Ashley Bloomfield
Covid-19: Wellington Mayor waiting to hear locations of interest
Wellington is on high-alert after a traveller from Sydney, who visited the captial at the weekend, tested positive for Covid-19 on their return to Australia.
Late last night, New South Wales Health… Audio
'Everything's on the table': Bloomfield not ruling out lockdown after Wellington Covid-19 scare
Ashley Bloomfield says lockdown is an option in Wellington after a person who travelled there from Australia tested positive for Covid-19.
The traveller from Sydney, visited Wellington last weekend… Audio
Ardern signals travellers to NZ will likely need Covid-19 vaccination
No vaccine, no visit. The Prime Minister has given the strongest indication yet that unvaccinated travellers may not be able to enter Aotearoa.
At a press conference with Dr Ashley Bloomfield… Video, Audio
Vaccine eligibility, access for those in Counties Manukau
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will reveal later today how the Covid-19 vaccine rollout will work for people in group 4 - that's the general population who so far haven't been eligible for the jab. The… Audio
Kiwis headed home from Victoria won't pose risk - Bloomfield
New Zealanders will soon be able to fly home from Melbourne without having to quarantine, after a pause to the travel bubble between Aotearoa and Victoria.
People will be able to fly back from… Audio
NZ pauses travel bubble with Victoria
Let's head to Australia now where the state of Victoria went into a seven day lockdown overnight after it became clear that a highly-contagious strain of Covid-19 is spreading out of control. There… Audio
Dr Ashley Bloomfield responds to critical report on Covid-19 vaccine rollout
A report into the Covid-19 vaccine rollout raises serious concerns about whether the government can reach its targets and if there's even enough vaccine in the country.
It calls on health authorities… Video, Audio
Risk from New South Wales considered low, but still some unknowns - Bloomfield
Flights to New Zealand from New South Wales have been placed on hold for 48 hours from midnight last night, as authorities investigate fresh Covid-19 cases in Sydney.
About 6000 people who have… Audio
Bloomfield not expecting many New Zealanders to be affected by Perth restrictions
Ashley Bloomfield expects new restrictions on people flying from Western Australia to New Zealand will only affect a very small number of people.
Three new Covid-19 cases linked to a managed… Audio
Māori non-clinical staff to be trained as vaccinators
Funding to rapidly train non-clinical workers to help administer the Covid-19 vaccine to Māori communities is being described as a drop in the bucket.
Māori health providers have been consistently… Audio
Temporary suspension of flights from India after Covid surge
New Zealand has temporarily suspended travel from India as a response to a surge in Covid cases amongst returnees. It came after 23 new positive cases of Covid were identified in managed isolation… Audio
Covid 19 Update with Dr Ashley Bloomfield
Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins is providing the latest update on the Pfizer vaccine, and Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield has the latest on Covid-19 in the country. Audio
Covid-19: Genomic sequencing links MIQ worker and returnee case - Bloomfield
Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says genomic testing returned overnight confirms that New Zealand's latest Covid-19 case came from within a managed isolation facility.
This follows… Audio
Water flouridation control handed to Director-General of Health
The Director-General of Health is being handed what's being described as a political hot potato no one wants to touch.
From March next year, Ashley Bloomfield will be in control of water… Audio
Covid-19 alert level changes - what you need to know
Auckland will leave lockdown and drop down to alert level 2 at 6am on Sunday. The rest of the country will move to level 1 at the same time.
The decision was made following news there are no new… Video, Audio
Dr Bloomfield issues health order for Papatoetoe gym-goers, other contacts
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.
… Audio
Southland mayor doesn't want Destiny leaders in region
Do not pass go. Do not collect 200 dollars. Or any dollars at all. That's the message from Southland's mayor to Destiny Church leaders Hannah and Brian Tāmaki whom he says are not welcome in his… Audio
Health expert Professor Philip Hill on Covid-19 latest
Today marks a fourth straight day without any new cases of Covid-19 being found in the community.
More than 68,000 tests have been processed in the last week - but a number of results are still… Video, Audio
Tamakis under fire for fleeing Auckland as level 3 announced
The leaders of Destiny Church are under fire from the Covid-19 Response Minister and the Maori Party after fleeing Auckland to hold a church service in Rotorua in a bid to avoid the city's alert level… Audio
How can health officials get more Covid-19 information to youth?
The 1pm update, adverts, Facebook updates, emergency push notifications - the government has tried numerous ways to get us to Unite against Covid-19.
But after a number of people broke isolation… Audio