Lately for Monday 14 September 2020

10:20 London Calling: the latest from the BBC World Service

Audrey Tinline from the BBC's World Service gives an update on the fate of thousands of migrants after a fire destroys a huge refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos.

Audrey will talk about the coronavirus globally including the latest hotspots and the BBC collecting stories from around the world about the impact of Covid-19 on families.

Plus tempers are running high between European Union and UK negotiators after the UK said it was prepared to break international law in the row over the UK's Brexit treaty.

10:30    New Zealand's alert levels remain the same but change too

With the World Health Organization recording a record one-day rise in the number of new coronavirus infections - 307,930 cases reported over 24 hours - New Zealand's Cabinet has decided alert levels will continue at level 2.5 for Auckland and level 2 for the rest of the country until next week.

But the decision also includes some changes and social distancing is no longer required on public transport including buses, trains and planes.

Karyn catches up with Otago University's epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker about these decisions, as well as and asking how best to observe the alert level behaviours and remind us why we're doing what we're doing.

10:45 Wasps wake up for spring across Aotearoa 

We're coming into spring and along with the blooming trees and rising temperatures, there are also wasps! Every spring wasps rise from the winter and make their way around the country. 

Wasps are a problem predator in Aotearoa and we're often not as aware of the threat posed by wasps as we are aware of stoats and possums.

Karyn speaks with author and science writer Dave Hansford who's taken a long hard look at wasps in New Zealand.