Nights

Last week news broke that streaming giant Netflix has acquired the rights to the full back catalogue of the works of 20th Century author Roald Dahl. It had to spend a huge amount of cash to get the Roald Dahl Story Company, and Netflix has committed to a production budget of over one billion dollars to create series and one off productions out of Dahl's stories. It's the latest in a series of big scale "content" acquisitions in the fierce competition between streaming services. To try and figure out what is going on, and what this might mean for what turns up on our screens, I'm joined by Tamaki-Makaurau based director and producer Amanda Robinson.

It can be easy to think we know what a political caste thinks about an issue, but it's often not that cut and dried. Dr Eric Crampton is the chief economist of the New Zealand Initiative and he joins Bryan to look at the history of Libertarian attitudes towards vaccination.

We'll cross live to London for a global view of covid, climate change and a looming battle between Google and the European Union.

This week marks Mental Health Awareness - Shaun Robinson is chief executive of Mental Health Foundation of NZ - he chats to Bryan about what it's like to manage a mental health condition

The prospect of David Seymour becoming deputy Prime Minister is now a step closer to reality. The ACT party continues its upward trend with a five percent increase in the latest One News Colmar Brunton Poll. Act Leader David Seymour has overtaken National Leader Judith Collins in the preferred Prime Minister stakes. He is on 11 percent while Collins is one percent. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern still has a big lead with 44 percent support. David Seymour talks to Bryan Crump.

Our Sportscaster tonight is Shannon Byrne from Darwin.

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and an exhibition of artworks by some of New Zealand's most famous artists will be on show across the country as the Urban Art Foundation (UAF) and the Mental Health Foundation (MHF) encourage us to think about their theme for the week "take time to korero" and take time for our mental wellbeing - My first guest is Ellyn Rose Smith Whatley an art therapist with WellARTS in Wellington and she knows just how important art can be in helping our mental health.

Have you ever wondered how journalists take notes in this modern technological age? You don't see many with notebooks anymore - it's all recorded on smartphones. So is there any need for them to learn shorthand? It seems the death of shorthand is upon us as journalism schools phase out the craft. The head of Massey University, Journalism School James Hollings tells Bryan Crump, they phased it out last year and it seems they were the last school to do so, but it's been a good decision.

There've been four days of protests in Melbourne - leading to hundreds of arrests - they've been protesting against the lockdown and demanding a vaccine mandate for the construction industry be lifted. On Wednesday, police shot rubber bullets and pepper rounds at hundreds of protesters who gathered at the city's Shrine of Remembrance locked in a stand-off with riot police. Things were a bit quieter yesterday - but its a public holiday there today and things have flared up. Rebekah Holt is a New Zealand journalist based in Melbourne.

There's nothing new about being shattered during pregnancy and we all know why - or do we? New research from Otago University has looked at the hormone prolactin - which is critical for milk production - and found it tells the brain to stop exercising. To rest and preserve to help the body build a little human - or more than one. Bryan talks to Dr Sharon Ladyman, who has been leading the research