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An early morning news and current affairs conversation hosted by Indira Stewart featuring the people behind key issues and quirky human interest stories from New Zealand and overseas.
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Matariki/Maori New Year a time for reflection, new growth
14 Jul 2020Yesterday marked the start of Matariki-Maori New Year. Matariki is the name for the cluster of stars also known as the Pleiades. When it rises in the north-eastern skies in late May or early June, it… Read more Audio
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New research suggests immunity to Covid-19 last short time
14 Jul 2020Indira talks with our UK correspondent Henry Riley about new research from London suggesting immunity to Covid-19 might only last a few months and the current situation with wearing masks. Audio
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Fieldays goes digital for the first time in its history
From Mystery Creek to the global stage. Covid-19 stopped Fieldays from physically taking place last month - so event organisers decided to make history by taking the Southern Hemisphere's largest… Read more Audio
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Rotorua Stockcar club under pressure to drop Confederate flag as club symbol
13 Jul 2020Pressure is growing on the Rotorua Stockcar Club to drop the Confederate Flag as one of its symbol. An on-line petition against the club using the flag now has more than 1000 signatures. Wellington… Read more Audio
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Hawke's Bay farmers show council valuable crop lands
13 Jul 2020A small group of Hawke's Bay farmers are putting pressure on the local councils to ensure urban development doesn't destroy valuable crop lands. Richard Gaddum, who has a cattle farm in Havelock… Read more Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
13 Jul 2020Our Minister of Fruit and Veges, Glenn Forsyth updates us on the good buys on the produce markets. Audio
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Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and family have Covid-19
13 Jul 2020In India the number of people diagnosed with Covid-19 is growing on average by 25,000 a day. India last week passed Russia to now sit third on the list of countries behind only the US and Brazil. But… Read more Audio
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Wakefield the home of NZ's first Dark Skies Park
10 Jul 2020Ralph Bradley was a 10 year-old in Golden Bay when he went outside in the early hours of a morning with his father, and saw his first Aurora. He's been hooked on the night-sky ever since. Ralph is the… Read more Audio
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Genetic study: polynesians voyaged to Sth America 800 years ago
10 Jul 2020A new genetic study suggests that Polynesians made an epic voyage to South America 800 years ago. Scientists examined the DNA from 807 people from 14 Polynesian islands and Pacific coastal native… Read more Audio
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Idea of managed isolation rules being misunderstood laughable
10 Jul 2020The idea someone could not know the rules in a government managed isolation facility has been described as laughable by a recent returnee. This comes after a 32-year-old man left his isolation hotel… Read more Audio
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Reward offered for return of Taumarunui park's stolen swings
10 Jul 2020A five hundred dollar reward is now being offered to anyone who can provide information about the fate of some swings stolen from a Taumarunui park. Two seat swings and a nest swing were taken from… Read more Audio
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Crusaders player Whetukamokamo Douglas proud of heritage
10 Jul 2020Super Rugby Aotearoa continues this weekend with the heavy favourite Crusaders looking to bring the high flying Blues back down to earth in Christchurch tomorrow night. Both teams are unbeaten so far… Read more Audio
