With a COVID question mark hanging over Kiwi Christmas, an extended interview with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

A new Ministry for disabled New Zealanders has been decades in the making but will it deliver? Lawyer and advocate for the disabled, Dr Huhana Hickey joins us live.

Dr Api Talemaitoga, a south Auckland GP and advisor on the National COVID Response Group outlines his concerns about home isolation for COVID cases, especially for Pacific and Māori families.

Then to dissect the news of the week on our panel: PR consultant Ben Thomas and Auckland councilor Efeso Collins. 

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