Covid 19

Should it be important for ACC's 'no fault' compensation scheme to know where you got Covid-19 from, to give you health support, and rehabilitation? Audio

After watching Covid-19 wreak havoc on his local community, Tenino mayor Wayne Fournier came up with an initiative concept to issue wooden dollars that can only be spent at local businesses - thus… Audio

There is a question mark over the future of coins due to the twin effects of digital technology and inflation reducing coin values. Andrew Clifford, president of the Numismatic Society of… Audio

A universally-condemned leak of Covid-19 patients' personal data for political purposes - by an MP and a big-name pundit - prompted the media to ask if 'Dirty Politics' was back - or had ever gone… Audio

Cambridge University consultant clinical virologist Dr Chris Smith returns to digest emerging Covid-related science and research. This week, a growing understanding of the widespread (and sometimes… Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

A man in his fifties has been arrested after he escaped a managed isolation facility in Hamilton to visit a liquor shop. He has tested negative for Covid-19 - after arriving from Sydney on the first… Audio

Senior National party MP Michael Woodhouse is the latest to be drawn into the Covid patient information leak that's already ended one MP's career after revealing he too was received leaked material… Video, Audio

As the Covid-19 pandemic causes economic crises in the Pacific, women are struggling to afford sanitary care products. Audio

Shoba Naryan joins us with the latest news and views from India. Audio

How do you keep diners apart and safe during a pandemic? A Los Angeles cafe has put up tiny greenhouse dining pods to help patrons socially distance while having their meals. Lisa Bernhard produced… Video, Audio

National's leader, Todd Muller, has given a speech at a business luncheon in Christchurch outlining what he says is his party's first big announcement on its economic plan for New Zealand. Called… Audio

Nearly 28,000 returning Kiwis have gone through Government-run managed isolation. That's on top of tens of thousands who flocked back into the country before the scheme came into force.So, what on… Audio

Work and Income's Job Search site has around 750 current jobs listed, with more every day. And TradeMe says it saw an annual increase in job vacancies in June, with listings up 9 per cent. We sent… Audio

As jobless rates and redundancies rise amid the covid fallout, a multi-million dollar boost to an Auckland jobs programme hopes to bring 700 more people into work. Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

Southlanders have been thrown into turmoil with Rio Tinto's announcment today it will wind down the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter resulting in the direct loss of almost 1,000 jobs and another 1,600… Audio

The police union is warning having a uniformed officer on guard outside all isolation & quaratine facilities 24/7 could actually make NZ less safe - not more. Lisa Owen asked Police Association boss… Video, Audio

The Government's admitted another gap in its public health defences; there's no standard plan for businesses should they come into contact with a possible covid-19 case. The gaping hole in the system… Audio