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Auckland health authorities are urgently recruiting more contact tracers as the system hits capacity just five days into the outbreak.

The tracers are vital to the Covid response because they get… Audio

Just moments before we came on air, SkyCity said it has identified around 1000 patrons and 240 staff who were in the casino when a Covid-positive case visited the gaming floor. Māni Dunlop speaks to… Audio

The cyber-stricken Waikato DHB is yet to contact all the patients whose personal details were released on the dark web earlier this week. Cyber experts think the data were dumped in retaliation for… Audio

A young Uyghur man living in New Zealand says he has lost all contact with his family in China and fears they are in concentration camps in Xinjiang.

More than a million Uyghurs are in what the… Audio

A man who was hiding out in dense bush has been recaptured, after enjoying a meal of oysters, a bottle of champagne, and relying on the help of career criminal Arthur Taylor.

James Matthew Bryant had… Audio

One in four tamariki and rangatahi in state care don't feel they can contact their birth families as much as they'd like to.

The statistic is just one finding taken from an Oranga Tamariki survey of… Audio

A group claiming to be behind the devastating cyber attack on Waikato DHB has contacted media in a bid to convince the health board to pay its ransom. Media organisations including RNZ were sent the… Audio

Dr Ashley Bloomfield has issued a Section 70 order to anyone who attended City Fitness gym at Hunter's Plaza in Papatoetoe on Feb 20 between 11:15am and 1:45pm, or Feb 26 between 3:25pm and 4:30pm.

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As new details emerge about the circumstances that put Auckland back into lockdown - including that the new cases had contact with an infected family during the last one, how difficult is it going to… Audio

Auckland is back in lockdown for the second time in a month after new cases of Covid-19.

The change in restrictions comes after a spate of rule breaking from people who were supposed to be… Audio

Auckland moved back into Alert Level 3 lockdown this morning - with the rest of the country being moved to level 2 - after a new Covid-19 case was detected in the community. Joining us again is the… Audio

Auckland has exited its three day lockdown, based on the advice of Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield.

Associate Minister of Health Ayesha Verrall says she has confidence contact tracing… Audio

The daughter of the family at the centre of the Covid-19 outbreak attends Papatoetoe High School.

The school is closed today and tomorrow for cleaning and all students are being asked to get tested.

Contact tracing is expected to be faster when a Bluetooth update of the covid app comes into force tomorrow.

The Bluetooth function will create an anonymised record of all the people users have been… Audio

Online meeting attendance only is likely to be the new advice from the DG of health when it comes quarantine workers catching up with their colleagues after a Defence Force employee infected someone… Video, Audio

A leading biostatician is calling for more research into how contact sport can lead to dementia later in life. It comes after former footballer Sir Bobby Charlton became the fifth member of England's… Audio

Technology commentator Paul Brislen speaks to The Panel about how the trial will work. Audio

People in a Rotorua suburb can apply to take part in a make-or-break trial of a Covid-19 contact tracing card from Friday.

Health officials still can't say if the tracing tool will cope with real… Audio

Last night Auckland Regional Public Health confirmed a positive Covid-19 person visited the Malt Bar in Greenhithe last Friday night. Now health authorities are saying anyone who was at the Malt bar… Audio

Mobile phones are a key way of families staying in contact across far-flung remote provinces in Papua New Guinea. Audio

Officials have identified 35 close contacts of the three community covid-19 cases who travelled to Taupo.

Eight have returned negative test results, while the rest have been or are in the process of… Audio

Health workers are scrambling to respond to three new cases of Covid-19 in the community, with 31 close contacts also involved.

Two of the family of three left managed isolation in Christchurch and… Audio

A review into last years measles epidemic has found Auckland health authorities lost the ability to trace contacts early in the outbreak and vaccinations ran out.

Te Aniwa Hurihanganui spoke with… Audio

Ministry of Health figures show it's still taking too long for the contacts of people with Covid-19 to get into isolation.

The Ministry is not reaching its target of having 80 percent of contacts in… Audio

Health authorities will today confirm if anyone who attended gym classes with a health worker who has tested positive for Covid-19.

The authorities have urged almost ninety close contacts who… Audio