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Urgent legislation may be at odds with the Bill of Rights Act. Waikato University of Law Professor Al Gillespie talks about the rushed laws being voted on in Parliament today. Tax expert and economist… Audio

There's a note of caution being sounded over the move to alert level two and how to avoid any new COVID-19 outbreaks. Professor.....does a recap on best practice from Thursday to stop the spread. The… Audio

Longer term mental health issues are likely to be a result of the pandemic and lock down. We speak to psychologist Karen Nimmo about what happens following crises such as these. New Zealand puts its… Audio

The Prime Minister has unveiled guidelines for life at alert level 2. We go through what has been stipulated with RNZ's political editor Jane Patterson. Life under alert level 2 means a raft of new… Audio

The National Party policy unveiled proposing a large GST refund scheme for businesses badly affected by COVID-19 gets widespread support. Infometrics economist Brad Olsen talks about why its so… Audio

Jacinda Ardern makes history by being the first NZ PM to sit in on an Australian national cabinet meeting. We speak to, about how Australia feels about a trans-Tasman bubble being formed. AUT… Audio

The first weekend at alert level 3 saw numerous breaches and arrests. Clinical psychologist at Victoria University Dr Dougal Sutherland talks about why we're not behaving. Audio

Otago University professor of Biochemistry, Kurt Krause, joins the discussion on the range of already existing drugs being tested for their effectiveness treating COVID-19. WWF NZ Ceo Livia Esterhazy… Audio

Former Dean of the Auckland medical School Professor Des Gorman says the way health services are commissoned purchased and funded must change. Clinical psychologist Dr Jacqui Maguire talks about why… Audio

A group of 8 business groups have written to the PM asking to urgently look at rent help - Michael Barnett, Chief Executive of the Auckland Business Chamber says small to medium businesses are the… Audio

Auckland Restaurant Association President, Krishna Botica, talks about what alert level three means for hospitality operators. While the world races to find a vaccine against Covid 19, Professor David… Audio

A whole new underclass with social need will be created as a result of Covid 19 according to a new report by the Savation Army - National Social Policy Director Ian Hutson explains. Willie Te Aho, Te… Audio

Professor Alan Brent, Chair in Sustainable Energy Systems at Victoria University of Wellington discusses what the unprecedented drop in oil prices means for New Zealanders. The World Health… Audio

Police Association President Chris Cahill talks about officers charging nearly 4,000 people with lock down breaches and how more people are out closer to the end of alert level four. Wallace Chapman… Audio

The Goverment's goal for Covid 19 is elimination and to that end contact tracing is crucial. Associate Professor Malcolm Campbell, Deputy Director of the GeoHealth Laboratory at the University of… Audio

The worldwide search for a vaccine against Covid 19 continues apace .. as well as find out more about the disease through research and NZ is set to play its part with new funding. There have two new… Audio

There is a growing swell of people who argue that the Level 4 lockdown actions adopted by the government were disproportionate to the threat - Al Gillespie from Waikato University explores this… Audio

E-learning expert, Claire Amos, joins the discussion on the challenges ahead for teaching 800,000 students in their homes from today. Dougal McGowan the chief executive of the Otago Chamber of… Audio

Economist Michael Reddell joins the discussion to talk about the Treasury's unusual task of trying to look ahead to the economic scenarios of the future based on a range of scenarios. Audio

The new guidance, of fortified police powers recently released by the police, revealed that under alert level 4 police may do "anything reasonably necessary, including the use of force, to compel… Audio

The Government is launching a campaign focussing on people's mental health during the pandemic. Mental Health Foundation CEO Shaun Robinson talks about the stress people are under. Health Minister… Audio

Intro to panel. In an open letter, 15 social service organisations have called for a moratorium on debt collection and late payment fees imposed by central and local government. Audio

Clinical Psychologist Dr Melanie Woodfield offers some tips on dealing with difficult child behavior during the lockdown period. The NZ Drug Foundation says consider taking a break from drug and… Audio

Wendyl Nissen joins the discussion on Bauer Media closing it's New Zealand arm, shutting down some of the countries longest running weekly magazines. Mick Roberts, Professor in Mathematical Biology… Audio