Caroline Mc Elnay
Officials warned govt not to strip tenancies act rights from emergency housing
Health officials warned the government not to strip emergency housing users of protection under the Residential Tenancies Act saying removing such rights couldn't be justified.
The government went… Audio
Dr Caroline McElnay on international travel changes
From today, all international arrivals into New Zealand will need to provide a negative Covid-19 test within 48 hours of their departure, down from the previous 72 hours.
Director of Public Health… Audio
Rapid antigen tests could soon become dominant Covid test - MOH
The Ministry of Health says it's working on a testing framework which has rapid antigen tests as the predominant method for detecting Covid infections.
The Director of Public Health, Dr Caroline… Audio
Covid-19: Contact tracing system to be upgraded for Omicron
The country's Covid-19 contact tracing system is being upgraded to deal with the highly infectious Omicron variant.
It struggled in the Delta outbreak and will be critical for containing the much… Audio
Viking Bay crew quarantining in same hotel as uninfected travellers
Fifteen crew from the Viking Bay, who have all tested positive for the Covid-19 virus, are now in MIQ in Wellington. But unlike Jetpark in Auckland, the Wellington MIQ hotel is used by both sick and… Audio
Ministry of Health Covid Update LIVE
There have been no additional community cases linked to the latest Auckland case, which has now been directly connected to the Defence Force cluster. Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins and… Audio
Covid-19: Details of new Auckland community case revealed
Health authorities are racing to find the source of a new community case of Covid-19, but right now they have no idea where the Auckland student caught the virus.
The woman in her twenties has no… Video, Audio
Covid-19: Ministry of Health update
Director of Public Health, Dr Caroline McElnay, provides a Covid-19 update. Audio
Covid-19: Govt releases report on contact tracing progress
New figures show that just a week ago the country was still falling short of contact tracing targets - ten days into the current Covid-19 outbreak.
The government's released new data as well as a… Audio
NZ's latest Covid-19 case an Auckland nurse
An Auckland nurse is being cared for at North Shore hospital after testing positive for Covid-19. She is the only new case of coronavirus to be recorded in New Zealand over the past 24 hours. The… Audio
Live coverage of the Ministry of Health's latest Covid Update
An update from the Government on Covid 19 - speakers today are Dr Caroline McElnay, Director of Public Health and Finance Minister Grant Robertson. Audio
Live coverage of the Ministry of Health's latest Covid Update
An update from the Government on Covid 19 - speakers today are Dr Caroline McElnay, Director of Public Health and Finance Minister Grant Robertson. Audio
Live coverage of the Ministry of Health's latest Covid Update
An update from the Government on Covid 19 - speakers today are Dr Caroline McElnay, Director of Public Health and Finance Minister Grant Robertson. Audio
What NZ's Covid-19 pop-up testing stations look like
At least 400 people lined up outside a Christchurch supermarket on Friday to get tested for Covid-19 - part of a targeted network of testing stations set up in New Zealand.
In addition to… Video, Audio
Live coverage of the Ministry of Health's latest Covid Update
An update from the Government on Covid 19 - speakers today are Dr Caroline McElnay, Director of Public Health and Finance Minister Grant Robertson. Audio
Live coverage of the Ministry of Health's latest Covid Update
The civil service leaders of the response to Covid 19 address media and take questions about day six of the level four restrictions being in place. Speakers today are Sarah Stuart-Black, Director of… Audio
Preparing for coronavirus
This afternoon the Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield and the Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay explained the work that's happening to make sure New Zealand is prepared to… Audio
Government steps up response to Coronavirus
Nurses have been stationed at Auckland Airport to test any unwell passengers arriving from China as the government steps up its response to the novel coronavirus.
The virus is thought to have… Audio
No plans to scan plane passengers for new virus
Last year almost 50,900 tourists from China came to New Zealand in the month of the Chinese New Year.
But so far there are no plans to screen passengers arriving from China.
Dr Caroline McElnay is… Audio
Warnings to Pacific over Auckland measles outbreak
Pacific travellers to and from Auckland are being warned to vaccinate against measles at least two weeks ahead of time to prevent the viral illness spreading to the region. Audio