Covid 19

New South Wales Police are calling in the defence force to help them close the border with Victoria for the first time in more than a century, as Covid-19 cases surge in the southern state.

With 127… Audio

Vitamin D has a limited lifespan in the body, so do we need a top up in winter? And if so, just how much do we need? Dr Pamela von Hurst joins the show to discuss how to get your daily dose. Audio

Tony Burrows, otherwise known as 'the man of 1000 voices', sang on around 100 top 20 hits during the 60s and 70s. But it was his novelty hit 'Gimme Dat Ding' with The Pipkins that made its way to the… Video, Audio

There are more than 10 million Covid cases around the world and climbing - and more than half a million dead so far.  New South Wales won’t take flights from neighbouring Victoria right now. But there… Audio

Why do some diseases spread while others fail to take hold? Adam Kucharski studies the mathematics of contagion: predicting patterns of transmission for outbreaks including Ebola, Zika and now… Audio

From tomorrow lockdown measures will be eased in the UK. Karyn catches up with our UK correspondent Olly Barratt about the new rules.  Audio

The government's wage subsidy bill has now topped 12 billion dollars - with Wilson Parking among the companies to receive more money through the latest round of payments. Wilson's latest claim is for… Video, Audio

The former chief science advisor, Sir Peter Gluckman, the former prime minister Helen Clark and former Air New Zealand chief executive Rob Fyfe have co-authored a paper saying keeping the country… Video, Audio

Victoria's premier is warning more suburbs in and around Melbourne could go back into lockdown if cases of Covid-19 remain high. Audio

The state of Victoria has recorded another 66 cases of Covid-19 today. The number of active cases in the state is now at 442 - and 23 people are in hospital. A lockdown is in force in more than 30… Audio

Queenstown's mayor says plans for isolating people in his district will need to be bulletproof before he'll back them. Yesterday the government announced it was looking to the resort town and Dunedin… Audio

How two multi-millionaires, two pandemic futurists, Air NZ's former boss, a dairy executive on a break, a retired anaesthetist (and a few others) nearly saved New Zealand Audio

It's been a buzz to see a concept you came up with taken up by your government and others around the world, says Dr Tristram Ingham, creator of the term 'bubble'. He tells Jesse Mulligan he first came… Audio

Guyon Espiner talks with Emily St John Mandel, Clementine Ford and Merepeka Raukawa-Tait

In this episode; society. Do we want to go back to our pre-Covid lives? Produced by Justin Gregory, Guyon Espiner, Claire Eastham-Farrelly, Tim Watkin and Veronica Schmidt. Audio

Moa bones are expected to get greater protection under new proposals announced today. The government is proposing to create regulations under the Wildlife Act to ban the sale of moa bones and other… Video, Audio

National leader Todd Muller has brought Simon Bridges back into the fold - giving him the foreign affairs portfolio he was after - however he's kept him low in the party rankings. Mr Muller announced… Audio

It reads like a bad movie script - allegations of spying, claims of misappropriated funds and Hungarian bank accounts. This afternoon the Government announced it will not make further payments to… Audio

There are fears for the mental health of seasonal workers from the Pacific Islands stuck in Hawke's Bay because of the pandemic. More than 1500 workers are still in the region....and with little paid… Video, Audio

Our managed isolation hotels are too posh and returnees should not be treated like hotel guests with luxuries like free menu choices and drycleaning. That's the verdict from New Zealand woman Toni… Audio