Nick Wilson

Jesse speaks to Professor Nick Wilson about the 1pm announcement on alert levels and Nick Hill from Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development. Audio

A leading New Zealand public health expert says moving quarantine facilities to an air base would reduce the risk of border control failures.

His argument against hotel quarantine facilities comes… Audio

Those who may have attended classes at Les Mills takapuna around the same time as a case of Covid-19 are being asked to stay home and call healthline.

The call comes on the same day the country will… Audio

Some public health experts say the hastily-improvised alert level system needs to be updated to eliminate the virus a second time.

The University of Otago's Professor Nick Wilson says it's too early… Audio

Masks should be compulsory in bars and restaurants - not just on buses and trains - according to a leading public health professor.

From Monday people will have to wear some kind of face covering on… Audio

Epidemiologists say New Zealand needs a new, more generic pandemic plan which caters to worst case scenarios.

They say the Ministry of Health's national pandemic plan didn't properly account for a… Audio

As Auckland heads back to alert level 3 and the rest of country into level 2, a top epidemiologist says he fears the government hasn't made the best use of alert level 1. Audio

New Zealand has the lowest death rate from the Covid-19 pandemic in the developed world.

A new comparative analysis looked at the death rates among the 37 members of the OECD.

New Zealand, which has… Audio

Public health experts say 548 fewer people died during the country's lockdown compared to the same period last year.

Epidemiologists from the University of Otago found the number of deaths dropped… Audio

Officials are considering imposing further measures on returning New Zealanders in managed isolation, following a review into the system at the border.

The review found the system to be under extreme… Audio

There's been a dramatic change to the criteria for having a Covid-19 test - and it means a lot fewer people will get one.

The Ministry of Health will no longer require people with any cold or cough… Audio

Here in New Zealand we've long been taking to statues.  Audio

Statues of British royalty, politicians, military leaders and explorers have been the most regularly attacked in recent decades.

Conversely, statues of artists and sportspeople have been left largely… Audio

Epidemiologists are still urging caution even though New Zealand now has no active cases of Covid-19 and has removed most virus restrictions.

Nick Wilson is Professor of Public Health at Otago… Audio

Epidemiologist at the University of Otago Nick Wilson, says the digital technology is still not good enough to move down from alert level 2 to alert level 1. Audio

As we await to find out what life would look like if Cabinet agrees to loosen lockdown next week, many in the research community say they'd like to see a vastly improved presentation of data from… Audio

A leading Covid-19 scientist says travellers arriving in New Zealand once the lockdown ends might need to be forced to wear electronic bracelets to monitor their movements.

It is likely new arrivals… Audio

We now know what a worst-case scenario of a rampant Covid-19 outbreak in New Zealand could look like - and it is devastating. The government yesterday released six modelling reports it's been provided… Audio

New advice to the government shows there could be at least fourteen thousand deaths in New Zealand if the current efforts to control and eradicate Covid-19 fail.

There would be an even greater number… Audio