Lately for Monday 14 September 2020
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Wasps wake up for spring across Aotearoa
10:45 PM.We're coming into spring and along with the blooming trees and rising temperatures, there are also wasps! Every spring wasps rise from the winter and make their way around the country. Read more Audio
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New Zealand's alert levels remain the same but change too
10:30 PM.With the World Health Organization recording a record one-day rise in the number of new coronavirus infections - 307,930 cases reported over 24 hours - New Zealand's Cabinet has decided alert levels… Read more Audio
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London Calling: the latest from the BBC World Service
10:20 PM.Audrey Tinline from the BBC's World Service gives an update on the fate of thousands of migrants after a fire destroys a huge refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. Read more Audio
Photo: RNZ
10:20 London Calling: the latest from the BBC World Service
Audrey Tinline from the BBC's World Service gives an update on the fate of thousands of migrants after a fire destroys a huge refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos.
Audrey will talk about the coronavirus globally including the latest hotspots and the BBC collecting stories from around the world about the impact of Covid-19 on families.
Plus tempers are running high between European Union and UK negotiators after the UK said it was prepared to break international law in the row over the UK's Brexit treaty.
Migrants wearing masks gather outside the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos during a major fire there on September 9, 2020. Photo: AFP / Manolis Lagoutaris
10:30 New Zealand's alert levels remain the same but change too
With the World Health Organization recording a record one-day rise in the number of new coronavirus infections - 307,930 cases reported over 24 hours - New Zealand's Cabinet has decided alert levels will continue at level 2.5 for Auckland and level 2 for the rest of the country until next week.
But the decision also includes some changes and social distancing is no longer required on public transport including buses, trains and planes.
Karyn catches up with Otago University's epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker about these decisions, as well as and asking how best to observe the alert level behaviours and remind us why we're doing what we're doing.
University of Otago epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker Photo: University of Otago Wellington / Luke Pilkinton-Ching
10:45 Wasps wake up for spring across Aotearoa
We're coming into spring and along with the blooming trees and rising temperatures, there are also wasps! Every spring wasps rise from the winter and make their way around the country.
Wasps are a problem predator in Aotearoa and we're often not as aware of the threat posed by wasps as we are aware of stoats and possums.
Karyn speaks with author and science writer Dave Hansford who's taken a long hard look at wasps in New Zealand.
Photo: Auckland Council / Jay Farnworth
