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10:18 WILD WEATHER UPDATE

A front of wild weather has hit the country today, causing slips, downing trees and closing some roads.
Heavy rain and weather warnings are still in place for Coastal Otago and Canterbury.
Selwyn District Mayor Sam Broughton joins Lately to discuss the impact on his district and we speak to Waimangaroa Fire chief Lynn Brooks who was kept busy cleaning up the damage caused by the wild weather on the West Coast

Avonside Drive, Christchurch after heavy rain on 12 July 2022.

Avonside Drive, Christchurch after heavy rain on 12 July 2022. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon

10:25 LONELINESS IN THE TIME OF COVID

Professor Vanessa Burholt from the University of Auckland's School of Nursing has spent more than quarter of a century researching aging with loneliness.

A portrait of Professor Vanessa Burholt

Professor Vanessa Burholt has been studying loneliness during Covid-19 Photo: Supplied

While loneliness affected tens of thousands of people before Covid-19, new research shows more people than ever are feeling lonely.

Prof Burholt is an advisor on two websites set up to offer advice to lonely Kiwis, https://loneliness.org.nz and https://letsendloneliness.co.nz/ 

10:45 EAT OF THE WEEK

This week's "eat of the week" is plentiful - but it might not be a regular go-to for you - you make just walk past it at the produce store unsure of what to do with it.

The Eat of the week is the humble little YAM

Close-up of an 'apricot' NZ yam, freshly dug up

The Eat of the week is the humble little YAM Photo: Nzfauna

Marcus Taylor is a yam grower in Fielding and you can find his favourite recipes here.