Australia has this week resumed its controversial deportation of New Zealanders after a hiatus due to Covid-19. Yesterday, 30 deportees arrived in Auckland on a charter flight having been in detention in Australia.

Today Minister of Health, Chris Hipkins, urged New Zealanders to keep using the NZ COVID 19 Tracer app amid fears that our contact tracing won't be up to scratch if a second wave of community transmission occurs.

A new review of Crown Research institutes was released by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. It represents a rethink of how the state funds scientific research, but what is a Crown Research Institute?

Tonight we begin a weekly cross every Monday night to the BBC's Rich Preston in London to talk about news from around the world.

Fears have been raised at the news the mosque shooter will represent himself at his sentencing next month and use the platform to spread hate.

How are we spending out money now that we're out of lockdown and does it look similar to habits before News Zealand's response to COvid19 kicked off.

It's time for our regular Thursday look into the past, The Rest Is History. On this day in 1986 the Homosexual Law Reform Bill passed in Parliament. The bill was sponsored by then Labour MP Fran Wilde.

Rio Tinto has rocked Southland today with the news it will close its aluminium smelter at Tiwai Point next year with the loss of more than a thousand jobs.

New Zealand's government is reviewing its extradition arrangements with Hong Kong in light of the new security law imposed by China on the territory.

Hayden Donnell from RNZ Mediawatch joins Karyn to discuss the coverage of the Hamish Walker saga, Stuff ditching Facebook and Michael Anderson leaving MediaWorks.