All episodes
Thursday, 7 May 2020
- 9:08 COVID 19 elimination 'all about good data'
- 9:40 The even longer road to the next Olympics
- 9:53 How will the UK lift its lockdown
- 10:10 Our bubble kitchen locking down in Rotorua
- 10:55 Book review - Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
- 11:06 What will Microsoft's NZ move mean for local business?
- 11:30 Child psychologist Dr Sarah Hughes - Parenting Made Simple
- 11:47 One Lane Bridge, What We Do In The Shadows, Beastie Boys Story
Wednesday, 6 May 2020
- 9:09 Policing under level 2: Andrew Coster
- 9:25 Legal obligation to consider green Covid-stimulus spending
- 9:35 Why "shovel-ready" not good enough on its own
- 9:42 Faint praise for midwives?
- 9:50 How quickly is Australia opening back up for business?
- 10:06 Verified podcast creator Susanne Reber
- 10:36 Book review - Aue by Becky Manawatu
- 11:07 NZ Music Month and Taite Prize winner Troy Kingi
- 11:26 From bowls to brocolli Jess Barnes
- 11:47 Covid infection studies, and giant 'murder hornet' in the US
Tuesday, 5 May 2020
- 9:08 Big investors echo calls for sustainable recovery
- 9:41 Unprecedented food parcel requests
- 9:53 USA correspondent Susan Davis
- 10:06 The Yield, using language as a window to a people
- 10:38 Book review - A Good Neighbourhood by Therese Anne Fowler
- 11:06 Unexpected casualties of economic slowdown
- 11:32 Frustrated? Find your inner lumberjack and throw an axe!
- 11:45 Media commentator Andrew Holden
Monday, 4 May 2020
- 9:08 How can we stave off a fresh wave of Covid job losses?
- 9:44 Sensing predators, now fever
- 9:53 EU leaders call for global Covid response
- 10:06 Saucing the right books for hungry customers
- 10:39 Book review - Gulliver’s Wife by Lauren Chater
- 11:06 Political commentators Hooton & Mills
- 11:35 Chutney maker Pa Hill Produce
- 11:49 Coping with Covid at home with a half-built kitchen
Friday, 1 May 2020
- 9:08 Pharma Covid-19 plea to government 'let us help'
- 9:30 Wage subsidy scrutiny: Are some businesses rorting the system?
- 9:44 Wage subsidy alternative 'student loan style'?
- 9:54 Measuring household chaos, scientifically !
- 10:06 Asia correspondent Elizabeth Beattie
- 10:12 Putting Kiwi crime fiction on the map - Craig Sisterson
- 10:43 Book review - Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Too
- 11:07 New music with Jeremy Taylor
- 11:32 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
- 11:50 The week that was
Thursday, 30 April 2020
- 9:08 Covid-19 vaccine strategy needed, scientists say
- 9:43 One third of commercial rents unpaid last month
- 9:55 Boris Johnson welcomes new baby, Covid death toll hits 26,000
- 10:07 Five daily habits for a better sleep
- 10:39 Book review - The Burning River by Lawrence Patchett
- 11:07 Home-grown cyber attacks increase under lockdown
- 11:26 What? Where? When? Why preschoolers need to ask questions
- 11:50 Too Hot to Handle, Love is Blind, Cheer
Wednesday, 29 April 2020
- 9:09 Should retirement nesteggs be easier to acess in hardship?
- 9:30 Funeral directors want flexibility for families
- 9:45 Health premiums under spotlight amid Covid 19 stoppages
- 9:51 Two million Australians download contact tracing app
- 10:07 The Best and the Worst Journey in the World: Sarah Airriess
- 10:41 Book review - Black Art of Killing by Matthew Hall
- 11:06 The long wait for Neil Young's Live at Massey Hall album
- 11:29 Pacific families' safety fears level 3 return to work
- 11:48 The legality of the lockdown
Tuesday, 28 April 2020
- 9:09 Contact tracing under scrutiny
- 9:22 Tools up: Construction starts under Level 3
- 9:44 Banks ask borrowers increasingly tough questions
- 9:51 US correspondent Ron Elving
- 10:07 Francesca Cunninghame: saving rare chicks in the Galapagos
- 10:38 Book review - Defending Trinity College Dublin
- 11:07 Political commentators Hooton & Jones
- 11:36 Kiwi science stories from the shopping trolley
- 11:48 Future of local media in the spotlight
Friday, 24 April 2020
- 9:07 Media lifeline? Government promises more help
- 9:34 Business advice for firms struggling with Covid-19 crisis
- 9:53 Is the Covid curve flattening in the Pacific?
