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Travel deadline extended by 24hrs with hundreds still stranded in Queenstown
The government has extended by 24 hours the time for people to return home on Air New Zealand flights or on the Interislander. Audio
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Quentin Johnson reviews In love with Hell by William Palmer
Quentin Johnson reviews In love with Hell by William Palmer, published by Hachette. Audio
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Māori communities swing into action as health professionals sound warning
Māori health professionals are warning of the threat the Covid-19 Delta variant could pose for Māori and Pasifika communities, and are urging more to be done to address equity when the vaccine rollout…
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Book review: Ten Acceptable Acts of Arson
Luke Finnegan reviews Ten Acceptable Acts of Arson, and other very short stories by Jack Remiel Cottrell, published by Canterbury University Press. Audio
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Over 300 people fined for breach of Covid-19 restrictions as death-toll climbs in Fiji
590 new cases and 11 deaths have been confirmed in 24 hours as police issue 310 public health infringement notices.
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Government announces nationwide level-4 lockdown
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced an alert-level 4 lockdown starting at 11.59pm tonight for seven days in Auckland and Coromandel, and three days elsewhere.
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Long Long Players, Writers on the Albums That Shaped Them
Chris Tse reviews Long Long Players, Writers on the Albums That Shaped Them by Tom Gatti, published by Bloomsbury Audio
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Book review: The Turnout by Megan Abbott
Lisa Finucane reviews The Turnout by Megan Abbott, published by Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand. Audio
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Australia's Covid-19 crisis reaches new level as all of NSW goes into lockdown
Analysis - In New South Wales it's the first day of a state wide lockdown after new Covid-19 cases were discovered in the rural parts of the state, but Catherine Taylor asks whether that will be…
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'Nearly at breaking point': Health staffing under pressure from MIQ facilities
The government has confirmed it is investigating additional managed isolation facilities in a number of locations, including Rotorua.
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Book Review from Unity Books - Assembly by Natasha Brown
Briar Lawry of Unity Books Auckland reviews Assembly by Natasha Brown, published by Hamish Hamilton. Audio
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Book review - What You Made of It by C.K. Stead
Harry Ricketts reviews What You Made of It by C.K. Stead, published by AUP. Audio
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At the Movies for Wednesday, 11 August 2021
Dan Slevin is filling in for Simon Morris and watches three new movies in cinemas. He reviews the R-rated comic book caper The Suicide Squad; Coming Home in the Dark, a dark drama based on the short… Audio
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Movie review: The Suicide Squad
This reboot/sequel of DC's supervillain action-comedy again stars Margot Robbie. But unlike the first Suicide Squad movie of 2016, it's funny, smart and light on its feet, says Dan Slevin. Video, Audio
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Great Walks guides investigated for gaming the hut booking system
Six guided walk operators are under investigation to ensure they have not been gaming the Great Walks hut booking system.
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Book review: The Enemy Within by Tim Ayliffe
Sally Wenley reviews The Enemy Within by Tim Ayliffe, published by Simon & Schuster. Audio
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Book Critic: Catherine Ross
Diocesan School for Girls librarian Catherine Ross is looking at the theme of Graphic Novels for her review today. Audio
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Book review: Coastwatcher by David Hill
Mary Wadsworth of Dorothy Butler Children's Bookshop in Auckland reviews Coastwatcher by David Hill, published by Penguin Random House NZ. Audio
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Book review: The Piano Girls by Elizabeth Smither
Louise O'Brien reviews The Piano Girls by Elizabeth Smither, published by Quentin Wilson Publishing. Audio
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Roads closed, warnings in place as snow blankets South Island
A heavy snow warning is in place for many parts of both islands.
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Book review - Moth by Melody Razak
Kim Pittar from Muir's Independent Bookshop Gisborne reviews Moth by Melody Razak, published by Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand. Audio
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Coming Home in The Dark 26 years on
A famous kiwi short story 'Coming Home In the Dark' by Owen Marshall is appearing on screens next week as a feature film of the same name. It's based on the titular story of New Zealand short Story… Audio
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Book review - Mrs March by Virginia Feito
Catriona Ferguson reviews Mrs March by Virginia Feito, published by HarperCollins. Audio
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Book review - The Foghorn's Lament: The Disappearing Music of the Coast
Kiran Dass reviews The Foghorn's Lament: The Disappearing Music of the Coast by Jennifer Lucy Allan, published by White Rabbit. Audio
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Book review - Great Works by Oscar Mardell
Stella Chrysostomou of Volume Books in Nelson reviews Great Works by Oscar Mardell, published by Death of Workers Whilst Building Skyscrapers. Stella says: Oscar Mardell is an Auckland poet whose… Audio
