Covid 19

The latest poll from Research New Zealand set out to gauge support for New Zealand changing its name to 'Aotearoa' or 'Aotearoa New Zealand', but only 10% of people agreed New Zealand should change… Audio

How is New Zealand contributing to the urgent global quest for a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine? American vaccine expert Dr Fran Priddy recently joined The Malaghan Institute as Clinical Director… Audio

Former pilots, cafe workers and ex sales people are just some of those looking at a career in agriculture after Covid-19 disrupted their lives. Country Life spent a day with the budding beekeepers… Audio, Gallery

Technology commentator Paul Brislen speaks to The Panel about how the trial will work. Audio

In this week's Pocket Edition, we hear a performance from the 2020 APRA Silver Scroll awards and Tony Stamp checks in with some expat musicians holed up around the world during the global pandemic. Audio

Aviation Security officers have been sending extra help to a first-time mother caring for her baby alone in managed isolation.

As the mother cannot leave her hotel, they've even been buying toys for… Audio

Following months of delays and contro-versy, the government has today launched a community-based trial of a Bluetooth-enabled Covid card for contact-tracing.

The trial will take place in Rotorua… Audio

Jon Byrne, a New Zealander who lives in Sweden with his family, discusses what life is like there during the pandemic. Audio

French Polynesia now has one of the world's highest rates of Covid-19 on a per capita basis.

It's claimed 26 lives and officials are warning intensive care places will be full within two or three… Audio

Melburnians are enjoying their first day out of strict lockdown, after more than one hundred days of stay-at-home orders.

Those in the state of Victoria have endured one of the world's longest and… Audio

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to look at the easing of restrictions in Melbourne and Victoria, and Australia's economy officially grew in September - meaning it's technically… Audio

A child care centre in Napier remains open and parents are being told not to worry after a toddler had a weak-positive Covid-19 result.

The child was on an Air New Zealand flight from Napier to… Audio

Melbourne's five million citizens will be able to leave their homes from midnight and all cafes, restaurants, bars, shops and hotels will be allowed to reopen.

Australia's second largest city has… Video, Audio

Melbourne epidemiologist Dr Hassan Vally speaks to Jesse about the city's 112-day lockdown. Audio

Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says there is one new imported case in managed isolation, and no new community cases today. Audio

The people of Napier are being told there's no need to panic after a local child returned a weak-positive Covid-19 result when they arrived in Japan.

The child attended a local childcare centre and… Audio

Developing a Covid-19 vaccine is arguably the number one priority of humanity right now. So how does New Zealand fit in?  Video, Audio