Lately for Tuesday 10 August 2021

10:20 New South Wales' covid crisis deepens

In New South Wales they're in the middle of a Covid-19 crisis: 356 new cases found in the 24 hours to 8:00pm last night, and three more deaths.  Twenty-nine people have died from Covid-19 in the state. Tim Swanston is one of the ABC's designated 'red zone' reporters - he's been covering the Delta outbreak since day one - heading into the worst hit communities.

 

10:30 What can ordinary people do to curb climate change

It's a code red for humanity. Unless you've been living under a rock you'll know that last night the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a dire warning to the world about climate change. Human activity is changing the earth's climate in "unprecendented ways" with some of those changes now inevitable and irreversible.  Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Canterbury Professor Bronwyn Hayward is a member of the IPCC core writing team.

 

10:45 Hamilton local collecting old gadgets to donate to Philippine students in need

Ronan Yabut is asking New Zealanders to consider donating old technology to a good cause instead of throwing it away. Laptops are at the top of his list as he wants to send as many as he can back home to COVID-stricken Philippines to help students who are unable to attend school.