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He helped eradicate smallpox with the World Health Organization, and renowned epidemiologist Dr Larry Brilliant says getting the Delta variant under control requires a similar massive global effort. Audio

Concerns the boom in carbon farming will dictate the future of New Zealand's sheep, beef and production forestry, and questions over who has oversight over what one academic is calling "the biggest… Audio

Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says NZ may not get back to zero cases of Covid-19, but vaccination is making all the difference.

"We may not get back to zero," he told Morning… Audio

Amid lockdown fatigue in Tamaki Makaurau, business pain and three Covid cases in Waikato all eyes are on today's big decision over Auckland's alert level. Ben, Shane and Kathryn also look at AUKUS… Audio

World-leading addiction expert Professor Anna Lembke says our smartphones are turning us into dopamine addicts. As chief of Stanford University's dual diagnosis addiction clinic, Lembke has treated… Audio

On this week's show Mark has classic blues and soul from Errol Linton and Bobbie Gentry, Kiwi country courtesy of Sin City, anniversary tracks from Nick Lowe, a previously unreleased Lee Perry tune… Audio

When a bunch of unruly British tourists caused havoc around the country back in 2019, the general director of the New Zealand Opera Thomas de Mallet Burgess was struck by a bolt of inspiration. It was… Audio

In this episode of Musical Chairs Stan Walker talks about his childhood on Tamapahore marae, Australian Idol and his ambition to make a difference Video, Audio

RNZ news reader Sarah Thomson on songs that stay in your life. Audio

Doug Wilson is a medical academic author and our regular correspondent from the other side of 80. Wilson graduated from Otago University 60 years ago, and since then there have been significant… Audio

Annette Lees has long had a love affair with the night time. As a child she found it both scary and enchanting, and as an adult she revels in the sense of wonderment found in swimming under the stars… Audio

Jing Song is the youngest-ever New Zealand wine producer to win a gold award at the International Wine and Spirit Competition. Audio

A well-known critic of the neoliberal world order, economist Yanis Varoufakis believes capitalism has become 'techno-feudalism' - with tech companies and Covid making the rich even richer and the poor… Audio