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4:03 PM.A Japanese aquarium has put the call out for help with a very important mission: keeping its eels company. Turns out the spotted garden eels in the Sumida Aquarium in Tokyo have become people-shy… Read more Audio

4:03 PM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaking to the press gallery after a meeting of Cabinet today. Audio

3:53 PM.Panellists Jennie Morten and Jordan Carter share what they've been thinking about. Audio

4:51 PM.Recruitment company, Randstad, is offering advice on how businesses can operate during alert level changes and post COVID-19. Director Katherine Swan talks through what they are recommending. Audio

4:45 PM.US reporter Simon Hampton is based in New York and talks about what he sees unfolding before him. Audio

4:39 PM.Professor of Law Al Gillespie talks about the issues facing police and law enforcement with iwi checkpoints set up to protect communities. Police say they were fearing protests if they shut them down.

4:18 PM.WWF NZ Ceo Livia Esterhazy talks to the panel about how wildlife experts have been predicting the spread of zoonotic diseases because of the loss of habitat. Audio

4:10 PM.Otago University professor of Biochemistry, Kurt Krause, joins the discussion on the range of already existing drugs being tested for their effectiveness treating COVID-19. Audio

3:53 PM.Panellists Paula Penfold and Chester Borrows share what they've been thinking about. Audio

3:47 PM.Satirising celebrities who think they are helping during lockdown. Audio

4:53 PM.New Plymouth retiree, Trevor Hopkinson, bought a 3D printer to be a hobby when he stopped work. That's turned into an invaluable way to provide face masks to healthcare workers during the COVID… Read more Audio

4:47 PM.Popularity of cycling during lock down needs to be more inclusive of marginalised communities going forward. Auckland University Maori Health senior lecturer, Dr Rhys Jones explains how that can… Read more Audio

4:36 PM.There are increased calls for people facing financial difficulty as a result of Coronavirus to be able to draw upon their KiwiSaver. Martin Hawes, investment advisor and chairperson of Summer… Read more Audio

4:27 PM.Video chat app Zoom is helping people to connect while working from home, but it's also more draining than meeting with people in person, the science has been explained. Audio

4:20 PM.Clinical psychologist Jacqui Maguire talks about why we are so relaxed about social distancing in alert level 3 and why it's different to alert level 4 in our minds. Audio

4:08 PM.Former Dean of the Auckland medical School Professor Des Gorman says the way health services are commissoned purchased and funded must change. Audio

3:55 PM.Panellists Clare de Lore and Michael Moynahan share what they've been thinking about. Audio

3:49 PM.Online shopping appears to be becoming an increasingly tempting habit for many people stuck at home under lockdown with more time on their hands. Many purchases are practical and essential but others… Read more Audio

4:52 PM.As smaller businesses open up at alert level three to sell takeaway food, we check in with co-owner of Fush in Christchurch about how its gone after one day trading. Audio

4:44 PM.As the tourism tap is turned off, what kind of future is in store for Queenstown? Chief executive of Queenstown's Chamber of Commerce, Anna Mickell joins the discussion. Audio