Karyn peaks with Brett O'Riley from the Employers and Manufacturers Association about how the $12b relief package will work, and if it goes far enough.

A new website I Lost My Gig reports $25 million was lost in a span of 24 hours and 84,000 jobs impacted in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Testing for Covid-19 has intensified in Ireland as the number of cases has increased across the country, and there are calls to close all pubs for the next two weeks.

WOMAD festival is marking its 16th anniversary on our shores, and over three days more than 40 performances from local and international artists will take place.

The two-day Pasifika Festival has been cancelled due to fears participants and visitors could spread coronavirus to Pacific Island nations.

On 25th October 1909 a travelling performance group of Māori women took the stage at Carnegie Hall in Manhattan  with Emmeline Pankhurst, the woman leading the militant wing of the British women's suffrage campaign.

The beloved little bookshop on Auckland's High Street has been recognised at the the London Book Fair by winning the 2020 Bookstore of the Year Award.

A recent survey shows New Zealanders are more concerned about the financial losses from Covid-19 than they are about the impact of the coronavirus to their health.

On Midweek Mediawatch this week, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about the anniversary of the Christchurch terror attacks, the information revealed in the OIA on RNZ, and both-sides journalism being an irresponsible way to report on Covid-19

The whole of Italy has been put on lockdown as their government tries to gain control of the spread of Covid-19.  Karyn speaks with Enrica Armenante, who is an official tour guide in Rome.