Lately for Friday 4 June 2021

10:20 Hong Kong police cordon off Victoria Park on Tiananmen anniversary

Hong Kong police have shut off parts Victoria Park - where tens of thousands usually gather to commemorate China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.

Police had banned the usually annual vigil for the second  year in a row, citing Covid-19 concerns.

But residents had still planned to visit the park to pay their respects to the dead.

Tom Grundy is editor-in-chief at the Hong Kong Free Press

 

10:30 Lego extravaganza in Palmerston North

This weekend Palmerston North is being treated to a Lego-extravaganza.

Brickcon is on at the Arena this Saturday and Sunday.

It's possibly the biggest Lego convention able to take place in the world - due to Covid-19 restrictions.

Al Collis is the organiser.

 

10:45 Ancient pottery reveals clues to how people migrated to the Pacific

New research suggests what we thought we knew about how early Polynesians arrived in the south Pacific, might not be quite right.

Auckland University's Associate Professor Ethan Cochrane has challenged previous migration theories with ground-breaking new research.