Dr Helen Petousis-Harris, Vaccinologist, University of Auckland, joins the show to talk about work being done on a vaccine for coronavirus and how it's currently being treated.

Steps being taken to develop a vaccine for coronavirus

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A record six women have been selected to represent New Zealand in canoe sprint at the Paris Olympics. The athletes will compete across the K1, K2 and K4 events at the Games, with New Zealand's most successful ever Olympian, Dame Lisa Carrington, to lead the charge and contest all three disciplines. Sports reporter Felicity Reid speaks to Lisa Owen.

Olympics: NZ canoe sprint team selected

Asia correspondent Per Elinder Liljas speaks to Lisa Owen about India's election, and suspected Chinese sleeper cells in the Philippines .

Suspicions of Chinese sleeper cells in the Philippines

As councils around the country slash costs many are looking to can or cut funding to their own tourism agencies; a move an industry insider says could kill businesses and turn parts of Aotearoa into a backwater. Hawke's Bay Tourism chairman George Hickton speaks to Lisa Owen.

Regional tourism groups face funding crunch

Melanie Hempe confronted the issue of screen addiction with her own sons. She started Screen Strong to help parents give their kids smartphone free childhoods. She speaks to Jesse.

Steps being taken to develop a vaccine for coronavirus

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