Covid 19

A New Zealand resident in mandatory isolation on Australia's Cold Coast says its seems much stricter there than it is here and he has not had physical contact with another human being for ten days or… Audio

A top epidemiologist is warning that people in Melbourne - and across the state of Victoria - could be facing another lockdown of up to two months.

Victoria has had to scrap plans to relax some… Audio

Residents at Auckland's Stamford Plaza are being threatened with legal action after going public with their concerns about plans for the hotel to be used as a managed isolation facility.

Last Friday… Video, Audio

Border protections have been ratcheted up again, as New Zealanders continue to return home in droves.

It comes after two new positive cases on Monday - one is a teenage woman who arrived from… Video, Audio

We speak to psychologist Sarb Johal about how to deal with recent developments. Audio

New research on the MV Greg Mortimer, a covid-19 infected cruise ship returning from a trip to Antarctica, has found 81 percent of positive passengers had no symptoms. Hawkes Bay GP, Jeff Green was… Audio

The Pacific Leadership Forum in New Zealand say that the two new cases on Tuesday is inexcusable as Pacific families have had to jump through hoops to get compassionate exemption. Audio

Underworld investigator Misha Glenny says the Covid-19 pandemic is going to change the nature of the drug-dealing business, working against the big organised crime cartels who traditionally control… Audio

Dr. Ashley Mears is a former fashion model turned academic sociologist. Her new book Very Important People looks at how clubs and restaurants pay promoters to recruit beautiful young women to their… Audio

This week Mediawatch looks at how the media lifted the lid on startling failures in Covid-19 quarantine.Also: new developments in a major review of Maori media - and claims its critics have… Audio

China is never out of the news, and in the past week the stories there have been big ones. Nathan van der Klippe is joining us, our China correspondent, and the Asia correspondent for the Globe & Mail… Audio

New Zealand's new Covid-19 cases and the troubles at our borders, the police shooting in West Auckland, health reforms and taxes are on the agenda for our Sunday Morning panellists Linda Clark and… Audio

Concern is growing that the measures at New Zealand's border are not strict enough to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

RNZ has heard from several people in managed isolation worried that they are not… Audio

Will there be a vaccine? Or will we have to learn to live with the virus? Produced by Justin Gregory, Guyon Espiner, Claire Eastham-Farrelly, Tim Watkin and Veronica Schmidt. Audio

In breaking news, it's been revealed the military official who was yesterday announced as the new head of our border controls has in fact been in charge of isolation facilities and repatriation for at… Audio

The number of people being denied benefits because their partner earns too much has skyrocketed.

Jobseeker benefits can be cut to nothing depending on partners' incomes - despite recommendations that… Audio

There is some confusion about whether or not masks will be compulsory on inbound flights from Australia.

It comes as two New Zealand sisters from the UK tested positive for Covid-19 after transiting… Audio