New Zealand's Covid vaccine rollout is officially under way. Twenty-five vaccinators received the first of two Pfizer-BioNtech doses today at Auckland's Jet Park Hotel today. They're the first of 100 vacinators - mostly nurses - who will go on to vaccinate 12-thousand border workers and their families, starting in Auckland tomorrow. Karyn speaks with vaccine specialist, Dr Helen Petousis-Harris.

In this week's The Rest Is History we go back 35 years to 1986 in the Marlborough Sounds when the Russian luxury cruise ship Mikhail Lermentov steamed through the Tory Channel at dawn towards Picton on the last leg of a two week cruise. The ship never made it. Karyn speaks with journalist and historian, Tom O'Connor, about his research that became the book "Death of a Cruise Ship: The mystery of the Mikhail Lermontov".

Wellington City Council has narrowly voted in favour of a plan to sell part of its central library that will slash its book-buying budget by 40 percent over the next two years. Karyn speaks with councillor for Paekawakawa Southern Ward, Fleur FitzSimons, about the decision and also asks about the fate of the Island Bay cycleway.

As Facebook blocks Australian users from sharing or viewing news content on the platform, the flow on impacts are ramping up. The tech giant is resisting the Federal Government's plans to make it and Google pay for publishing Australian news content. But Facebook's sweeping shutdown has extended well beyond major media companies. Karyn Hay speaks with Senior Lecturer Media and Communications, Dr Belinda Barnet, from Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne.

Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a clarification regarding his earlier report on talk radio plus Britney Spears's doco and Duncan Garner's call to close the border.

Koi carp contribute to poor water quality and a serious problem in both New Zealand and Australia. This week a koi carp has been spotted by a 10 year old boy fishing in the 50,000 year old dune Lake Taharoa in the Kaipara District of Northland. Authorities are alarmed by the sighting of koi carp as Local Democracy's Northland reporter Susan Botting explains.

If you're organising any kind of event right now the changes in Covid-19 alert level restrictions are challenging your plans. Moving alert levels from three to two and two to one presents all kinds of logistical hoops to jump through, as Karyn finds out from the producer of Splore music festival, Fred Kublilkowski.

One in four people in New Zealand experience anxiety and more than half of youth report feelings of isolation. Fight or Flight: My Journey With Anxiety is an animated documentary series about "mental distress and recovery in young adults" Karyn speaks with director Michelle Cameron.

Thousands of homes in New Plymouth are without power this evening due to high winds. Fire fighters have attended more than 50 weather callouts around Taranaki today, due to wind gusts of up to 120 kilometres an hour. New Plymouth mayor Neil Holdom gives an update.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has lashed out at Australia for dumping responsibility for a woman and two young children detained at the Turkish border on New Zealand. Karyn speaks with Dr Marnie Lloydd who is a lecturer in the Faculty of Law at Victoria University of Wellington.