Public health officials have advised the Government that New Zealand is likely to have a Covid-19 outbreak similar to New South Wales in the coming months. If that happens, the Covid-19 Response Minister, Chris Hipkins says we're in for a swift and severe level four lockdown. He says the Government is watching Australia's experience with the highly infectious Delta variant closely and learning.The Government is expected to announce tomorrow an extension of time between Covid-19 vaccinations to eight weeks. Professor Michael Baker answers listeners questions on the current situation

Ronan Yabut is asking New Zealanders to consider donating old technology to a good cause instead of throwing it away. Laptops are at the top of his list as he wants to send as many as he can back home to COVID-stricken Philippines to help students who are unable to attend school.

It's a code red for humanity. Unless you've been living under a rock you'll know that last night the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a dire warning to the world about climate change. Human activity is changing the earth's climate in "unprecendented ways" with some of those changes now inevitable and irreversible. Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Canterbury Professor Bronwyn Hayward is a member of the IPCC core writing team.

In New South Wales they're in the middle of a Covid-19 crisis: 356 new cases found in the 24 hours to 8:00pm last night, and three more deaths. Twenty-nine people have died from Covid-19 in the state. Tim Swanston is one of the ABC's designated 'red zone' reporters - he's been covering the Delta outbreak since day one - heading into the worst hit communities.

Tonight we are looking at sexism within the English language and how it may impact the way we view women. Corinne Seals is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington.

Rich Preston from BBC World covers developments in Afghanistan this week; Palestinian residents in East Jerusalem might be forcibly removed from their homes this week and a picture of Coronavirus around the world

It's a Code RED for humanity - the world's largest-ever report into climate change has just been published, warning that billions of lives are at immediate risk. The UN report claims global heating is affecting every region on earth with many changes fast becoming irreversible. It's taken three years to complete by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - a group that looked at more than 14,000 scientific papers. The last time a report this significant into the science of global warming was released was 2013. One of the wider report's lead authors, is Marine Biologist Professor Mark Costello.

Widespread parts of the North Island and parts of the South have been without power tonight as electricty demand touched an all-time high. Transpower asked lines companies to lessen the burden on the network, which meant some had to perform a series of rolling blackouts which cut power to thousand homes in the North Island. Karyn talks to Transpower's General Manager of Operations, Stephen Jay.

Tonight is the last shift for Lately producer and evening newsreader Susana Lei'ataua. Karyn speaks with Susana about her new role as News Editor for RNZ Pacific.

The Tokyo Olympics 2020 are in their final days now, however amid the joy and the heartbreak of the sport Covid-19 cases in Tokyo continue to surge. Karyn speaks with New Zealand journalist Chris Gilbert who lives in Tokyo.