Covid 19

Parliament finishes this week. But there’s a few last-minute laws to get over-the-line before the 'finish line' arrives. Audio

Epidemiologist Sir David Skegg is warning that its almost inevitable that we will have a community outbreak of COVID-19. Audio

As thousands of Melbourne businesses prepare to shut down tonight, Victoria is bracing for another record high in daily cases - 725 are expected to be announced this afternoon.

Lapses in the state's… Audio

New Zealand's unemployment rate has improved in the three months to June, falling slightly to 4 percent.

However, the underutilisation rate, which includes the unemployed and those who are employed… Audio

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Lynn to look at Melbourne's move to tighten its lockdown and what impact that will have on the federal economy. A special payment is being made from the… Audio

The Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield has admitted the Ministry of Health is falling well short of its Covid-19 testing target with just over 1600 people testing for coronavirus yesterday… Audio

At least a thousand people have queued of for a Covid test in Queenstown today - after a recent visitor tested positive in South Korea.

WellSouth organised a temporary drive-thru testing site at the… Video, Audio

Truckies and local leaders are at breaking point over a dangerous highway between Napier and Taupō, where eight people have been killed in the last twelve months.

They say government ministers and… Video, Audio

The Victorian government has brought in strict new penalties for those breaching home isolation rules as the state prepares for a tough Level 4 business shutdown tomorrow night.

A curfew is already… Audio

New Zealanders are being encouraged to get tested for Covid-19, as daily testing rates are falling well short of the Ministry of Health's own targets.

On Monday 1,608 tests were completed, with a… Video, Audio

There are questions about mental health care for those in managed isolation and quarantine following the sentencing of the first person to flee such a facility today.

Suzanne Marie Derrett was… Audio

Melburnian Melissa Brourton talks to the panel about what life is like under tough lock down rules in the city. Audio

Queenstown residents have been queuing to get tested for Covid-19 at a free, drive-thru testing site this morning 

The site has been set up at the Pak'n'Save carpark in Frankton and started testing… Audio

While some island nations, which have been spared the pandemic are keen for travel to open up from New Zealand, researchers at the Australian National University have created an interactive map… Audio

The Salvation Army is warning of a sudden plunge into poverty for nearly half a million people who are currently receiving the Covid wage subsidy. 437,000 people are receiving the extended wage… Audio

Dr Raynald Samoa is an endocrinologist of Pacific Island descent, who teaches and practises in southern California. Audio

Professor of Law at Otago University, Andrew Geddis discusses New Zealand's response to identifying Covid-19, including community testing and contact tracing. Audio

Metropolitan Melbourne is under curfew from 8pm until 5am with people only allowed to leave their homes for one hour's exercise within five kilometre of their homes every day. Karyn speaks about the… Audio

The Prime Minister has shot down any hopes for an imminent travel bubble - despite Auckland Airport announcing its preparations for just that.

The airport plans to split its terminal into two zones… Audio