The Prime Minister announced today that 86-percent of frontline workers in New Zealand have received at least one dose of a covid vaccination leaving 538 MIQ workers unvaccinated.  Dr. Jagadish Thaker is a communications lecturer at Massey University in Wellington who has spent the past year working on understanding how people feel about Covid-19 vaccines.

Thousands of students and older supporters turned out for today's School Strike for Climate around the country. Karyn speaks with Ciara Foley who was one of the organisers of the protest in Christchurch.

It's being called the worst violence in Northern Ireland in more than a decade triggered in part by the new realities of a post-Brexit world. US President Joe Biden joins UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin in a call for calm after the worst violence in Belfast in years. Rich Preston from the BBC World Service will have an update after another night of rioting.

Theft of ebikes is becoming a really serious problem in Auckland and Wellington - the latest tale came out today of a woman who actually stole her bike back off someone who met her with it in central Wellington - having put it up for sale on TradeMe.

Kiwis wanting to return home from India are being locked out until the end of the month. From Sunday, no one who has been in India in the last 14 days will be allowed into the country as the government declares the risk from Covid-19 is too great.  There were 23 new cases in managed isolation reported today - 17 from India. It has also been revealed an unvaccinated security guard at Auckland's Grand Millennium hotel has tested positive for the virus.

Colin Peacock looks at the Prime Minister's radio chat this morning with Newstalk ZB's Mike Hosking, the media coverage of the maiden trip of the Hamilton to Auckland train Te Huia, and the shortcomings of Wellington's bus system.

With less than a fortnight before the quarantine-free travel zone begins between New Zealand and Australia, the hospitality sector is busily preparing. Karyn speaks with Cristiano De Martin who's the operations manager for hospitality recruitment agency Providore.

Petitioners delivered their signatures to MPs at Parliament today calling for a national women's health strategy and $6 million to be allocated to women's health in the next Budget. Gender Justice Collective's Angela Meyer talks with Karyn Hay about how the health system is failing women.

The Department of conservation is concerned about the presence of packs of wild dogs on Te Rerenga Wairua, Cape Reinga. In an effort to keep people safe the department has closed four walking tracks and a campsite.

In less than two weeks New Zealanders and Australians will be free to travel across the Tasman without managed isolation on arrival in New Zealand. Karyn speaks with epidemiologist Dr Michael Baker about the timing of the trans- Tasman travel resuming and what travelers, visitors and hosts need to be aware of.