Morning Report

Public health experts want an urgent review of the strategy to tackle Covid-19.

They're calling for increased routine screening, mandatory vaccination for more groups of workers, an upgraded alert… Read more Audio

The Waikato beachside town of Raglan is waking up under an alert level 3 lockdown after a Covid-19 case popped up in the community yesterday.

The case is one of two detected in the Waikato yesterday… Read more Audio

There are growing concerns that Covid-19 found in Waikato - and other surprise cases - could be the tip of an iceberg of undetected transmission.

The government's set to announce its decision about… Read more Audio

National Party leader Judith Collins says more breaches of the lockdown laws are likely, and the police need to apply the law with an even hand.

Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki is promising to… Read more Audio

Hamilton's mayor is urging her residents to get vaccinated to stop the city returning to lockdown.

The city went back to alert level 3 at midnight and will stay there for at least five days.

Prime… Read more Audio

Waikato health authorities are ramping up testing capacity and hoping two positive Covid-19 cases in the region will cause a rush on vaccinations.

The cases yesterday prompted the Government to put… Read more Audio

Runners have pounded the UK capital's streets in a record-breaking London marathon.

The 42 kilometre race returned for the first full-scale staging of the race in more than two years, following the… Read more Audio

Covid-19 vaccination rates among Māori are only about two-thirds of those of the general population, a figure which is worrying health officials.

Only 55 percent of Māori have had their first dose… Read more Audio