Covid 19

Air Commodore Darryn Webb says the guest at Rydges who had Covid-19 may have passed it on to a nurse who then passed it on to a maintenance man at the facility. Video, Audio

It's a mystery baffling our health experts: How did a Rydges hotel maintenance man contract a strain of Covid-19 from a hotel guest he apparently never came into contact with?

Yesterday the Ministry… Video, Audio

New research shows manual contact tracing must remain the backbone of any such system. That's despite digital methods being faster and more effective at identifying close contacts. Senior researcher… Audio

Covid-19 has been able to get into the Auckland community at least twice, although the exact method of transmission is a mystery for both occasions. Otago University epidemiologist professor Michael… Audio

Only 40-percent of staff working in managed isolation and quarantine facilities were tested prior to last week's Covid-19 community outbreak in Auckland. This comes after a maintenance worker at one… Audio

Genetic sequencing has linked the Rydges Hotel worker to the same strain of virus found in a woman who stayed at the Auckland hotel between July 28 and 31 after returning from the United States. The… Audio

Every day at Level 3 lockdown is costing Auckland 250 jobs and $65-75 million in lost GDP, even with a wage subsidy in place, according to the latest forecasts from Auckland Council's Chief Economist… Audio

Auckland teachers and principals are divided over whether to bring some of their Year 12 and 13 students back to class.  Audio

Today there have been further twists and turns throughout the day from Government ministers and officials about the latest coronovirus cases in the Auckland community as well as managed isolation and… Audio

Parliament is back and the MPs are already knee-deep in Covid. We outline the plan for the unexpected reprise of Parliament. 

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A business group is concerned about the delays for essential workers being slowed down or refused at Auckland's Covid-19 checkpoints. The EMA, which represents about 5,500 employers north of Taupo… Audio

A new nationwide subsidy to cover the period Auckland is in alert level 3 is being rolled out on top of the existing wage subsidy extension as well as access to the sick leave support scheme. The… Audio

The economic and social impacts of Covid-19 focused the minds of Pacific leaders last week in a meeting held on line because of the pandemic. Audio

The University of Auckland's Assoc. Prof. Siouxsie Wiles explains how glowing superbugs help in the development of new medicines to fight infection. From Raising the Bar 2020. Audio

When three Australasian photographers decided to create a Zine of Covid-19 related images during the initial outbreak, they could never have guessed it would come out just as New Zealand and Australia… Audio, Gallery

A new study out of Washington State University has shown that women living in small towns are most at risk of violence from current or former spouses and partners. The findings also ring true in New… Audio

Taiwan appears to be at risk of being caught up in the power struggle between China and the US. Richard McGregor is the author of Xi Jinping: The Backlash. He joins us to discuss Taiwan issue and the… Audio

The mega-rich are using their wealth to cross borders that would normally be closed or become involved in residence-by-investment, with the end result being a "golden visa". And New Zealand is an… Audio