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Music With Graeme Downes: Lou Reed - Rock 'n Roll Animal
Music commentator Graeme Downes joins Kathryn to share another live album and continues with his transformation theme of the last show. Today he breaks down two songs from Lou Reed's Rock 'n Roll… Audio
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SkyCity to strengthen balance sheet through share offer
The casino operator plans to raise $230 million in response to the uncertainty caused by Covid-19.
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Today's sports news: What you need to know
In today's sports news - Warriors pick up Roosters prop, England netball competition canned and no NBA showdown for Breakers.
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Music With Graeme Downes
Music correspondent Graeme Downes joins Kathryn to look at Bob Dylan's Hard Rain, Rolling Thunder Tour, keeping his live album theme going in a time of cancelled live gigs. Audio
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Legal action may seek to stop removal of Rotorua Airport's air traffic control services
Rotorua Airport is preparing last-ditch legal action to stop the removal of the airport's Air Traffic Control services.
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Coronavirus: Airways defends proposed air traffic control cuts
Airways New Zealand says passenger safety will be maintained if its proposal to remove air traffic services from seven regions goes ahead.
Airways, a state owned enterprise, wants to shut down its… Audio
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MBIE branch turnover high, but industry happy with performance
Rapid turnover of staff has been hampering a government agency that's crucial to the pandemic recovery.
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The long wait for Neil Young's Live at Massey Hall album
Music commentator Graeme Downes looks at why Neil Young's album, recorded in 1971, sat in limbo until 2007. He'll share some gems, including Old Man, Cowgirl in the Sand and A Man needs a Maid/Heart… Audio
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Covid-19: What happened on Easter Monday
On a day that a fifth person died from Covid-19 in New Zealand, a Southland nurse gained international attention for her outstanding care of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
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Call for NZ police help in probing West Papua killing
An Indonesian human rights expert has called for New Zealand police help after a deadly attack on mine company staff in West Papua.
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Air traffic plummets by 85 percent
Flight data shows air traffic has dropped 85 percent in the past seven days, compared with the same week last year.
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Covid-19: Prisoners in cells up to 23 hours a day - guards
Prison guards say they are having to confine prisoners to their cells for between 20 and 23 hours a day to manage physical distancing.
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Music With Graeme Downes
Graeme joins Kathryn to talk about The Who - and songs from their The Kids are Alright album. Graeme Downes is a musicologist and senior lecturer in the Department of Music at the University of Otago.
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On the backbenches: It’s in the DNA
Audio 29 Mar 2020National MP Denise Lee hangs in the backbenches of the debating chamber but says electorate work takes a more on the ground approach Audio
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On the backbenches: It’s in the DNA
National MP Denise Lee hangs in the backbenches of the debating chamber but says electorate work takes a more on the ground approach
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SkyCity casinos close immediately
SkyCity is working though the implications for its 4000 workers, as its Hamilton, Queenstown and Auckland establishments close immediately in light of the new Covid-19 regulations.
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Relief package eases pressure on airports, Airways
The aviation industry has welcomed the government's plans to halve all border fee increases as it struggles with the impact of Covid-19.
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SkyCity cuts profit forecast, warns of casino closures
On top of nearly halving its full year profit forecast, the gaming company says it might be forced to shut all its casinos because of Covid-19 coronavirus.
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Events continue to fall, but what about malls, casinos and churches?
Events around the country have continued to grind to a halt due to coronavirus, with more tumbling today from agriculture to theatre.
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The lure of a (good) live album
Music commentator Graeme Downes has been thinking about the number of live recordings he owns, and what makes a good live album. He shares some tunes from Tom Waits' Big Time and Glitter and Doom live… Audio
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The philosopher whose thoughts are being cancelled
Is Peter Singer one of the world's most influential philosophers, or an intellectual pariah? Audio
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The philosopher whose thoughts are being cancelled
Is Peter Singer one of the world's most influential philosophers, or an intellectual pariah?
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Adams second as Osei-Nketia wins 100m
New Zealand shot put star Dame Valerie Adams suffered a rare defeat on home soil, finishing second at the Sir Graeme Douglas international.
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SkyCity reports drop in underlying profit amid challenging times
Large insurance payouts and proceeds from an asset sale have lifted the half year profit of the gaming company.
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Week in politics: Fighting talk from Peters
Analysis - Winston Peters comes out swinging after Simon Bridges rules out working with NZ First post-election and National's leader ruffles feathers at Waitangi.