- 10:10 A portrait of 1960's provincial New Zealand
- 10:40 Book review - The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
- 11:07 Music reviewer Grant Smithies
- 11:32 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman - Rugby's Raelene resigns
- 11:47 The week that was with te Radar & Irene Pink
Thursday, 23 April 2020
- 9:09 Can New Zealand's climate policy survive Covid-19?
- 9:30 As pokies fall quiet, millions dry up for community groups
- 9:41 Out of lockdown and into water restrictions
- 9:50 PM's continuing absence, Labour leader's PMQ debut
- 10:07 Ray Collins: From coal miner to ocean photographer
- 10:36 Book review - And How Are You, Dr. Sacks?
- 11:07 Contact tracing apps, cheap iPhones and the tech we need
- 11:27 Matt Stanton: creative boredom busters for kids
- 11:47 Hillary, Mrs America, Bad Education
Wednesday, 22 April 2020
- 9:09 Covid and cancer, treatment & diagnosis
- 9:23 Hospitals waiting for the post Covid-19 surge
- 9:35 Witheld millions for General Practice will cause cutbacks
- 9:46 Making sense of historically low oil prices
- 10:10 Covid-curve flattens, no bailout for Virgin Australia
- 10:21 Immunity: our sixth sense, Dr Jenna Macciochi
- 11:06 Book review - Queen Bee by Jane Fallon
- 11:10 Songs to cure the lockdown blues
- 11:29 First South Island Tuatara hatchlings in hundreds of years
- 11:48 Testing the Covid tests, and how lemurs attract the girls
Tuesday, 21 April 2020
- 9:09 Covid-19. Getting ready for what comes next
- 9:29 Carnage for some cafes, restaurants and bars
- 9:37 Shopping to resume - but not as we know it
- 9:48 Businesses hurting but support extension of L4: EMA
- 9:52 Concern about growing migrant crisis in Queenstown
- 10:07 Turning Tiger King into a comic book
- 10:40 Book review - What Stars are Made Of by Sarah Allen
- 11:06 What a staged reopening of the economy will look like
- 11:27 Covid 19: global mobility and immigration
- 11:47 Media commentator Andrew Holden - ongoing media turbulence
Monday, 20 April 2020
- 9:08 Extreme caution advised on lockdown D Day
- 9:30 The future of aviation post Covid
- 9:54 EU look to ease lockdowns, Putin - Russia 'under control'
- 10:06 Lifting their game: Jody Hamilton & Tyler Taurima-Brown
- 10:40 Book review - What Sort of Man by Breton Dukes
- 11:09 Political commentators Jones & Sherson
- 11:36 Quick and easy family meals
- 11:48 How Covid-19 could reshape our urban environment
Friday, 17 April 2020
- 9:08 Level 4 to level 3 - What is the data telling us?
- 9:42 Transforming teaching and learning online
- 9:53 Asia correspondent Elizabeth Beattie
- 10:07 Jacinta Ruru on bringing Tikanga Māori into legal education
- 10:44 Book review - A Thousand Moons by Sebastian Barry
- 11:06 NZ researchers trialling Covid-19 drug treatment options
- 11:23 New music with Jeremy Taylor
- 11:36 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
- 11:51 The week that was
Thursday, 16 April 2020
- 9:08 Watchdog to inspect aged care facilities as deaths rise
- 9:26 How are university students coping in lock-down?
- 9:49 Mental health services - rising demand and distancing issues
- 10:06 Fears Covid-19 death toll higher in UK rest homes
- 10:15 Patrick Gale: Family secrets, hidden lives
- 10:41 Book review - Adults by Emma Jane Unsworth
- 11:10 Cell tower attacks - as if we don't have enough to deal with
- 11:26 Lucy Hone: don't let gloom steal your hope
- 11:47 New local content produced under lockdown
Wednesday, 15 April 2020
- 9:07 Business community reacts to rescue package
- 9:38 Lockdown lessons from prison : Dr Paul Wood
- 9:52 Covid party rumour retracted, plea to save Virgin Australia
- 10:07 Steve Halligan: no spoke in his wheel
- 10:41 Book review - The One That Got Away by Jennifer Palgrave
- 11:07 Music With Charlotte Ryan
- 11:29 Gardening as an antidote to cabin fever
- 11:46 'Museum beyond walls' becomes a reality
Tuesday, 14 April 2020
- 9:09 Schools set to start term two - online
- 9:21 Grant Robertson on Treasury forecasts
- 9:32 Climate change advisor urges care over economy
- 9:49 US correspondent Ron Elving - Dr Fauci falls foul of President
- 10:07 Anne Tyler. Red Head at the Side of the Road
- 10:40 Book review - One of Them by Michael Cashman
- 11:08 Political commentators Hooton & Mills
- 11:35 Alcohol: A dangerous love affair?
