The annual Privacy Week has begun in New Zealand. Karyn speaks with the Privacy Commissioner, John Edwards, about the new Privacy Act 2020 coming into effect in December.

This year's Melbourne Cup has been overshadowed by the death of one of the pre-race favourites, Anthony van Dyk, which broke its fetlock in the final straight of the race and had to be euthanised. Karyn speaks Elio Celotto - one of the organisers of the 'Say Nup to the Cup' campaign run by the Coalition for Protection of Racehorses in Melbourne.

The Health Ministry has confirmed a second worker at the Sudima Hotel managed isolation facility in Christchurch has tested postive for Covid-19 tonight. The person is a close workplace contact of the health worker who returned a positive test yesterday. Both people came into contact with some of the 31 international fishing crew who are infected with the virus and remain in quarantine at the hotel. Karyn speaks with Professor Shaun Hendy from University of Auckland, who's leading the team modelling how Covid-19 might spread in New Zealand.

There have been celebrations and commiserations today - with the initial results of the two referendums released. Preliminary results of the referendum on the End of Life Choice Act show 65-point-1-percent of voters in favour of the legislation and 33-point-8-percent opposed. However, the Cannabis Legislation and Control Bill is unlikely to become law: the vote in that referendum is 46-point-1-percent in favour and 53-point-1 opposed.

The New Plymouth District Council has today voted to extend a freedom camping ban to Corbett Park, which is next to Oakura Pa. The council also extended the ban to two areas at Tongaporutu in North Taranaki and limited the freedom camping to six carparks at Battiscombe Terrace in Waitara. This is welcome news to members of the Nga Mahanga a Tairi Hapū, as Corbett Park is right next to Oakura Pa. The hapu says having freedom camping so close to the pa was distressing, and monitoring of the existing bylaw was totally inadequate. Jacqui King is a member of Ngā Māhanga a Tairi.

The US Senate has confirmed Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. She was President Donald Trump's choice to fill the spot left open by the death of liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsberg. The confirmation of her place on the Supreme Court has divided the senate, with Democrats insisting the position should not be filled until after the election on November the third. Professor Alex Tan is the Head of Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Canterbury.

An expert who's been watching how many Kiwis are using the Covid tracing app says while the numbers are up - still more people need to record their movements. Today the Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said the app has had 100 million scans. Over the long Labour Weekend, there were 850 thousands scans per day. This is up on the regular average of six hundred thousand. However, Dr Bloomfield has called for people to increase their use of the app. Dr Andrew Chen is from Auckland University's Centre for Informed Futures - Koi Tu.

Karyn talks about the final US presidential election debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic contender Joe Biden

The message is clear - and you may have even received a reminder text on your phone - we're to treat this Labour Weekend as a test run for Christmas.

This week in the Rest is History - following Labour's historic win in the election over the weekend, we take a look at previous historic elections for the party. Political historian Michael Bassett joins the programme to talk about the 1935 election, when Labour won for the first time, and the following election in 1938 - both times under the leadership of Michael Joseph Savage.