Katrina Batten

In today's pod: in the Middle East, Benjamin Netanyahu looks like being ousted as Israel's Prime Minister; what Canterbury's weekend rain and flooding means for farmers and our wider economy and the… Audio

In today's pod: Margaret Mahy's former Banks Peninsula home goes up for sale; National's deputy leader Shane Reti talks about our relationship with Australia, vaccines and the Canterbury floods and we… Audio

In today's pod: there are states of emergency in Ashburton and Timaru due to Sunday's deluge and more rain is expected today Monday; two New Zealand Scotts are competing in the Indy 500; we hear about… Audio

In the pod today: Melbourne wakes up to its fourth lockdown as a new variant of Covid-19 spreads through the city; we hear how conservationists are trying to save the last of some seriously rare… Audio

In the pod today: Boris Johnson's former chief advisor Dominic Cummings goes rogue accusing the PM of being "unfit" for his job; the mucky business over mortuary waste in Gisborne; Labour's Deputy… Audio

In the pod today: two parties claim that they have a mandate in Samoa's deepening political crisis; the hackers behind the Waikato DHB's security breach claim to hold patient and staff information and… Audio

In the pod today: Why Christmas may not deliver the tourists that Cook Island business operators need and while Scott Base revels in a 344 million dollar funding boost to rebuild, others are… Audio

In the pod today: the Cook Islands sets the pace, vaccinating 662 people on its first day, around 5 per cent of its population; Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson talks as much… Audio

In the pod today: It's vaccination day in the Cook Islands.. our reporter Nick Trubridge is there; we meet 19-year-old Football Fern goalkeeper, Olympian Anna Leat; what's up with UFOs - our space… Audio

In the pod today: a month long election-result deadlock is finally broken in Samoa; we're at Auckland airport as the first quarantine free flight to the Cook Islands takes off and National's deputy… Audio

In the pod today: we get some analysis on the latest conflict in Gaza; the Cook Islands travel bubble is ready to go - we find out how preparations are going; the NZ Boat Show was packed over the… Audio

In the pod today: we head to India where bodies of Covid-19 victims continue to wash up on the banks of rivers as the pandemic sweeps through rural areas; and following First Up's revelations on… Audio

In the pod today: Israel ramps up the airstrikes in response to more than 1000 rockets from Gaza; the government has put workers' noses out of joint over its public sector pay restrictions - we hear… Audio

In the pod today: the government makes it illegal for high-risk people to own firearms, we speak to Police Minister Poto Williams; when is a pay freeze a pay freeze? The union says it is. The Minister… Audio

In the pod today: an aviation expert believes new research provides the best chance yet of finding the final resting place of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 and why is it that our IPL players were… Audio

In the pod today: Fiji continues to record new cases of Covid-19 as the country locks down; Cook Islanders are wondering where their travel bubble is; we catch up with Olympic surfer Ella Williams… Audio