- 11:51 Nature watching with kids
Thursday, 9 April 2020
- 9:09 Some service stations face closure as trade plummets
- 9:20 Contact tracing technology. What are the privacy pitfalls?
- 9:36 The race to find a vaccine. Johnson & Johnson
- 9:52 Boris Johnson 'sitting up' in bed as UK covid deaths hit 7000
- 10:07 Bones' crime writer and forensic anthropologist Dr Kathy Reichs
- 10:38 Book review - Halibut on the Moon by David Vann
- 11:07 1000 student volunteers ready to shop for the elderly
- 11:19 What's up with Zoom, IRD's computer is off for Easter
- 11:29 Five tips for running a harmonious bubble
- 11:47 How to crochet an Easter basket
- 11:52 The week that was
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
- 9:09 Chief Science advisor: How and when we exit alert level four
- 9:30 Lockdown load: How's our internet holding up?
- 9:39 Australia begins testing potential COVID-19 vaccines
- 9:52 BNZ extends its Community Finance programme
- 10:07 What to do with the Ruby Princess, and George Pell walks free
- 10:15 Nathan Filer: schizophrenia
- 10:39 Book review - Grandmothers edited by Helen Elliott
- 11:07 Music to watch, listen and learn in lockdown
- 11:31 New TV show giving Kōhanga Reo some DIY-love
- 11:49 New studies emerge into Covid-19
Tuesday, 7 April 2020
- 9:09 Data scientist says today could be turning point
- 9:19 Covid-19 tracing plea: 'Don't let lockdown be in vain'
- 9:35 Thousands of jobs at risk in the franchise sector
- 9:52 ASB chief: 'Honest conversations' needed
- 10:07 USA correspondent Susan Davis
- 10:17 Sally Rippin: Billy B Brown turns 10
- 10:40 Book review - Sharks in the Time of Saviours
- 11:07 Boris Johnson in ICU
- 11:19 Business commentator Rod Oram
- 11:35 Stansborough: a warming woolly tale
- 11:50 Media commentator Andrew Holden
Monday, 6 April 2020
- 9:08 Businesses under strain on day 12 of level 4
- 9:27 Post covid economic recovery
- 9:38 Westpac CEO on Covid uncertainty
- 9:52 Africa correspondent, Debora Patta
- 10:09 The farmers turning to growing hemp seed
- 10:41 Book review - The Bell in the Lake by Lars Mytting
- 11:06 Political commentators Hooton & Mills
- 11:38 Food: Getting kids in the kitchen during lockdown
- 11:50 WFH: Lockdown can teach us about fairer work practices
Friday, 3 April 2020
- 9:09 Re-building during lock-down
- 9:31 MSF: fighting a virus without borders
- 9:42 Hauraki Gulf residents fume at lockdown-flouting boaties
- 9:50 Asia correspondent Elizabeth Beattie
- 10:07 Supermarket issues: pricing, queues, online deliveries
- 10:31 Parlour games for the bubble!
- 10:43 Book review - Sado by Mikaela Nyman
- 11:10 New music with Jeremy Taylor
- 11:32 Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
- 11:43 Tips for the DIY haircut
- 11:53 The week that was - Welsh goats refuse to be locked down
Thursday, 2 April 2020
- 9:09 Kiwibank on business loans: 'Talk to us early'
- 9:34 Fincap wants brakes on payday lenders during Covid-19 lockdown
- 9:49 Trucking industry says supply chain at risk
- 10:08 UK Covid deaths up to 2352, Wimbledon cancelled
- 10:18 Auckland Uni professor takes home 'Oscar' of the space sector
- 10:35 Bauer media to close, magazines to go
- 10:44 Book review - Hello Strange by Pamela Morrow
- 11:07 Tech during Covid brings out the bad, the ugly...and the good
- 11:26 Toddler Whispering. Sharlene Poole
- 11:51 Cinemas closed_ No problem. The new way to watch what's new
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
- 9:07 Modelling the Covid-19 virus
- 9:28 Covid-19. Pharmacists feeling financial strain
- 9:34 Immigration Minister outlines visa changes to help workforce
- 9:49 Zoom. A national security threat?
- 9:54 Australia spends $200b on economic welfare during Covid
- 10:07 5700 approach ANZ for homeloan help
- 10:20 Photographing Queensland, Gary Cranitch
- 10:41 Book review - Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
- 11:06 Music With Graeme Downes
- 11:28 A history of Scott Base's early years
- 11:47 What's the legal basis for the lockdown