The Wire with Zazi Hewlett

Producer Joe Wickins talked to Otago University's Professor Michael Baker on New Zealand's next steps on the pandemic and preparing for an Omicron outbreak.

He also talked Dane Dougan from Autism New Zealand about Vaximate, an online tool to help autistic people with the vaccinatioin process.

International reports on embattled British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Justin spoke to Red Cross's Vivienne Euini on the situation in Tonga and the organisation's aid campaign.

He also spoke to Professer Jennifer Curtin of the University of Auckland for some political commentary on the week's biggest stories.

Joe speaks to Professor Michael Baker from the University of Otago ahead of Cabinet's announcment today regarding the traffic light system in Northland, as well as whether or not we need to retool the guidelines in order to help protect us from the Omicron variant.

Justin talked to Professor Jennifer Curtin of the University of Auckland on policy lessons from Australia on handling Omicron, Tonga, and the traffic light system.

Advertising: it's a huge part of our day-to-day lives, even when we're not actively consuming. Concerningly, it seems many children are now frequently exposed to the oversaturation of brands and marketing in our lives. A new study from the University of Otago has found children are exposed to five hundred and fifty four brands a day, which equals to almost one brand every sixty seconds. This study is the first glimpse into how children are exposed to marketing on a daily basis.

Christina spoke with Associate Professor Leah Watkins, who co-led the study, about what these results mean for consumer culture and our society.