Lately for Thursday 20 June 2019

Photo: RNZ Andrew Robertson

10:20 PNG has a new PM - what does that mean for refugees on Manus?  

Today is the UN's World Refuge Day and while hundreds of refugees continue to be detained by Australia on Manus Island in PNG, PNG's new Prime Minister Marape has announced he's looking at Manus Island becoming a tax free zone. Karyn speaks with RNZ Pacific's Johnny Blades. 

James Marape (centre) the newly elected prime minister of Papua New Guinea. 30 May 2019 Photo: PNG prime minister's office media

10:30 Diane Maxwell: Elder Abuse Awareness and leaving the Commission                                                     

This week is elder abuse awareness week and Age Concern says more than 75 percent of elderly abuse in New Zealand is committed by family members. Elder abuse is physical and also financial and outgoing Retirement Commissioner, Diane Maxwell, joins Karyn to talk about how to equip retirees of today and tomorrow with the financial knowledge.  

Retirement Commissioner Diane Maxwell. Photo: RNZ / Alex Perrottet

10:45 The Rest Is History 

Historian Robert Kelly begins this new weekly spot on Lately With Karyn Hay. Tonight Robert remembers the Wairau Incident in 1843 - one of the most pivotal events in early post-contact New Zealand history.

Photo: RNZ / Tracy Neal