Calling Home: Marc Shields in Rapa Nui / Easter Island

07:45 am on 3 May 2020

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Rapa Nui - aka Easter Island - is one of the most remote places on the planet, but it still has not been spared from the reaches of Covid-19. The tiny island nation is currently on lockdown with five confirmed cases of coronavirus, and the tourism industry - which is the country's lifeblood - has ground to a halt. Former West Auckland man Marc Shields joins the show to share how things are going as his family return to living off the land.

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