Covid 19

The Council of Trade Unions is accusing some employers of bad behaviour in the face of the Covid-19 crisis.

One of the complaints is that employers are compelling staff to use sick leave or annual… Audio

The clock is ticking, in just under seventeen hours, the country will be in a coronavirus lockdown.

Everything will be shut and everyone will be stuck in their homes - unless they're involved in an… Audio

Parliament will urgently convene one last time this afternoon to put the country in a State of Emergency before shutting up shop over the four-week lockdown.

MPs will then head into self-isolation -… Audio

Jesse Stevens is a New Zealander in a suburb of Barcelona and has been in lockdown for 10 days.

The government has recently extended the lockdown there until April 12.

He speaks to Corin Dann. Audio

Queenstown's mayor fears thousands of migrant workers in Queenstown may struggle to have food or shelter after losing their jobs and becoming stranded.

Jim Boult says some will need urgent government… Audio

A mortgage holiday repayment scheme is being warmly welcomed by landlords, but hitting all the wrong notes with some renters.

The government announced yesterday that banks have agreed people hit in… Audio

An employment lawyer is warning many workers will fall through the cracks under the Government's Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme.

The Finance Minister Grant Robertson has dramatically expanded the… Audio

The drought in many parts of New Zealand continues to bite even after rain in some of the affected areas.

The entire North Island, parts of the South Island and the Chatham Islands are in drought.

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The lockdown deadline has been extended for people trying to high tail it home by 11.59pm Wednesday.

Pressure on ferries, trains and planes, and the need to keep passengers a safe distance apart… Video, Audio

Hunker down and stay home. That's the message from the Prime Minister as the country heads into the final 24 hours before nationwide lockdown begins.

It will be four weeks minimum before the… Video, Audio

Restaurants are crying out for clarity on government restrictions and essential services as the deadline for the unprecedented nationwide shut down fast approaches.

Food bag delivery services are… Video, Audio

Meanwhile mass flight cancellations and border closures in crucial transit countries are wreaking havoc on New Zealanders' travel plans trying to come home, as well as those going the other way.

One… Video, Audio

The rush is on to get home before midnight on Wednesday when officially all of New Zealand will be in lockdown.

Stranded airline passengers are trying to book last minute flights with Air New… Video, Audio

The government on Tuesday agreed to six-month mortgage holidays and another $6.25 billion for a finance guarantee scheme for small and medium-sized businesses.

So where did the money come from and… Video, Audio

It's been a hectic day in Wellington with people flocking to supermarkets, banks, Warrant of Fitness providers, McDonald's drive-throughs and petrol stations.

Hundreds of Victoria University students… Video, Audio

It has been a chaotic day in parts of Auckland as people scrambled to prepare for tomorrow's four-week lock down.

Queues of people getting tested for Covid-19, along with queues of people doing some… Video, Audio

There is still much confusion on Tuesday over whether stores like The Warehouse will remain open over the four week lockdown period.

Retail giants, hardware stores and manufacturers are all… Video, Audio

RNZ political editor Jane Patterson has the details on what the government is doing about getting stranded New Zealanders home. What happened to the mercy fl

RNZ political editor Jane Patterson has… Video, Audio

The government has brokered a deal with banks in a bid to keep roofs over homeowners' heads.

There will be six-month mortgage holidays for people whose incomes have been hit by Covid-19.

The banks… Video, Audio

One NZer in the UK, musician Bridget Walsh has been helping other kiwis there get access to fincancial aid, and has apparrently been a model of how to navigate the process.. Audio