May 2023
Web
AI Leaves University in Puzzling Plagiarism Pickle
Salient • 2023
Web
The Infernal Reo Machine: Speaking My Indigenous Language with AI
Stuff • 2023
Web
AI That Can (Almost) Pass a Medical Licensing Exam — Expert Reaction NEW
NZ Science Media Centre • February 2023
Web
Oral Exams an Alternative in AI Era
1News • March 2023
Web
Gamers Know the Power of 'Flow' — What if Learners Could Harness It Too? NEW
The Conversation • August 2021
Web
Video Games and Violence — Expert Reaction NEW
NZ Science Media Centre • July 2020
Web
Govt Releases Contact Tracing App — Expert Reaction NEW
NZ Science Media Centre • May 2020
Web
Zoomies and Roomies
VUW Victorious Magazine • 2020
Web
The Robot That Rocks the Cradle Rules the World
Newsroom • June 2019
Web
NZ Expert Dismisses Link Between Video Games and Kids' Gun Use
Newshub • May 2019
Web
Sharing a Chalkboard from 300 km Away NEW
Norwegian SciTech News • July 2017
Web
In the Game — NZ's First Game Dev Course NEW
Public Address / 95bFM • April 2004

🎮 Games Industry

Games
Nordic Game 2025 Speaker: Vibe Coding is Changing Game Development NEW
Nordic Game Conference • 2025
Games
Pioneers of Play Award NEW
NZGDC • 2024
Games
Game On: NZ's Next Billion-Dollar Industry NEW
NZGDA • 2024/2025
Games
Games for Health Europe — Speaker Profile NEW
Games for Health Europe • Ongoing

🎓 University & Institutional

Uni
Celebrating 20 Years of Game Education NEW
VUW Faculty of Engineering • 2024
Uni
Spotlight Lecture: Can AI Language Models Improve Public Services? NEW
VUW Spotlight Series (with Ali Knott) • July 2024
Uni
Collaborative Debate: AI in the Academy NEW
VUW Public Lecture Series • 2024/2025
Uni
Standpoint
VUW / Facebook • December 2022

🏛️ Political Coverage

Print
It's Not Just About the Votes for Southland's AI Guy NEW
Stuff / Southland Times • 2023
Web
Labour Backs AI Expert Simon McCallum for Southland NEW
Crux • 2023
Print
Bringing New 'Perspective' NEW
Otago Daily Times • April 2023
Web
Campaigning Continues: Dr Simon McCallum (Labour) NEW
Central App • August 2023
Web
Candidate Profile — Southland Electorate NEW
Policy.nz • 2023