New Zealand

Home support workers are relieved they're in line to get essential protective equipment when visiting clients.

The government has announced District Health Boards will be distributing stocks to front… Audio

Despite calls from the Law Society to defer property settlements, some sellers are still trying to force buyers to pay up, even though they can't move house for the next few weeks.

With almost 6,000… Audio

New Zealanders living in Australia are over the moon they'll be able to access emergency payments being provided amid job losses due to Covid-19.

It follows a plea last week from Jacinda Ardern for… Audio

New Zealand's largest company is emerging as a bright spot in the economic gloom.

Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell says the co-op is in good financial heart and expecting to stay that way… Audio

Up to five million dollars of chilled meat is headed to landfill if independent butchers are not allowed to reopen within the next five days.

Group principal at the Aussie Butcher, Keith Oddy, says… Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

What is it like on the front line of New Zealand’s supermarkets during the Covid-19 lockdown? 

There have been daily tears, racial abuse, and in some cases violence, a checkout staff member told… Video, Audio

Thousands of Air New Zealand workers are fighting to keep their jobs as the airline struggles with a massive drop in income.

The national carrier expects income to slump by $5 billion after slashing… Audio

Testing and tracing needs to be ramped up and more effort needs to be made to ensure New Zealanders returning from overseas are strictly quarantined.

Senior government officials and the Health… Audio

We spoke with New Zealander Lew Dagger a few weeks back ago when China was in lockdown, but now he says life is pretty much back to normal. In fact, he has even managed a sit-down meal in a… Audio

Today marks day four of New Zealand's nationwide Covid-19 lockdown. We're joined by commentators Linda Clark and Michael Barnett to see how they feel New Zealand is handling the situation. Audio

Kim Crossman was already into the sixth day of a self-quarantine period when it was announced on Friday that the city of Los Angeles was going into lockdown due to the Covid-19 outbreak.  Audio

The Musical Chair is designed for busy people, and this week's guest, league star Georgia Hale is certainly no exception, despite the fact her sporting season is currently in limbo due to the Covid-19… Audio

Nicholas Holmes travelled in French Guiana to pick his daughter up and take her back for a holiday in his home country, but he now finds himself locked down in a Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni apartment… Audio

Jo Tovee is currently stuck in a hostel in Lima after only five days into her solo-trip to Peru after the Peruvian government declared a 15-day state of emergency. She says foreigners are being made… Audio

Kiwi Jenene Crossan has lost track of the days at North Shore Hospital. She has coronavirus. For her that means a sore throat and what she describes as a heavy chest and hacking cough.

She is case… Video, Audio

New Zealand's response to the global Covid-19 pandemic has ramped up again today after the Prime Minister urged people over the age of 70 to stay indoors - more than half a million people. 
 

There… Video, Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced an alert system to manage New Zealand's Coronavirus outbreak. Currently New Zealand is at level two. Video, Audio

The government has unveiled its biggest economic plan in New Zealand's post-war history to support businesses hard-hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The $12.1 billion package, which represents four… Video, Audio

A man who stabbed one of the country's most notorious murderers more than 40 times has been sentenced to preventive detention.

Siuaki Lisiati, himself a convicted murderer, attacked double killer… Audio