Tick. Tick.

By Stuff Audio

Stuff journalists Eugene Bingham and Adam Dudding bring you the news, views – and quirk – from New Zealand's 2020 election. (Formerly Coronavirus NZ)... more

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The podcast currently has 115 episodes available.

Tick. Tick. episodes:

May 14, 2020 'We dodged a bullet' – Extended interview with Winston Peters
In an extended interview, deputy PM and foreign minister Winston Peters reveals how Chinese officials pushed back against New Zealand entering lockdown. He discusses the huge operation to repatriate Kiwis and the government’s fears that the returnees might bring Covid-19 infection back home with them, and shares his lockdown foraging secrets.
Links:
Click here for every episode of Coronavirus NZ.
Full Stuff coronavirus coverage
Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter
Support Stuff
Our email: [email protected]
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31min
May 14, 2020 'We dodged a bullet' - Extended interview with Winston Peters
In an extended interview, deputy PM and foreign minister Winston Peters reveals how Chinese officials pushed back against New Zealand entering lockdown. He discusses the huge operation to repatriate Kiwis and the government's fears that the returnees might bring Covid-19 infection back home with them, and shares his lockdown foraging secrets.
Links:
Click here for every episode of Coronavirus NZ.
Full Stuff coronavirus coverage
Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter
Support Stuff
Our email: [email protected]
...more
31min
May 13, 2020 NZ rising: how small states could be the winners in the post-Covid global order
China and the US were already scrapping before Covid-19 came along, and now they’re blaming each other for the virus. International relations expert Professor Robert Patman of Otago University explains what’s behind the name-calling – and why the post-Covid global order could favour small countries like New Zealand. Stuff reporter John Anthony breaks down the breakdown of Air New Zealand. And Adam waits for a courier package.
Links:
Click here for every episode of Coronavirus NZ.
Full Stuff coronavirus coverage
Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter
Support Stuff
Plague Playlist: Lanigan’s Ball, Covid-19 style, by Cyril Dermot’s brother Ryan
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35min
May 12, 2020 Wait, was lockdown even legal?
Lockdown was, by the government’s own account, “the most significant and widespread interference with human rights in New Zealand in living memory”. Even so we mostly went along with it because the public health argument was compelling. But what of the legal argument? Stuff political reporter Thomas Coughlan joins the show to explain why the law behind lockdown is being debated. George Block reveals the curious case of a positive test with a difference. And Eugene seizes another excuse to sing, “Thank you Baked Potato”.
Links:
Click here for every episode of Coronavirus NZ.
Full Stuff coronavirus coverage
Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter
Support Stuff
Plague Playlist: Matt Lucas as Boris Johnson
That Finnish study about music
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31min
May 11, 2020 Never again! Will contact tracing save us from a return to lockdown?
Dr Ayesha Verrall was the scientist called in to the Ministry of Health to make a critical audit of the country’s contact-tracing system – and she found it wanting. She joins the show to talk about why contact tracing is still so important, and whether the country is ready for this week’s move to level 2. Steve Kilgallon reveals the surprise twist which has kicked the events industry while they’re down. And Adam has fun with a political Plague Playlist offering.
Links:
Click here for every episode of Coronavirus NZ.
Full Stuff coronavirus coverage
Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter
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Plague Playlist: Donald Trump x REM - Losing My Civilians
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34min
May 08, 2020 Cheers! How lockdown could change our drinking forever
We all saw the pictures of Kiwis panic-buying booze before lockdown. But how has six weeks of lockdown life actually changed our drinking habits? National correspondent Steve Kilgallon has been finding out. And Tracy Watkins joins the show to critique the communication skills of communications graduate Jacinda Ardern over the past few months. And Adam and Eugene honour their promise to Hilary Barry and get all fancy for Friday.
Links:
Click here for every episode of Coronavirus NZ.
Full Stuff coronavirus coverage
Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter
Support Stuff
Plague Playlist: Cookie Jar from team “The Morris Buchanans”
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28min
May 07, 2020 Rockstar to cot-case – how can the economy come back?
The economy has taken a hammering – so what will it take to get it out of its sickbed? Ahead of the Budget next week, Stuff business journalist Tom Pullar-Strecker gives us an Economics 101 lesson, then outlines what to expect. Investigative reporter Martin van Beynen has been looking at the Rosewood Rest Home cluster tragedy. Meanwhile, will the Level 2 rules enable Adam to finally trim those nostril hairs?
Links:
Click here for every episode of Coronavirus NZ.
Full Stuff coronavirus coverage
Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter
Support Stuff
Plague Playlist: Yesterday by the Beatles - Lockdown A Capella Version, by The Kifness
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27min
May 07, 2020 Rockstar to cot-case - how can the economy come back?
The economy has taken a hammering - so what will it take to get it out of its sickbed? Ahead of the Budget next week, Stuff business journalist Tom Pullar-Strecker gives us an Economics 101 lesson, then outlines what to expect. Investigative reporter Martin van Beynen has been looking at the Rosewood Rest Home cluster tragedy. Meanwhile, will the Level 2 rules enable Adam to finally trim those nostril hairs?
Links:
Click here for every episode of Coronavirus NZ.
Full Stuff coronavirus coverage
Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter
Support Stuff
Plague Playlist: Yesterday by the Beatles - Lockdown A Capella Version, by The Kifness
Our email: [email protected]
...more
27min
May 06, 2020 Trans-Tasman bubbles and mathematical models
These days, everyone’s an instant epidemiologist and mathematical modelling guru. But we thought it was time to speak to an ACTUAL expert. Professor Michael Plank joins the show to talk about his work on the models projecting the potential carnage of Covid-19. Stuff press gallery reporter Henry Cooke climbs inside the trans-Tasman bubble that everyone’s been talking about. And Adam rediscovers a Plague Playlist song that’s a real scream.
Links:
Click here for every episode of Coronavirus NZ.
Full Stuff coronavirus coverage
Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter
Support Stuff
Plague Playlist: Makeshift.Macaroni
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32min
May 05, 2020 Hilary Barry: Keeping up a brave face
Throughout lockdown, TVNZ’s Hilary Barry has been busting out tiaras and old frocks for ‘Formal Friday’. She explains the background to the Covid-19 fad that swept the planet, and reveals the startling talent that she has, till now, kept on the lowdown. And Adam downloads a tracking app – but does he actually know who he’s handing his data over to? The WOBA investigation continues.
Links:
Click here for every episode of Coronavirus NZ.
Full Stuff coronavirus coverage
Eugene on Twitter; Adam on Twitter
Support Stuff
Plague Playlist: A Spoonful of Clorox by Randy Rainbow
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31min

FAQs about Tick. Tick.:

How many episodes does Tick. Tick. have?

The podcast currently has 115 episodes available.