Delta Variant

Among other topics this morning, our panellists will be discussing the current Covid-19 lockdown situation in New Zealand, the dangerous Delta variant, the need for saliva testing, virtual Parliament… Audio

The Coronavirus is here forever. This is how we live with it. That was the rather foreboding headline from a recent article in The Atlantic which quoted a number of leading medical authorities… Audio

The government has tightened rules around tangihanga and funerals this lockdown due to the increased threat of the Delta variant. Family members in the same isolation bubble of a deceased person can… Audio

The number of locations of interest, and close contacts, continue to grow in the Delta outbreak. There are now 210 active cases in the community. But the good news is, Google's latest Community… Audio

Former Tall Ferns captain Leone Patterson's love affair with California began in the early 1980s. These days, she is based in Alemada, in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she has lived for almost 20… Audio, Gallery

The moment we'd been expecting to happen finally took place this week when New Zealand recorded its first community case of Covid-19. Professor Michael Baker returns to the show to answer your… Audio

Among other topics this morning, our Weekend Panellists will be discussing the current lockdown, how successful our vaccine rollout has been, the All Blacks decision to back out of the Bledisloe Cup… Audio

Among other topics this morning, our Weekend panellists will be looking at the tough Covid-19 decisions, the disappearance of cash in society, the Winston Churchill painting from Parliament and the… Audio

Karen joins Kathryn for the latest on the Covid outbreaks in Australia as it's expected Sydney will face another week of lockdown, the NRL reels from another scandal as it was revealed 13 players from… Audio

Thomas joins Kathryn to look at how the contagious Delta coronavirus variant is posing a significant challenge to Europe's pandemic strategy as many people are on the move during the European football… Audio

Rebecca Kennedy splits her time between Hong Kong and Macau, but over the past 12 months she's been more or less stuck in the latter location due to the restrictions imposed because of Covid-19. She's… Audio

Joining us again on Sunday morning is New Zealander Dr Gary McLean. He discusses the Delta variant, what type of masks we should be wearing, and why annual Covid-19 booster shots are going to be… Audio

Australia could be on the verge of a national outbreak of the Covid-19 Delta variant. Four states and territories have reported new cases and have imposed lockdowns or tighter restrictions.

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Epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker is back with us for a Covid-19 update. He'll discuss how the Delta variant slipped into the community, and whether Wellington has dodged a serious bullet this… Audio

Our regular commentator Cambridge University consultant clinical virologist Dr Chris Smith joins us with the latest Covid-19 science, and to answer your questions. Audio

Dr Gary McLean looks at the latest Covid-19 developments, including the continued rise of the fast-spreading Delta variant, the transmissibility of Covid-19, and why people who have been fully… Audio

UK correspondent Hugo Gye joins Kathryn to talk about the decision to delay removing the rest of the Covid restrictions thanks to the growth of the Delta variant across the UK, which has pushed… Audio