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The latest report from Research NZ on the impact Covid-19 is having shows that significantly fewer respondents believe we are adhering to social distancing rules, while one third of people are not… Audio

As the country turns its eyes to life under level one, confusion remains over the rules around contact tracing.

Hospitality businesses say the government needs to be more clear about what it expects… Audio

Effective contact tracing is critical to keep on top of Covid-19, but it appears New Zealand has a two-tier system.

Two of country's biggest public health units are refusing to use the government's… Audio

Two of the country's biggest public health units are refusing to use the government's national contact tracing system and experts are warning this makes it harder to control a future outbreak of… Audio

The government's finally introduced a contact tracing app, but questions remain over its effectiveness, how transparent the process has been, and inconsistencies involved. Audio

Sex workers say they're struggling to balance the privacy of their clients with the need to record contact tracing information, including real names and phone numbers.

They're doubtful the… Audio

After months of discussing it, the Government has released it's contact tracing app to the public

The NZ COVID Tracer app is described as a digital diary, with businesses encouraged to register with… Audio

Around the world countries emerging from lockdown are trying to keep track of where their citizens are going, and who they are coming into contact with.

In New Zealand the status of a… Audio

As New Zealand moves into level two and restrictions lift, the ability to quickly and efficiently trace our contacts will be critical to keeping any future covid outbreaks under control. Many… Audio

A Māori technologist says a digital contact tracing system in New Zealand poses the risk of discrimination against Māori. 

PhD candidate Karaitiana Taiuru has just released a paper on indigenous… Audio

Restaurants and bars are gearing up with the tech industry to use a multiplicity of Covid-19 contact tracing apps in Level 2.

A software leaders says signs are the Government will be happy without… Audio

A woman was contacted by the Ministry of Health's tracing team four and a half weeks after she came into contact with a confirmed Covid-19 case. 

She took a regional flight on 17 March and ten days… Audio

A Contact Tracing Assurance Committee has been set-up to strengthen oversight on what the Health Minister David Clark is describing as a crucial part of the Covid-19 response.

Strategies to ease… Audio

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about the large numbers of Australians downloading a smartphone tracing app that was rolled out on Sunday, modeled on a Singapore version… Audio

Should we have privacy concerns over an app and how do you keep a contact tracing diary? Plus businesses plead for rent relief and cash grants. Audio

Almost eighty percent of respondents in a new study expressed concern about the absence of physical contact with their elderly relatives Research New Zealand Managing Partner Emmanuel Kalafatelis… Audio

Contact tracing is critical to New Zealand's ability to combat any further outbreaks of Covid-19, but is two weeks too late to wait for an app that will assist with that? National's health… Audio

The National Party says the country's contact tracing of positive Covid-19 cases is still not up to scratch.

It says that the Minister of Health does not have crucial data about potential virus… Audio

Businesses are desperate to know what minimum amount of contact tracing they must provide when the country drops down to Alert Level 3 next week.

An app developer says technology allows this to be… Audio

Businesses wanting to re-open next week when the country moves out of lockdown are trying to figure out what contact tracing they need to do.

The Government has said collecting information about… Audio

The Goverment's goal for Covid 19 is elimination and to that end contact tracing is crucial. Associate Professor Dr Arindam Basu from the University of Canterbury looks at whether or not we have the… Audio

Scientists need to find new ways to track the contacts of people who may have had Covid-19, as case numbers plummet.

That's according to Ayesha Verrall, who audited the national contact tracing… Audio

New Zealand's Alert Level 4 lockdown has been extended for a little over a week, ending just before midnight on Monday 27 April.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told Morning Report the extension was… Audio

New Zealand needs to be able to contact trace up to 1,000 cases of Covid-19 - in case of a large outbreak in the next two years.

That is among the recommendations in a new report into contact tracing… Video, Audio