Covid 19

It's the battle of the border blueprints. Opposition parties are this week setting out how they would manage the border, although one got their first.

Both want vaccinated New Zealanders to be able… Audio

On Tuesday evening thousands of New Zealanders are joining the virtual MIQ lobby for the next lottery of vouchers.

3800 rooms in managed isolation for October, November and December are being… Video, Audio

The government has issued a new plea to Aucklanders over Covid-19 testing as the tail of Delta continues to bear down on the city of sails.

It is asking all people working in level three businesses… Video, Audio

Ron talks to Kathryn about the deadlines in the US to raise the country's debt ceiling, and the Democrats are hoping to pass the budget blueprint by the end of the week. And the struggle is ongoing to… Audio

Door-to-door Covid-19 testing in Auckland is being seen as a way to help Auckland out of a costly lockdown.

Mobile testing vans have been visiting suburbs where the virus has been circulating, and… Audio

For businesses home isolation will be a game changer; employees can get overseas and back without having to compete for a spot in MIQ.

The government's revealed it will start a pilot scheme next… Video, Audio

As Aotearoa looks to the future of its Covid-19 response, there is increasing talk about how businesses will deal with mixing the vaccinated with the unvaccinated.

Maybe it is a vaccine passport, but… Video, Audio

Right now MIQ is a bigger risk to business than Covid-19 according to a leading entrepreneur who's detailed an alternative isolation plan in a bid to get businesses travelling again.

The boss of… Video, Audio

The South Island has not had a case of Covid-19 in the community for more than a year, despite that they woke today of news that another big event has been canned.

Guns n' Roses called off their… Audio

Eden Park says it will struggle to stay commercially viable if vaccination rates in Auckland do not get close to 90 percent.

As the prospect of summer crowds and concerts draw closer, major events… Video, Audio

Home isolation is coming, but not quite yet and it is just for a select few. The Prime Minister floated the idea of a self isolation in pilot in August saying it would begin in October.

Today Jacinda… Video, Audio

It's been a big week for New Zealand TV director Jessica Hobbs following her breakthrough Emmy win for her work on The Crown. The London-based filmmaker was born into the industry, having joined her… Audio

New York Times bestselling author Jessica Lahey is a mother, a teacher in a drug and alcohol centre for adolescents, and a recovering alcoholic with a strong family history of addiction. Jessica… Audio

University of Otago epidemiologist and regular Sunday Morning guest Professor Michael Baker returns to the show to answer your Covid-19 questions and ours. Audio

Worrying breaches of Auckland’s Level 4 border fired up the media this week - just as the Government prepared to green-light a risky shift to Level 3 in the supercity. Meanwhile the media also… Audio

The results were overwhelming when Research New Zealand asked Kiwis about what we should be doing to manage Covid-19, with nearly three-quarters of people (70%) saying they support lockdowns to… Audio

There've been four days of protests in Melbourne - leading to hundreds of arrests - they've been protesting against the lockdown and demanding a vaccine mandate for the construction industry be… Audio

Kira Mance Freire has embarked on a fun way to encourage her friends and family to get vaccinated against Covid-19.  Audio

New modelling shows New Zealand needs to vaccinate most people five years and up to keep the Covid-19 death rate about the same as the seasonal flu.

Te Pūnaha Matatini modellers say the higher the… Video, Audio