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Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles
Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to talk about making silk from microbes, how humans twitch their ears when they hear interesting sounds and the importance of herd immunity. Audio
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New Covid-19 concerns at world's largest refugee camp
A New Zealand aid worker at the world's largest refugee camp is concerned there won't be enough beds to cope with an expected surge in Covid-19 cases.
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Watch: Behind-the-scenes with Dr Siouxsie Wiles
Loading Docs documentary - A science superhero with pink hair wages war on Covid-19 to convince an entire nation to lockdown.
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Loading Docs 2020: Siouxsie & the Virus
A science superhero with pink hair wages war on COVID-19 to convince an entire nation to lockdown. Video
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Loading Docs 2020: Siouxsie & the Virus
A science superhero with pink hair wages war on COVID-19 to convince an entire nation to lockdown. Video
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Science correspondent Siouxsie Wiles
Science correspondent Siouxsie Wiles joins Lynn to look at how researchers have built a lab-based system to mimic deep-sea volcanic eruptions and compared their findings with data from the eruption of… Audio
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Muller says compassionate leave non-testing failure is a 'national disgrace'
National Party leader Todd Muller says the revelation that the majority of people granted compassionate leave did not get tested prior to leaving isolation is a national disgrace. Audio
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No reason to panic over recent Covid-19 cases - Wiles
A specialist in infectious diseases says there's no reason to panic about the eleven cases of Covid-19 we've recorded in the last two weeks.
All of them are New Zealanders returning from overseas.
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Lancet's hydroxychloroquin confusion
Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to talk about the elusive narwhal and the unusual sounds they've been recorded making, the confusion surrounding a Lancet paper on hydroxychloroquin -… Audio
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Covid-19: Two new cases in New Zealand, both arrivals from UK
There are two new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand, the Ministry of Health has confirmed.
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Covid-19: Siouxsie Wiles on virus elimination
It's been 28 days since the last case of community transmission of Covid-19 ended quarantine.
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Covid-19: Streak continues with no new cases for 24 days
New Zealand has no new cases of Covid-19 for the 24th day in a row and one significant cluster has now closed, the Ministry of Health has confirmed.
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Covid-19: Siouxsie Wiles on virus elimination
It's been 28 days since the last case of community transmission of Covid-19 ended quarantine. Audio
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Coronavirus: Siouxsie Wiles on virus elimination
It's official - today is Elimination Day.
It's been 28 days since the last case of community transmission of Covid-19.
That means the chain of transmission has been broken and we've eliminated the… Audio
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Nurses Union wants safety assurances
The Nurses Union says it wants assurances from the Ministry of Health that hospital workers are safe after it pulled millions of masks over quality concerns.
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Recap: Black Lives Matter solidarity events see turnout of thousands
Thousands of New Zealanders today in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin took part in Black Lives Matter solidarity events.
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Bars a concern when deciding on relaxing restrictions - expert
New Zealand will need to spend two more weeks at level 2 - before we can start returning to normality, an infectious disease expert says. Audio
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Coronavirus: Siouxsie Wiles on loosening restrictions
Just a single case of Covid-19 was confirmed in the past week, and 97 percent of all those infected have now recovered. Cabinet is meeting today, and will discuss whether the rules around gatherings… Audio
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Misleading Covid videos, disobedient dogs and dazzling squid
Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles highlights a Canadian study which analysed the reliability of Covid-19 videos on YouTube, a study from the UK that found dogs become less obedient to their owner… Audio
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Dr Siouxsie Wiles explains 'weak positive' Covid-19 case at Marist
New Zealand has recorded one new confirmed case of Covid-19, after three days in a row of no cases.
The new case is linked to the Marist College cluster in Auckland and was identified through… Video, Audio
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Covid infection studies, and giant 'murder hornet' in the US
Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles looks at two studies focused on why people can test positive for Covid-19 weeks after an infection, and whether they're still infectious. She'll also talk about the… Audio
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NZ scientists working on various Covid-19 testing options
Supermarket workers and those in rest homes will likely be the target of new Covid-19 surveillance testing in level 3 to keep the virus under control.
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Covid-19 surveillance to test supermarket, rest home staff
Supermarket and rest home workers will likely be the target of new Covid-19 surveillance testing to keep the virus under control.
Today there were just two new Covid-19 cases confirmed - but images… Audio
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Covid-19: NZ must 'be even more vigilant at level 3' - PM
Jacinda Ardern says with more people returning to work, NZ needs to be even more vigilant at level 3 to prevent any inadvertent spreading of Covid-19. Watch her latest briefing live here. Video
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Testing the Covid tests, and how lemurs attract the girls
This week, Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles tells Kathryn about an initiative to independently put the 500-odd Covid-19 tests through their paces, an Icelandic study on Covid-19 in the general… Audio