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Legendary paralympian Sophie Pascoe has won her 16th Paralympic medal in her fourth Paralympics. Bryan Crump crosses live to Tokyo to talk to one of the Para swimming coaches, Simon Mayne, about Sophie's triumph in the 100 metre breaststroke

One of New Zealand's first ever television stars has died aged 86. Max Cryer spoke the first words on nationwide TV in 1969, and went on to produce shows the shows Mastermind and University Challenge. He was a singer, broadcaster, producer, and a journalist - and a powerhouse of the New Zealand entertainment industry. The host and producer of the first live talk-variety show in 1975 he was also the country's first TV quizmaster on the show Top Mark. His close friend, David Hartnell remembers his great love of showbiz.

Your vaccination questions with the Immunisation Advisory Centre Last night we spoke to the microbiologist, Dr Siouxsie Wiles about many things covid related. There were so many questions about vaccinations that we thought we'd take it one step further and talk to Loretta Roberts, the National Director of the Immunisation Advisory Centre, which trains our vaccine workforce.

Our overseas correspondent, Lien Hoang joins us once again from Ho Chi Minh as US Vice President Kamala Harris wraps up her Asia tour with reference to China, human rights, trade and supply chain security.

Louise LaHatte from Auckland Libraries tells us why they've decided to get rid of overdue fines and about the services they're still offering during lockdown level 4.

Former University of Canterbury Mt John Observatory superintendent Alan Gilmore joins us once again. Tonight he'll be taking a look at Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein, The James Webb Space Telescope and a Blue Moon.?

This week Colin Peacock chats to Bryan Crump about the media in the middle as reports about Covid clusters spark racist reactions - and offshore opinions about our strategy raise hackles. Also Duncan Garner goes - and Facebook tries a little transparency for once.

Today there were a record 62 cases linked to the Delta cluster. There's now in excess of 480 places of interest and there are more than 20 thousand contacts ...only 62 percent of them have been tested so far. Infectious diseases expert, microbiologist at Auckland University, associate professor, Dr Siouxsie Wiles answers your questions.

One of New Zealand's most eminent political actors Margaret Wilson joins us to talk about her recently released memoir, Activism, Feminism, Politics and Parliament.

Koroi Hawkins presents a daily current affairs programme that delves deeper into the major stories of the week, through a Pacific lens, and shines a light on issues affecting Pacific people wherever they are in the world.