Covid 19

Getting tested every four days is making the U.S Open experience a very different one for New Zealand tennis player, Michael Venus.

Several big names have opted out of the New York tournament, which… Audio

The Ministry of Health has launched a review into a blunder which saw hundred of thousands of Aucklanders advised to get a Covid-19 test when they did not need to.

The Prime Minister said yesterday… Video, Audio

The message to mask-up seems to have been well-received in Wellington today, with high compliance across all forms of public transport. RNZ reporter Eva Corlett took the bus to Wellington station to… Audio

Masked-up Aucklanders cautiously made their way back to school and work today as the city returned to something resembling normal.

It was still quieter than before the latest level 3 lockdown… Video, Audio

In Tokoroa, Checkpoint reporter Nick Truebridge and cameraman Nick Monro spoke to locals about how Covid-19 is affecting their town. Audio

The government maintains it made the right call moving Auckland down an alert level, despite some of the country's top public health doctors worried it's too soon.

And the Health Minister say phone… Audio

In Victoria the death toll has risen by 41 in the Australian state at the epicentre of the country's Covid-19 outbreak.

The number of daily infections has fallen to a near two-month low, with 73 new… Video, Audio

The Education Minister has issued a plea for all Auckland parents to send their children back to school, after thousands opted to stay away from classrooms today.

Around 250,000 children were… Audio

NZ businesses are being warned to batten down the hatches as cyber criminals expand their targets after taking down the stock exchange for the fifth consecutive trading day.

Two media outlets, RNZ… Audio

There are calls for a bit of rethink on what criteria needs to be met to change alert levels. Dr David Welch from Auckland University talks to the Panel about whether any tweaking needs to be done. Audio

People in Tokoroa with Covid-like symptoms are being encouraged to get tested, after a doctor there was among the two positive cases confirmed yesterday.

Health officials have so far been unable to… Audio

Schools in South Auckland are reporting low student turnout as they reopen today under Alert Level 2.

Te Aniwa Hurihanganui spoke to Tom Webb, principal of Mangere College and Vice President of the… Audio

Aucklanders returning to the city arrived to a new normal today - with vast numbers of people donning masks and face coverings.

They're now compulsory on public transport, while schools and… Audio

Oscar-winning actor Louis Gossett Jr. has pretty much done it all - and won it all - as an actor. Yet the industry legend shows no sign of slowing, having recently received an eighth Emmy Award… Audio

Motivational speaker and author Jimi Hunt says mental illness is an epidemic that we can no longer ignore. The formerly Mexico-based Kiwi says improving your mental fitness just one percent every day… Audio

In her latest book, What We Talk About When We Talk About Books, Harvard Professor Leah Price dispels the myth of the end of the golden age of reading by suggesting that reading might not have been so… Audio

Covid-19 numbers in Victoria are finally dropping. Meanwhile, Australia PM Scott Morrison says he is open to the idea of Christchurch mosque gunman serving out his sentence across the Tasman. Rebekah… Audio

At 15, Bella Powell was told she had only two years to live if her CF went untreated. With nothing to lose, Bella, now 17, started taking a drug called Trikafta, and within hours she noticed results… Audio

Aucklanders are waiting for their clocks to hit midnight and a much-anticipated return to alert level 2, along with the rest of the country. But plenty of Covid-19 questions remain. Professor Michael… Audio

Six months ago, commercial media companies pleaded for government help and pundits warned their days could be numbered. Most cut costs, jobs and pay to stay afloat. But this week, two of New Zealand's… Audio