Lately

In August the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change gave humanity a code red alert, and told us the Earth could be just 10 years from heating by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. Political economist… Read more Audio

Today cabinet agreed to make the Pfizer vaccine available for 12-15 year-olds. The decision is being celebrated by Dr Andrew Miller who is a strong advocate for vaccinating children. He joins the show… Read more Audio

Employers and Manufacturers chief executive, Brett O'Riley says the process to apply for the wage subsidy has changed quite a bit since last year. Employers can apply for it from Friday, using this… Read more Audio

Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about the media moving back into Covid emergency mode; a business editor slapping down the 'Covid complainers'-  and a truly… Read more Audio

We're now hearing that there are likely to be as many as 120 cases in this current Covid19 cluster. We're joined by Rodney Jones, one of several top statistical modellers who provides Covid-19… Read more Audio

With new knowledge that Covid-19 is airborne, Microbiologist Associate Professor Dr Siouxsie Wiles says we need to physically disconnect for a while. She joins us on Lately to talk about mask wearing… Read more Audio

Last night we talked to Taqi Amini who is a Hazaran Afghani in Auckland who is trying to help his wife's parents get out of Kabul. Tonight we're talking to Zahra Zahra Ashna who is in Kabul. She has… Read more Audio

Digital and ethics expert, Andrew Chen chats to Karyn about the wake-up call this latest community case presents. Dr Chen says he's worried that some people think they should be able to just use their… Read more Audio

The man who has tested positive for Covid-19 travelled between Auckland and Coromandel, returning two days ago - and has been praised for scanning continuously throughout the trip. That scanning has… Read more Audio

Epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker joins Karyn to answer your questions about the Delta variant and the latest positive case. Read more Audio

Did you ever see the lyrics of a song and get a surprise to see how different they were to what you thought the artist was singing? On tonight's Word segment, Professor Paul Warren from Victoria… Read more Audio

Karyn crosses live to London to speak to Rich Preston from BBC World, about the situation in Afghanistan, why an Eastern European country is proposing building a huge border fence, and a case that's… Read more Audio