Nights

We talk to University of Canterbury PhD student Chris Boniface who has been researching the possible impact of Robotic doctors and other artificial intelligence on New Zealand's healthcare system.

Brain Easton is back with us once again casing his eye on our current economic situatiuon.

Peter Lampp joins us once again with the latest sports news.

New Zealand photographer and teacher Kris Mikkelson has been travelling the world taking photos of toilet door signs and is fascinated by how different cultures treat the idea of the public toilet. He's snapped examples in over 49 countries and thinks he might not quite be done yet! The collection is being published today in a new book titled Where's the Loo? published by Bateman Books.

Lien Hoang joins us once again from Ho Chi Minh City to bring us up to date with the latest news and views from Vietnam.

Our self-confessed fish geek, Stella McQueen joins us once again. Tonight's she'll be unpicking the story of Cran's Bully.

Teina Moetera joins us once again. Tonight he's taking a look at the different artistic responses to Matariki.

We're joined by Nicola Owen and Paul Brown, co-directors of Auckland company Audio Described Aotearoa, which has received international recognition for its efforts in providing audio description for blind and low vision arts patrons, particularly during New Zealand's COVID-19 lockdown.

Professor Simon Mitchell is Head of the Department of Anaesthesiology at the University of Auckland's School of Medicine and Editor of Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine. He joins us to talk about the innovations that were used and the previously held rules that were broken during the rescue of 12 young football players and their coach from flooded caves in Northern Thailand.

Bryan Roper, our Marxist economist join us to dissect the political economy of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Lockdown, and the ensuing global economic crisis.