Covid 19

Gary McLean is a professor in molecular immunology at London Metropolitan University who specialises in infectious diseases, immunology and antibody engineering. He joins the show to look at the big… Audio

Research New Zealand's latest Covid-19 survey suggests only 44% of people who are still employed want to return to work under Alert Level 3, while 47% of respondents are willing to take the risk of… Audio

Virologist Dr Chris Smith returns to answer more questions about the emerging science around the novel coronavirus pandemic. A consultant clinical virologist at Cambridge University, and one of BBC… Audio

New York City remains at the epicentre of the US experience of the novel coronavirus. Although thankfully hospitalisations, new cases and deaths now seem to be on a downward path, its health system… Audio

We're back at Te Hera Vineyard where winemaker John Douglas has had an unusually solitary time, thanks to Covid-19, nurturing his fermenting grapes, measuring sugar levels and pressing the grapes… Audio

Grieving communities are feeling the strain over having to ensure funerals and tangi are restricted to 10 people only.

More than 100 people turned up to a tangi near Christchurch this week, despite… Audio

A veteran New Zealand retailer is on a rent strike in what she describes as a battle to survive after losing an estimated $1 million in turnover in the last six weeks due to Covid-19.

Homeware store… Video, Audio

Māori communities in isolated areas are turning up in droves to be tested for Covid-19.

New mobile testing units are being deployed to rural areas and to whānau homes, and clinics are being set up at… Audio

Despite several days of queues at takeaway stores across the country, the next few weeks will reveal how many food businesses will actually be able to survive the impacts of Covid-19.

Indira Stewart… Video, Audio

A massive bang, and when the smoke cleared - there was a body.

A man has been charged with the murder of an Auckland woman on Friday morning, in the wake of an explosion that woke a suburb.

Mt… Audio

The West Coast's mayors are calling on the government to relax the lockdown rules in their region to save jobs and businesses.

There are no active cases of Covid-19 in the West Coast DHB area and… Audio

The government is to give small businesses interest free loans to help them with the economic turmoil post-lockdown.

The Small Business Cashflow Loan Scheme will provide assistance of up to a… Audio

Waitematā DHB concedes it has had complaints about ill-fitting masks that are supposed to protect staff from Covid-19.

The DHB's launched an investigation into the use of PPE (personal protective… Video, Audio

A nurse at Waitematā DHB where three staff have contracted Covid-19 says "beggars belief" that personal protective equipment use failed.

But she says her DHB is ill-prepared and has shown… Audio

Otago University professor of Biochemistry, Kurt Krause, joins the discussion on the range of already existing drugs being tested for their effectiveness treating COVID-19. Audio

The wage subsidy scheme has reached its half way point, and nearly 1.6 million New Zealanders are being supported at a cost of $10 billion. The broad-stroke scheme supports businesses experiencing a… Audio

Parliament went into warp speed on Thursday to unanimously pass a tax relief bill for business owners.  Audio