New research has shown that introducing peanuts to the diets of infants might reduce the incidence of severe peanut allergies. Jennifer Koplin from the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute joins Lately to explain the findings

Lately's weekly cross to the BBC World Service and tonight Karyn speaks with Rob Hugh-Jones about the beginning of the COVAX scheme this week aimed at equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines for poor or developing countries. Plus China's top law-making body has its annual meeting in Beijing, and the Pope visits Iraq.

Changing Covid alert levels have caused significant changes to public and private events since they took effect yesterday morning. Karyn speaks with David Moeger from the Funeral Directors Association about how to change funeral arrangements during Alert Level 2 and Alert Level 3.

Lately's fortnightly soiree with Wellington's eclectic selector Finn Johnsson. This week his delving delivers Dinosaur Jr, Pardoner, Dominic Minix and serpentwithfeet.

It's a year since BalletCollective Aotearoa took its first steps in the studio and next week it will premiere three new works by New Zealand choreographers at the Auckland Arts Festival. Karyn speaks with its artistic director and producer Turid Revfeim about her vision and the highlights of the first 12 months.

Fifty-seven years ago tonight, a crowd of more than eight thousand people gathered at the Convention Hall arena in Miami Beach for what was to become one of the greatest sporting events of the twentieth century. They were there to watch a 22 year old youngster nicknamed the 'Louisville Lip' take on the world heavyweight boxing champ Sonny Liston. Cassius Clay won and took many by surprise. Susana speaks with Lightning Mike Angove about that historical fight.

Today the Government announced the next steps for people with life-shortening congenital conditions to be able to gain early access to their KiwiSaver. People with four congenital conditions - Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, Huntington's disease and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder - will now be automatically entitled to withdraw from their Kiwisaver fund earlier than the age of 65. Susana speaks with the IHC's Director of Advocacy, Trish Grant about this policy change.

More than 12-hundred shoppers who visited Botany's Kmart in South Auckland last Friday and Saturday at the same time as a positive Covid 19 case was working there. Today Botany Kmart was forced to close early only one day after reopening following a deep clean. Susana speaks with the secretary for retail from First Union, Tali Williams, about the impact on workers at the retail front line.

Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately tonight and Colin Peacock will speak with Karyn Hay about a Covid conspiracist getting the oxygen of publicity plus a mind-blowing radio resource and new apps from Maori TV.

Today the Environment Court fined Silver Fern Farms more than $300-thousand for an ammonia leak at its plant in Hawera that was potentially lethal to its staff, emergency services and nearby residents. Yesterday the Environment Minister, David Parker, expressed his frustration with the Tiwai smelter stockpiling 100-thousand tonnes of hazardous waste beside a beach in Southland - the same day heavy fines were handed down for the spilling of 1.5 million cubic litres of human effluent into the Mangati Stream in New Plymouth. Karyn Hay asks Gary Taylor from the Environmental Defence Society if crimes against the environment are on the increase.