We may not have community Covid in Aotearoa, but our safety continues to depend on a vaccine. And we have been given a likely date of March for a vaccine here. But how good will it be? Joining us again is Kiwi Dr Gary McLean.

A new study from the University of Warwick has concluded that lifestyle changes to manage weight loss are effective in reducing obesity regardless of age. Lead author Dr Thomas Barber of Warwick Medical School is with us to discuss.

In his new book, Gangland, investigative reporter Jared Savage explores the country's growing underbelly of organised crime and violent gangs, paying particular attention to the constantly-growing methamphetamine trade.

Dr Claudia Kawas is searching for the secrets to living a longer and healthier life. Kawas and her team have been running a major study of ageing California residents for more than two decades. She joins the show to discuss the study.

The global lockdown caused by Covid-19 has quietened the oceans and is luring some of New Zealand's biggest great whites out of hiding. Marine filmmaker Clarke Gayford and shark expert Kina Scollay went in search of those sharks.

Newly-launched magazine Scout is set to showcase the beauty and brilliance of Aotearoa, and at the helm is editor Sarah-Kate Lynch - who was the travel editor for NZ Woman's Day before Bauer shut it down earlier this year.

Fifty years ago, Neil Diamond's 'Cracklin' Rosie' was on top of the NZ music charts. 'Crackling Rose' was an inexpensive sparkling wine. The founding father of Central Otago wine, Alan Brady remembers the type of wine and the song.

David Eggleton and fellow bard Steve Thomas have been winding their way around the country for their Say It With Flowers tour. We catch up with Steve as the pair make their way to Port Chalmers for the final show of the tour.

Opposition potshots at the media messenger; Crux's bold bid to sell itself to its readers; the moose is out there? Mysterious animals beguile media.

On the Sunday Panel this morning we're joined by Dr Ella Henry, the Director of Maori Advancement at the Auckland University of Technology's Business School, and Chris Wikaira, a director of the Wellington public relations firm BRG.