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Asia correspondent Ed White
The crisis in Myanmar is still unfolding and increasingly starting to involve western companies and governments. A slow covid vaccination rate in India is causing concern despite official numbers… Audio
Getting here
In this episode, a 23-year-old New Zealander shares her story - a poetic journey asking questions of identity, harm, and home, while revealing the realities of living as a child in the world’s refugee… Audio
Asia correspondent Ed White
Tension is flaring again between the US and China on multiple fronts, including economically. And in India, the Covid vaccine is being rolled out just as the infection rates are hitting new highs. Audio
Calling Home: Ron Hanson in Taichung City, Taiwan
Wellingtonian Ron Hanson has strong ties to Taiwan, having lived there on and off since the turn of the century. He's Calling Home from the Nantun District of Taichung City, where he lives in a… Audio
Why are more shipping containers falling overboard?
More containers have fallen off ships in the past four months than are typically lost in a year. Some of what's sunk to the bottom of the Pacific includes vacuum cleaners, Kate Spade accessories and… Audio
Asia correspondent Ed White
In Myanmar, a new generation's protest movement is taking shape in surprising ways and challenging the coup and the junta's detainment of Aung San Suu Kyi. The military response to the protests… Audio
Asia correspondent Ed White
Ed has the latest on the coup in Myanmar which has shocked the world this week, threatening to abruptly end the south-east Asian country's shaky experiment in democracy over the past ten years and… Audio
Financial commentator: 'China is the engine room of growth'
Just as Asia has led the way in coping with Covid-19, financial commentator Jeffrey Haley is also picking the continent -- particularly China, which has never exported more than it did last year -- to… Audio
Asia correspondent Elizabeth Beattie
Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers resign en masse following China's moves to quash dissent, and Myanmar's election has been called as a victory for the National League for Democracy (NLD), Aung San… Audio
21 years of the 'Way of the Sword'
After waiting out two Covid-19 lockdowns the 21st national tournament for this Japanese martial art that's growing in popularity, finally took place this month. Produced by Kadambari Raghukumar Audio
'Near extinction' of influenza in NZ as numbers drop due to lockdown
Mask wearing and social distancing for Covid-19 has all but cut influenza cases in New Zealand this year, with only six flu isolates detected in this country from April to August. Professor Michael… Audio
Asia correspondent Elizabeth Beattie
Amnesty International has halted its work in India, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government of blocking its accounts, and attempting to silence its campaigns, and Hong Kong's police have a… Audio
Asia correspondent Elizabeth Beattie
A new Prime Minister for Japan, Yoshihide Suga, and there have been demonstrations in Mongolia's capital Ulaanbaatar, to protest a new policy that forces elementary and secondary schools in Inner… Audio
Asia correspondent Elizabeth Beattie
The latest on the Japan Coastguard's search for a missing cattle export ship. The Gulf Livestock 1 has 43 people onboard, including two New Zealanders and two Australians. One survivor has been… Audio
Asia correspondent Elizabeth Beattie
The arrest of Hong Kong media magnate Jimmy Lai under the new National Security Law has resulted in police flooding Lai's Apple Daily news paper. He's now been released on bail, but his arrest shows… Audio
Asia correspondent Elizabeth Beattie
Pro-Democrats hold primaries in Hong Kong, angering Beijing. Japan encourages domestic tourism, as Covid-19 cases continue to rocket, and heavy monsoon rains have led to flooding and mudslides in… Audio
Link found between permanent hair dye and increased cancer risk
A scientific study of more than 45,000 women has found a link between permanent hair dye and an increased risk of breast cancer. Cancer epidemiologist Diana Sarfati from the Cancer Control… Audio
Asia correspondent Elizabeth Beattie
Elizabeth Beattie is a journalist at Thomson Reuters, based in Hong Kong. Audio
Asia correspondent Elizabeth Beattie
South Korea has seen a spike in Covid-19 cases, traced to the Itaewon district which has popular nightclubs, that are locally referred to as gay clubs. This has triggered a hostile homophobic reaction… Audio