Covid 19

Alice Cooper is a survivor in every sense of the word, having given up an addiction to alcohol and cocaine almost 40 years ago Now at 73-years-old, Alice is still beating the odds, having recently… Video, Audio

Stacey Colino is the co-author of Emotional Inflammation: Discover your Triggers and Reclaim Your Equilibrium During Anxious Times. She likens emotional inflammation to living in a snow globe that's… Audio

Laurie Woolever met Anthony Bourdain in 2002, when she was hired to edit and test the recipes for his Les Halles Cookbook. In 2017 the pair discussed writing a travel guide. After his untimely death… Audio

Kiwi Patrick Emanuel is a pathologist who is based in Lima. We've spoken to him before about the situation with Covid-19 in Peru, and now things are looking bad there with next door neighbours Brazil… Audio

Joining the Weekend Panel this morning are Mike Williams and Lavina Good. They discuss NZ Rugby's alternative to the Silver Lakes deal, the police position on speed tolerance, and the possibility of… Audio

Lisa Fletcher moved to Kathmandu with her husband, Leighton, and their children, Annabel and Elliot, in 2019. Eight months later the pandemic struck, and now Nepal, like India, is in the midst of a… Audio

US correspondent Karen Kasler joins the show to discuss the big stories of the week, including Joe Biden's assertion that Israel has a right to defend itself and issues with growing migrant numbers at… Audio

For his new book, Michael Lewis, author of The Big Short, has turned his attention to the US's initial response to Covid-19. Audio

Covid-19 cases have been spreading through the Everest Base Camp as Nepal deals with a surging outbreak of the virus. Despite this, there has been a record number of climbing permits issued as the… Video, Audio

There has been a lot of coverage about the devastating impact of Covid-19 in India, But what about neighbouring Nepal? Raj Maharjan is the founding President of the 'Help Nepal Network New Zealand'… Audio

The vaccine rollout and how New Zealand can attract high skilled workers are among the topics being hashed out at a business conference in Auckland today. The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, along with… Audio

The Director-General of Health has revealed students 12 years and older could get their Covid-19 jabs in a school-based vaccination prorgramme starting at the end of Term 3.

And in a pre-Budget… Video, Audio

The Immigration Minister was shouted down at a rally of unhappy migrants today, as he revealed he couldn't give them the answers they were after in their bid to loosen border restrictions.

A crowd of… Video, Audio

The Ministry of Health is warning the team of five million to prepare for a new norm even when most of the population is fully vaccinated and the borders start reopening to more low risk countries.

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A top public health professor says New Zealand will need to change its Covid-19 elimination strategy as our borders open to more high-risk countries.

Today the Prime Minister outlined expectations… Video, Audio

New Zealand has been accused of selfishly overbuying Covid-19 vaccines in a WHO-commissioned report.

It also called out the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and the EU for securing enough vaccine to cover… Audio

New Zealand families separated by the Covid-19 pandemic are crying out to know when they might be able to reunite.

In a speech titled 'Reconnecting to the World', the Prime Minister offered no… Audio

Eric Crampton, Chief Economist at the New Zealand Initiative joins us once again. Tonight he's asking if the idea to void vaccine patents will improve worldwide access to a covid vaccine in reality… Audio

Public sector unions are claiming a government backdown on its promised pay freeze after a massive backlash.

Both sides were locked in crisis talks today - emerging this afternoon with some sort of… Audio

Pasifika youth are demanding more engagement in the government's Covid-19 response. Audio