Melbourne

Fifty years ago Russell Morris hit No 1 on the NZ charts with 'Rachel'. His most recent record, Black and Blue Heart, released last year, saw Morris score his highest chart position for a rock album… Video, Audio

Australian correspondent Rebekah Holt joins the show from Melbourne off the back of a week in which Victoria recorded its most deadly day in the Covid-19 pandemic and the overall case load for the… Audio

From today masks are mandatory in public in Melbourne and the adjacent Mitchell Shire as the city grapples with hundreds more Covid-19 cases every day. How did things go so badly wrong there? Audio

Covid-19 continues to have Victoria firmly in its grip, with another record-setting day of new cases. Today the state has recorded 428 new infections, and another three people have died. Video, Audio

Melbourne is going back into lockdown for six weeks as Covid-19 cases in the city surge. Audio

Maria Iatrou is the President of the Union Road Traders Association- a shopping strip in the Melbourne suburb of Ascot Vale. She also runs the Espresso 155 Cafe which seats 100 patrons. Part of Union… Video, Audio

More than 30 Melbourne suburbs will go into a four-week lockdown tonight in an attempt to bring an outbreak of Covid-19 cases across the city back under control. Video, Audio

Australia still appears to be a land of confusion when it comes to Covid-19 and the restrictions (or lack thereof) in place during the lockdown on there. Australian correspondent Rebekah Holt joins… Audio

Tennis correspondent David Luddy joins the show live from the 108th edition of the Open at Melbourne Park for an update on all the latest. Audio

What is it like being a male escort for guys with disabilities We talk to Pedro Amigo, Melbourne's premier disability-specialist sex worker. Audio

Smoky air conditions in Melbourne from the devastating bush fires have delayed the start of Australian Open qualifying play.

The city's air quality dropped to 'hazardous' yesterday and is now rated… Audio

Now to our music feature, and this time we're crossing the ditch to Australia to speak to a ska band with a difference - namely its sheer size.  Video, Audio

Rebekah Holt has gone from a communications manager for the New Zealand Police to Head of Staff at TV3 to serious car crash survivor. She now lives in Melbourne, where she is the only journalist to go… Audio, Gallery

New research out of the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne shows that exposure to a chemical in commonly used plastic items increasing your risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has sought to quell any investor angst in Australia on the first day of her brief visit to Melbourne. Deputy Political Editor Craig McCulloch reports. Video, Audio

Hogwarts has hit the southern hemisphere! We're joined by Gareth Reeves who plays Harry and George Henare - otherwise know as Albus Dumbledore. Audio

Dunedin defence lawyer Anne Stevens QC gives her legal view on the conviction of Cardinal George Pell for historic child sex abuse.  Audio