Covid 19

Pressure is mounting on authorities to explain what happened with the flip-flopping health advice given to workers at the Port of Tauranga.

More than 70 workers spent time on board the Rio de La… Audio

Months into the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, the number of vaccinated Māori and Pacific people remains well down on the rest of the population.

Health groups are worried efforts to target the most… Audio

Craig Harrison is the national secretary of the Maritime Union. He discusses the case of the cargo ship with workers with Covid-19 at the Port of Tauranga.

He says the situation has been handled… Video, Audio

Nearly 100 port workers are in isolation awaiting a Covid-19 test because another ship has been hit by the virus.

Our political editor Jane Patterson joins Lisa Owen from our Parliament office.

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Nearly 100 port workers are in isolation awaiting a Covid-19 test, because another ship has been hit by the virus.

This time it is off the coast of Tauranga with 11 of its 21 crew having tested… Audio

Representing New Zealand at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964 was Dr Dave Gerrard's first major overseas outing, so it has been something of an emotional return to the city .Gerrard is with us on the eve of… Audio

Cathy Macleay emigrated from Christchurch in the late 1960s and started out her life in Chile on the family farm of her late husband, Hugh, but now lives on her own in Punta Arenas. She has four… Audio, Gallery

Wellington band KITA have released their single 'Every Day' alongside their debut self-titled album. Nikita joins us to discuss the track and how many takes it took to film their impressive one-shot… Audio

New Zealander Dr Gary McLean is an international authority on coronaviruses. He joins the show to discuss the threat of the new lambda variant, and why it's likely that Covid will continue to impact… Audio

The 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics have been one of the strangest ever, but they have also been the most successful. Sports commentator Lavina Good joins us from Tokyo to cover off the big Kiwi… Audio

Health officials are mulling the prospects of a Pfizer booster shot, and a longer wait between the first two doses.

The doors are flinging open for over 55s to get their Covid-19 vaccine from today.

Australia's state of Victoria heads into a snap seven day lock down at 10pm NZ time tonight as Sydney records its latest daily high of 262 new cases and in Tokyo more than 5,000 new cases have been… Audio

New South Wales has seen its worst day yet, with 262 new Covid-19 cases, and five more deaths.

Not only that, but the outbreak has spread beyond Sydney.

Covid-19 has turned up in wastewater around… Video, Audio

As Fiji struggles with an unprecedented health and economic crisis, there are warnings about a growing climate of fear. Audio

The head of a Māori health provider in Lower Hutt fears vaccine hesitancy among tāngata whenua is leaving the community vulnerable in the event of a Covid-19 outbreak.

Capital and Coast District… Audio

The government is denouncing those spreading lies about the Covid-19 vaccine campaign, calling their behaviour reprehensible.

It warns misinformation is already hobbling efforts to inoculate the… Audio

Health experts in and around Fiji are warning if the Delta variant of Covid-19 keeps mutating - a new vaccine may be needed.

More than 20,000 people with Covid-19 are in isolation and the death toll… Audio

Patients are at risk of harm as a shortage of nurses on Southern District Health Board wards forces some to ration their care.

The problem was unearthed as part of a review into its safe-staffing… Audio

One of the country's best medal hopes will have to wait another day for a shot at gold. Sailors Blair Tuke and Peter Burling are in first place and are gunning for gold in the 49er - but unfavourable… Video, Audio

A pizza and a lie-down. That's how an elated Dame Valerie Adams is celebrating her bronze medal.

It's the shot putter's fifth Olympics and her fourth medal, adding to two golds and a silver.

Dame… Video, Audio