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Our weekend panellists Jane Clifton and Richard Harman were a regular presence on the show in the lead-in to the recent general election. They return to discuss what's ahead for New Zealand for the rest of 2020 and beyond.

There'll be a big Kiwi connection in tonight's NRL title final between the Storm and the Panthers in Sydney, with as many as a dozen New Zealanders set to take the field. League commentator Lavina Good is with us to preview the match.

James Griffiths works as an independent sustainability advisor in Geneva and is more than happy with his lot, despite the high cost of living and the fact he still misses his fellow countrymen and women. He's Calling Home today.

Historian Richard Greenaway is a man who knows a thing or two about the dead of Christchurch. At this year's Christchurch Heritage Festival he'll be showing curious Cantabrians around various cemeteries around the city.

New research suggests that people with blood type O could be less likely to get sick with Covid-19. New Zealand professor Gary McLean joins the show to discuss the topic of blood group susceptibility.

Today is World Menopause Day and Wellington-based writer Sarah Connor is marking the occasion with the release of her new project, Menopause over Martinis - a potluck dinner with a difference, where friends, family and colleagues of all ages come together to share what they do or don't know about perimenopause and menopause/te ruahinetanga.

No one knows exactly how the world will look in 10 years from now, but Harvard University Professor and author Joseph Nye argues that pandemics like Covid-19 are not always transformative events that change the world. The author of the recently-released book Do Morals Matter? Presidents and Foreign Policy from FDR to Trump has outlined five possible ways the world could look in 2030. He joins the show to look at those scenarios.

National's defeated leader, Judith Collins fronts the media to discuss what she calls a big wake-up call for National. Ms Collins answers questions on whether she is considering standing down and the topics likely to come up in a review the National party board and Collins herself will now hold into the election loss.

One of the world's most high-profile economists says the only way New Zealand will stop its burgeoning housing market being a driver of inequality is through wealth taxes.