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May 15, 2020 All the Zoom's a stage: New Zealander of the Year Jennifer Ward-Lealand, on how to act in the face of the Covid-19 crisis
Theatre legend, Equity president and 2020 New Zealander of the Year Jennifer Te Atamira Ward-Lealand reveals how performing artists have coped with the shutdown of every venue in the country (which in her case includes staging a play on Zoom instead). Stuff's Kylie Klein-Nixon bids a bittersweet farewell to lockdown karaoke, baking and dog-walks. And Eugene is very rude about Adam's hair.
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33 min
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.

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31 min
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.
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31 min
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.
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Plague Playlist: Lanigan’s Ball, Covid-19 style, by Cyril Dermot’s brother Ryan
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35 min
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”.
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Plague Playlist: Matt Lucas as Boris Johnson
That Finnish study about music
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31 min
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.
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Plague Playlist: Donald Trump x REM - Losing My Civilians
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34 min
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.
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Plague Playlist: Cookie Jar from team “The Morris Buchanans”
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28 min
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?
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Plague Playlist: Yesterday by the Beatles - Lockdown A Capella Version, by The Kifness
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27 min
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?
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Plague Playlist: Yesterday by the Beatles - Lockdown A Capella Version, by The Kifness
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27 min
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.
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Plague Playlist: Makeshift.Macaroni
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32 min