Covid 19

The Government is launching three digital mental health tools today to help people deal with the effects of Covid-19.

Two apps and an e-therapy course will use things like daily web seminars and… Audio

A major healthcare provider is struggling to get personal protection equipment for their staff, with the ability to get the equipment differing from one District Health Board to another.

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Recycling has been put on hold by a number of councils during Alert Level 4, but that has left households wondering what to do with an ever increasing pile of paper and plastic.

Residents are being… Audio

Four more people have died from Coronavirus this long weekend but the nation has been buoyed by a shoutout to a kiwi nurse who helped the British PM back to health.  Audio

Physicist, professor Shaun Hendy, heads Te Pūnaha Matatini, one of at least three teams crunching the data on Covid19. Shaun explains explains what it's going to take to beat the virus. Audio

There are about 21,000 black cabs in London and many of them are also being used to provide free transport for patients. Karyn talks to Black Cab driver and muso, Geoff Hayden, about the situation for… Audio

In this bonus episode we ask small businesses how they are innovating to help themselves and support one another during the Covid-19 Coronavirus lockdown.  Audio

Chef and restaurateur Al Brown is enjoying a bit of break with time to cook comfort food and do lots of reading. On his daily walk, he forages for feijoas which work well in a simple feijoa & almond… Audio

Mayfair School Principal Ricardo Fox talks to Jim about how the school community has been dealing with lockdown, and how they are preparing for distance learning when school starts back on Wednesday. 

Kylie Eastman and her family were visiting relatives in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh when it went into lockdown. They haven't been able to leave the house for three weeks, and are uncertain when… Audio

Sam Neill says being "stupid and ridiculous on social media" isn't a new thing for him. While he'd rather be on his farm in New Zealand, for now, the Kiwi actor is self-isolating in Australia. In… Audio

Assuming it ends on schedule, New Zealand moved past the halfway point of the alert level 4 lockdown this week.  Panellists Linda Clark and Michael Barnett join the show to discuss this impact the… Audio

Dr. Bradley Garrett spent four years with people preparing for the end of the world while researching his new book, Bunker: Building for the End Times. He joins the show to discuss the experience and… Audio

Professor Michael Baker is with us again on Sunday Morning to discuss the latest in the battle against Covid-19 and answer your questions and ours as New Zealand enters the third week of the… Audio

Three Minutes Max, New Zealand commentators with succinct opinions. Reverend Frank Ritchie reckons the centuries old story of Easter has some good parallels to the situation we find ourselves in right… Audio

Even before the first hints we had “turned a corner” with Covid-19, pundits were pumping up the volume on calls to loosen the lockdown and get more shops and businesses open again. But others in the… Audio

The lockdown designed to save lives has also damaged livelihoods by slowing the economy to a crawl. Some pundits and politicians are now warning in the media that health can’t always be the top… Audio

David Clark had a bad week, only just clinging on as health minister after breaking the rules he announced to the country. But he wasn't the only 'Covidiot' squirming under the media spotlight… Audio