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The announcement that gatherings can grow to 100 people from midday on Friday has caused relief and celebration among many New Zealanders.

But a clinical psychologist at Victoria University, Dr… Audio

Aliota left Samoa in 1966 to help his family. He was ambitious and arrived with a strong work ethic that led to his running his own business and working at a bank and on the Wellington City Council. Audio

The government is loosening up the limit of social gatherings before the weekend and a decision on when the country moves to level one is just weeks away.

Social gatherings of up to 100 people will… Audio

An elderly Christchurch couple are crying foul over EQC's site visit policy under alert level two.

EQC says the measures, outlined in emails to clients, are crucial for staff and customer safety.

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Church services and gatherings of up to 100 people have been given the green light to take place later this week.

It comes after another day with no new Covid-19 cases in New Zealand - our third day… Video, Audio

Level 2 has brought an end to seven weeks without any in-store retail therapy. Shops are taking up a large brunt of the contract tracing efforts - with registrations and bar codes present on entry to… Audio

Some of the biggest queues we're seeing under Alert Level 2 are outside hairdressers and barber shops.

Those with scissors and the shavers in hand are still social distancing rules - many wearing… Audio

With schools back, antsy students are wondering when they can pull on their boots and get back on the sports field.

Schools and amateur sports bodies are hopeful competitions can return in about a… Audio

Bars are able to open from Thursday without the need to pretend they are a restaurant and serve food to patrons. Forced to wait a week longer before they could open under level 2, they still have to… Video, Audio

The first days of life under Alert Level 2 has started with a hiss and a roar for retailers, restaurants and cafes, but some business owners fear the spending splurge will be short lived as recession… Audio

And it wasn't just teachers and students feeling the first day nerves.

Parents of some of the children returning today felt a little anxious about jumping back into the school routine.

Anan Zaki… Audio

Electioneering starts in alert level two with National calling the coalition budget nothing but a bribe in an election year. Audio

Among the many activities people were able to do for the first time at the weekend under level two, was to head to their local farmers market.

The risk of spreading Covid-19 meant they were forced to… Audio

The loosening of restrictions under the shift to Alert Level 2 began last Thursday, but today is a whole new ball game as schools reopen and tens of thousands more people hit the roads, and return to… Audio

Well, during lockdown our only option was to shop online - at level 4 it was essentials only, at level 3 it was almost anything - but malls are now back open, and it seems people were happy to hit the… Audio

Nick takes a look back at the last few years of releases by local label Rattle Jazz. Audio

Epidemiologist Michael Baker answers questions from New Zealand Choral Federation members on the safety of choral  singing under current COVID-19 restrictions.  Video