Christina kicked off the show with her regular catch up with AUT Professor Allan Blackman for Dear Science. Today, they discussed the anniversary of the first man in space, researchers separating a complete genomic sequence for the very first time, and a physics puzzle that may change how we understand the universe.

Christina also reported on the ongoing economic and humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka. She spoke to economist Anushka Wijesinha and constitutional lawyer Bhavani Fonseka.

Aneeka spoke to Dr Shane Reti from the National Party about the Maori Health Authority and 21 million dollars in expired vaccines that are now wasted.

And Trishil spoke to Ganesh Nana from the New Zealand Productivity Commission about calls for new regulations on genetically modified organisms.