The top of Northland remains at Alert Level 3 after fears that Covid-19 is spreading undetected in Northland.

In the same time, an Otago University research into Covid-19 vaccination rates found that numbers are significantly lower in rural areas than in urban areas.

Dr Kyle Eggleton is the Associate Dean of Rural Health from the Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care at the University of Auckland.  He is also a Northland GP with a Maori health provider.  He spoke to Justin Wong.

New Zealand has joined an international pledge that promises to reduce methane emissions over the next decade but no methane reduction policies and targets would not be changed.

The pledge, which was announced earlier this week during COP 26 in Glasgow, promises to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30 percent from 2020 levels by 2030, but each country doesn’t have to meet that target individually.

Climate Change Minister James Shaw spoke to Justin Wong.

Justin spoke to Climate Change Minister James Shaw on New Zealand joining an international pledge to reduce methane emissions.

International Desk also reports on COP26, with India pledging to become net zero by 2070.

Justin spoke to Dr Kyle Eggleton of Auckland University of Covid-19 in rural Northland.

He also talked to the University of Auckland's Dr Andrew Chen on Facebook shutting down its facial recognition technology.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced at COP26 that the country would introduce a target of net zero emissions by 2070, despite it being 20 years later than the US and UK, and 10 years later than Russia and China's targets.

Siddanth Prasad is an assistant professor at the Jindal School of Environment and Sustainability at the O.P. Jindal Global University.  He spoke to Justin Wong

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced at COP26 that the country would introduce a target of net zero emissions by 2070, despite it being 20 years later than the US and UK, and 10 years later than Russia and China's targets.

Siddanth Prasad is an assistant professor at the Jindal School of Environment and Sustainability at the O.P. Jindal Global University.  He spoke to Justin Wong

I tēnei ata Professor Jennifer Curtin keeps us in the loop with some Political Commentary; Sam Low chats about the wonderful wok on Breakfast Food; and Zac Arnold chats about the super special exciting rad SRN Awards! Whakarongo mai! 

Sam gives us a tools of the trade special about the journey of the wonderful wok. Whakarongo mai! 

Jennifer keeps us in the loop with what's happening with COVID-19 alert levels in New Zealand, all things COP26, and what's the deal with Australia and France. Whakarongo mai! 

Wooooohoo! A very exciting bit of news this morning: the inaugral Student Radio Network Awards is happening on the 11th of December! To tell us all about the project, we caught up with ol' mate Zac Arnold (Naked PR) to chat about it. Whakarongo mai nei!