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Obongjayar from "Some Nights I Dream of Doors", Clubbing In The Time Of Cholera by Baby Zionov, Gay, Ugly and Hard to Understand by Black Dresses Audio

Olha Viazenko and her husband moved from Kiev to New Zealand four years ago. Her mother lives alone in Kiev and Olha has lost contact with her and is also worried for the plight of other family… Read more Audio

Jill Dougherty is an expert on Russia and the former Soviet Union and spent 30 years at CNN. She's in Moscow and talks about how the invasion of Ukraine is being explained inside Russia. Audio

St John is facing increased demand for its ambulance service. Dr Tony Smith joins us to talk more. Audio

In less than two hours New Zealand will enter phase three of its Omicron response. It is almost two years to the day when the first Covid-19 case was reported here on February 28 2020. Since then… Read more Audio

As New Zealand and some other countries look to ease Covid-19 restrictions Hong Kong is moving in the other direction. From Thursday it's compulsory to wear masks in parks and when you're exercising… Read more Audio

Geoffrey Miller is an international analyst at the Democracy Project at Victoria University in Wellington. Audio