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Marae are only as strong as it's people, that's according to Dr Wayne Ngata who agrees that Tikanga Māori is in the most part about doing what is practical. In the wake of the Covid 19 lockdown many… Audio

Dr Paul Wood spent nearly 11 years in prison for a murder he committed in when he was 19. During his time inside he attained a Bachelors degree, a masters in Psychology and was two years into his PhD… Audio

Ron Elving talks to Kathryn about the big issues in the US, including business being eager to reopen and the medical world highly reluctant. And President Trump is fueling speculation over the future… Audio

Kim Hill speaks with Dr Kristen Ghodsee about her book Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism in this highlight from the 2020 New Zealand Arts Festival writers' programme. Audio

Mystery crime-writer and forensic anthropologist Dr Kathy Reichs speaks with Kathryn Ryan about her double-life as a scientist and best-selling author. Kathy's first novel Déjà Dead was a New York… Audio

When neuroscientist Lisa Mosconi first started researching Alzheimer's risk and women's brains almost 20 years ago, she discovered two big misconceptions – that Alzheimer's is a disease of old age and… Video, Audio

New Zealand is half way through its four-week lockdown period and there are some signs it's beginning to work, as the number of new cases dropped yesterday.

But there are warnings not to get… Audio

What would mental health care look like if it took te ao Maori as its foundation? Psychiatrist Dr Diana Kopua and her husband Mark have been on a mission to answer that question. Audio

He's explored intermittent fasting, Type 2 diabetes and the state of your insides - now the science journalist, TV presenter and bestselling author Dr Michael Mosley wants to help you sleep better… Audio

The Director-General of Health is expecting more cases of community transmission to come to light this week.

That's despite a dip in the number of new cases reported yesterday.

Dr Ashley Bloomfield… Audio

Consultant clinical virologist (and Naked Scientist) Dr Chris Smith is back with the latest science about what we're discovering about COVID-19 and its spread.  Audio

A major supplier of protective gowns has told RNZ demand has gone through the roof since the lockdown was announced on Monday it's having trouble finding 500,000 gowns requested by the Ministry of… Audio

New Zealand is going into lockdown tonight to flatten the curve of Covid-19 transmission.

At the moment New Zealand has 155 cases and probable of the new coronavirus, and 12 people have recovered.

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One of the strongest weapons we have in the fight against Covid 19 is contact tracing.  Audio

If you have any questions for Dr Wiles, please email us at ninetonoon@rnz.co.nz or text us at 2101. Audio

Comments on the latest covid-19 measures from Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles, microbiologist. Audio

Professor Michael Baker discusses the practicalities of what the PM has announced for New Zealand, primarily that anyone incoming must self-isolate unless they are from the Pacific Islands, and fields… Audio

New Zealand has moved to a four stage alert system in the battle against Covid-19. The level on March 21 is level two.

Lisa Owen takes listeners' questions to microbiologist Dr Siouxsie Wiles. Video, Audio

Consultant clinical virologist (and Naked Scientist) Dr Chris Smith returns with the latest on what we're discovering about COVID-19 and how it's spreading. This week, a team of Imperial College… Audio

With Covid-19 coronavirus being confirmed in French Polynesia, Guam and Hawai'i, other Pacific countries and territories are preparing for the inevitable arrival of the disease and strategies are… Audio

The University of Auckland's Faculty of Arts has around five thousand students and over two hundred staff. Academic and Kaiārahi Dr Hirini Kaa is the driver or navigator of the Ako Arts Programme… Audio

Dr Maysoon Salama is the manager of the An-Nur Early Childhood Centre in Wigram. Her husband was badly injured, and her son Atta Elayyan killed, in the attack on Christchurch's Al Noor Mosque on 15th… Audio