Nick Wilson

As the country waits today for news on any moves of alert levels - particularly for the South Island - wastewater testing is again centre stage.

Covid-19 has been detected in Christchurch's… Audio

"Delta has a head start on us" - the Prime Minister's words on Monday afternoon before she announced how Aotearoa will catch up.

The whole of the country will remain in Alert Level 4 lockdown until… Video, Audio

Covid-19 is back in the community and the whole of New Zealand is back in lockdown as a result.

Otago University Public Health Professor Nick Wilson told Morning Report a return to alert level 4 was… Audio

Apparently it was too much to expect a pandemic to make public toilets a whole lot more hygienic for their users. New research from Otago University's public health department found 15 percent of… Audio

Health advice phone lines and testing stations will continue to be bombarded today as Wellingtonians seek to tackle fears there could be Covid-19 cases in the city.

The capital went into Level 2 at… Audio

Otago University epidemiologist Professor Nick Wilson looks at whether a two week suspension of arrivals from India is long enough, and from the Victoria University School of Law, Associate Professor… Audio

Guests staying in isolation hotels in Victoria will now be tested four times during their stay. It comes as the Australian state prepares for international visitors for the first time since February.

Fresh questions are being asked over management at MIQ hotels following the news of yet another mystery transmission.

Genome sequencing has showed a link between two returnees who stayed on different… Audio

A public health expert says the Government should be giving the Covid-19 vaccine to all adults in South Auckland sooner than it's planning to do.

Otago Univeristy professor of public health Nick… Audio

The government has turned down calls for people in South Auckland to be vaccinated before people in the rest of the country.

South Aucklanders over 65 and those with underlying health conditions will… Audio

New strict managed isolation rules are being dismissed as inadequate, with Covid-19 still easily able to slip the country's safety net.

They've been put in place as the Pulllman Hotel re-opens for… Audio

Auckland is now at Alert Level 3 for three days until midnight Wednesday, while the rest of the country is at Alert Level 2 for the same period.

The Prime Minister made the announcement last night… Audio

Over the last month new variants of Covid-19 have been spreading further around the world. Managed isolation facilities here now hold cases of the highly-transmissible UK variant of Covid-19 and a new… Audio

More than 40 countries have now banned travellers from the UK in response to a new Covid-19 variant - though New Zealand's borders remain open to them.

Top health officials in the UK say there is no… Audio

Rhythm and Vines is insisting it can cope if there is a Covid-19 outbreak among the 14,000 revellers expected at the festival in Gisborne.

The government has unveiled its plan for a possible… Audio

Six members of the Pakistan cricket team are in the quarantine arm at the Chateau on the Park in Christchurch after testing positive for Covid-19.

In addition several other members of the team have… Audio

A New Zealand public health expert says face masks must be mandatory on public transport right across New Zealand.

Cabinet ministers will soon meet to decide whether to make their use compulsory on… Audio

A group of top epidemiologists are suggesting that people arriving from places with a low Covid-19 risk spend half of their quarantine at home.

The suggestion is one of several recommendations the… Audio

Otago University's Nick Wilson talks to The Panel about today's 12 new COVID-19 cases in managed isolation and how much pressure the border could be under. Audio

A public health expert is concerned New Zealand has relaxed restrictions back to Alert Level 1 for most of the country.

Auckland remains at Level 2, but the remainder of the country returns to the… Audio