Ashley Bloomfield

People are grappling with the second round of lockdown, what it entails, and the prospect of day-to-day mask wearing. Professor Michael Baker joins the show to discuss what the coming weeks and months… Audio

The latest results from the now-fortnightly poll conducted by Research New Zealand shows that respondents believe the 'team of five million' needs to be more committed to preventing another Covid-19… Audio

There is now officially a cluster of community transmission in New Zealand, with 13 new cases confirmed today.

They are all close contacts of the four cases identified on Tuesday, and all are in… Video, Audio

Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield has confirmed a Mount Albert Grammar School student has tested positive for Covid-19.

Mt Albert Grammar is the country's second largest school with about… Audio

The announcement that Auckland has community transmission of Covid has sent our largest city and the country's rest homes back into lockdown, prompted queues outside supermarkets and warnings the… Audio

As Auckland goes into Level 3 lockdown and New Zealand enters Level 2 lockdown following four positive Covid-19 cases in south Auckland, Health Minister Chris Hipkins joins Lisa Owen with the latest… Video, Audio

Auckland will be going into Alert Level 3 restrictions for three days from midday on Wednesday after four cases of community transmission of Covid-19 from the same family were confirmed yesterday.

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Auckland will be going into Level 3 restrictions for three days from midday today after four cases of community transmission of Covid-19 from the same family were confirmed.

The lockdown will… Audio

Another case of Covid-19 has been confirmed in New Zealand - this time a man in his twenties who travelled from Melbourne at the end of July.

The positive test came on the 12th day of his managed… Video, Audio

Ashley Bloomfield is warning community transmission of Covid-19 in New Zealand is inevitable, as the authorities try to break Kiwis out of complacency around the virus.

Shops, restaurants and schools… Audio

Another person has briefly escaped from a managed isolation hotel in Auckland after tailgating a staff member.

The man attempted to follow a staff member out of the gate at the Crowne Plaza, claiming… Audio

The inquiry into the leak of Covid-19 details has confirmed what we already knew - the National MP Hamish Walker and former party president Michelle Boag are chiefly to blame.

But the Ministry of… Audio

A Canterbury GP is warning that new testing guidelines issued to GPs on Tuesday will not boost the rate of people being tested every day.

Currently, around 2000 people are being tested for Covid-19… Audio

More than 30 Melbourne suburbs will go into a four-week lockdown tonight in an attempt to bring an outbreak of Covid-19 cases across the city back under control. Video, Audio

Some doctors are charging for Covid-19 tests despite health officials saying they should be free. There's also confusion about who should be swabbed.

The Ministry of Health changed the testing… Audio

From tonight, stay-at-home orders will kick in for a month in certain hotspots in Melbourne.

The state's Premier has asked that international flights be diverted from Melbourne for the next… Audio

There are three new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today, while two people have now recovered from the disease. One of the cases was flagged yesterday, a woman isolating in a hotel in Rotorua.

And… Audio

The Health Minister struck a starkly different tone today, showering the Director-General of Health with compliments - and even an offer of flowers.

But there was no apology for his comments… Audio

Panellists Teuila Fuatai and Thomas Pryor share their thoughts on a video that everyone's talking about. Audio