Lately for Monday 3 May 2021

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10:20 A date for New Zealand's travel bubble with the Cook Islands

All going to plan, the travel bubble between New Zealand and the Cook Islands will begin in a fortnight on Monday 17 May. Karyn speaks with Kathrine Reid from Tivaevae Collectables in Rarotonga about this afternoon's announcement  that two-way travel will resume after more than a year of closed borders.  

Kathrine Reid's Tivaevae Collectables is looking forward to the travel bubble opening with New Zealand. Photo: www.weddingphotographerrarotonga.com

10.25 New Zealand's High Commission in Delhi causes Covid-19 offence

The New Zealand Government has apologised after the New Zealand High Commission tweeted begging the Indian Youth Congress for oxygen rather than the Indian Government. Karyn speaks with South Auckland GP, Dr Sapna Samant, about the grim impact of the coronavirus in India with more than 3500 deaths daily and the number of new cases topping 300-thousand daily for 10 days straight.

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10:30 London Calling - the BBC World Service

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10:45 Word: Professor Jennifer Hay

Tonight we start a new series, looking at words and how we use them, especially in our own, unique way, in 'New Zild' English. We look at how New Zealand English is changing and cover all the quirky things that linguists observe about the words we say and how we say them.  Jennifer Hay is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Canterbury, director of the New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour, and recent recipient of a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship. Her specialty is New Zealand pronunciation

Professor Jennifer Hay with researchers at the New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour Photo: Jennifer Hay