Philanthropist Liz Greive is spending her senior years doing everything possible to support New Zealanders in her age cohort play an important role for New Zealand's children through the organisation she founded, Spend My Super.

He's one of the most acclaimed and eclectic producers of his generation, having worked with some of music's biggest names. Now, Mitchell Froom gets to move out of the studio and behind the keyboard for Crowded House's NZ tour.

Fifty percent of New Zealanders surveyed in Research New Zealand's latest poll have ranked protecting Kiwis against Covid-19 as NZ's most pressing issue, followed by the availability of affordable housing and NZ's economic stability.

Hollywood leading man Gabriel Byrne has played some memorable roles in his prolific film career, but his new autobiography, Walking With Ghosts, could be considered his boldest and most dramatic work yet.

Scramble to cover tsunami and earthquake emergency; Covid blame game and comms strategy questioned; Broadcast bosses quizzed about bias - but not the big picture.

On the Panel this morning are Lavina Good and Mike Williams. They discuss the past week's lockdown in Auckland and the Papatoetoe cluster, the Tamakis' hurried exit from town, and the tsunami threat New Zealand faced during the week.

In a new series of studies, researchers have found that participants shown ID-style photos of people they'd never met were able to recognise the first name of the depicted person well above the chance level. Dr Anne Laure Sellier explains.

Clint Heine is the founder of the popular Kiwis in London Facebook page, which attracts nearly 90,000 followers and is something of a one-stop shop for Kiwis. He's normally based in Twickenham, but is Calling Home from Poland today.

A number of big issues were addressed at the Two Sessions, the major event of the Chinese political calendar which opened during the week. Richard McGregor is a senior fellow at the Lowy Institute in Sydney. He offers his analysis.

Auckland moved back into Alert Level 3 lockdown this morning - with the rest of the country being moved to level 2 - after a new Covid-19 case was detected in the community. Joining us again is the public health physician Michael Baker.