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10:20 New Zealand Olympians rack up more Tokyo medals

It's a big day for New Zealand Olympians in Tokyo today from Lisa Carrington's latest gold medal in the canoeing to Ellesse Andrew's silver in the keirin cycling event. Karyn Hay crosses to RNZ's Maja Burry for the latest and what's coming up in these final days of the Olympics.

Lisa Carrington. Olympic Gold Medal K1 500. New Zealand. Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Canoe Sprint at the Sea Forest Waterway, Tokyo, Japan, Thursday 5 August 2021. Mandatory credit: © Steve McArthur / www.photosport.nz

Photo: PhotoSport / Steve McArthur

10:30 Covid-19's Delta variant is spreading rapidly

Australia's state of Victoria heads into a snap seven day lock down at 10pm NZ time tonight as Sydney records its latest daily high of 262 new cases and in Tokyo more than 5,000 new cases have been reported today. Karyn catches up with epidemiologist, Professor Michael Baker to talk about the Delta variant and New Zealand's rollout of the pfizer vaccine.

A man passes a sign encouraging people to stay home in Melbourne on May 28, 2021, as the city's residents returned to a seven day lockdown to curb the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. (Photo by William WEST / AFP)

Photo: AFP

10:45 The Rest is History: Surfing in New Zealand

Surfing is one of six sports that made their debut at the Olympics this year, along with softball, baseball, sport climbing, skateboarding and karate as the Games looked to capture a new youth market. Professor Belinda Wheaton from Waikato University has co-written a book called Action Sports and the Olympic Games and she joins Karyn to talk about the history of surfing.

Billy Stairmand (NZL) during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Men's Surfing at Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach, Japan on Monday 26th July 2021. Photo: Sean Evans / ISA Surf

Photo: ISA Surf 2021 / Sean Evan