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9:38 AM.Banks have been asked by the government to help implement a number of measures to ease the burden on New Zealanders, including a six month deferral on mortgage repayments and offering $500,000 loans… Read more Audio

9:27 AM.What's likely to happen to the economy when the lockdown is lifted and the Covid-19 pandemic has started to subside? Economist Brad Olsen joins Kathryn Ryan to talk about the different scenarios and… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Cabinet will today consider what the trigger for exiting level four might be and has been seeking advice from business advisory groups. Businesses large and small around the country are wondering how… Read more Audio

11:53 AM.Comedians Pinky Agnew and James Elliott look for humour over the past week, including the meandering goats which have taken over the Welsh town of Llandudno, during Covid-19 lockdown. Read more Audio

11:43 AM.Wondering how to look after your own hair in lockdown? Proceed with caution, say the professionals. Read more Audio

11:32 AM.Sam talks to Kathryn about how the changing media landscape will impact on sport. This includes the axe falling on Radio Sport and Trackside radio has suspended everything but simulcast of races. Read more Audio

11:10 AM.From lockdown, Jeremy Taylor brings us a new song from Bob Dylan, Aimee Mann's classic 'Magnolia' soundtrack, plus Flying Nun reissuing, digitally, Andrew Brough's post Straitjacket Fits debut as… Read more Audio

10:31 AM.Is your family in the clutches of Covid-19 cabin fever? We have some suggestions for simple indoor fun from Myfanwy Jones and Spiri Tsintziras' award-winning book Parlour Games for Modern Families. Read more Video, Audio

10:07 AM.Supermarkets across the country are working hard towards keeping shelves stocked as people focus on keeping their pantries fuller than usual. Read more Audio

9:50 AM.A look at the effect of Covid-19 throughout the Asian continent, including the impact on India, Indonesia, Nepal, Also, it is the fourth consecutive month of work from home measures in Hong Kong, with… Read more Audio

9:42 AM.Hauraki Gulf island dwellers say lockdown-flouting boaties are putting them at risk. There are a large number of people self isolating on their boats and then coming onshore on gulf islands including… Read more Audio

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Dr Clair Mills is Médecins Sans Frontières' Medical Director, formerly Medical Officer of Health for Northland DHB.  She joins Kathryn Ryan from head quarters in… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.The building and construction industry is warning of collapse unless it's given special dispensation to continue. Infrastructure New Zealand says building companies are in a critical condition and… Read more Audio

11:26 AM.Parenting coach, author, and mum-of-two Sharlene Poole has tips for parenting toddlers during the lockdown. Her new book, Toddler Whispering, covers everything from sleeping, eating, and toilet… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Technology Mark Pesce looks at the highly strained boundary between public health and privacy - citing the visual tracking of the mobile phones of people who attended a Spring Break party in Florida… Read more Audio

10:44 AM.Louise Ward of Wardini Books reviews Hello Strange by Pamela Morrow, published by Penguin Books New Zealand. A fast-paced, future-fiction action romance, from an Aotearoa New Zealand author with a… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.The German company, Bauer which publishes many magazine titles, including the Listener and the New Zealand Woman's Weekly, Metro, and North and South - has shut down its operations here citing the… Read more Audio

10:18 AM.The first head of the Auckland Space Centre has won an award for demonstrating new technologies that could catch and reduce space debris. Guglielmo Aglietti joins Kathryn to talk about that research… Read more Audio

10:08 AM.UK correspondent Harriet Line joins Kathryn to look at the UK's increase in Covid cases - up 4,324 since yesterday. Wimbledon is cancelled for the first time since World War II. Read more Audio

9:49 AM.Restrictions on moving freight means containers cannot be unloaded, clogging up storage areas and trucks moving essential goods around the country are returning full fresh air, the Road Transport… Read more Audio

9:34 AM.A nationwide budgeting service wants online payday lenders shuttered during the country's lockdown period amid concern people desperate for money will turn to loan sharks. An interest rate cap on… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Businesses struggling during the Covid-19 crisis will now be able to apply for a loan from a $6.2b scheme being backed by the government. Nine banks have been approved to offer the loans of up to… Read more Audio