Rowan Quinn

A new Covid-19 vaccination super clinic is opening in West Auckland this morning.

The clinic is being opened by the Waitematā District Health Board and Te Whānau o Waipareira Trust.

The clinic was… Audio

The government's unveiled a major reform of the health system, scrapping all 20 district health boards. They'll be replaced by a new, national body, Health NZ which will be responsible for running… Audio

In the most radical shake up of the health system in decades, the country's 20 District Health Boards are being scrapped. The Health Minister Andrew Little has announced details to health leaders in… Audio

Hundreds of people are at parliament this morning to hear the Health Minister Andrew Little announce major health reforms in response to last year's Health and Disability System Review.

Health… Audio

Major health reforms aimed at fixing a health system many say is broken and unfair are set to be announced at 8am on Wednesday.

The Health and Disability System Review last year recommended a huge… Audio

Hundreds of people who work in health care are gathered at parliament on Wednesday to hear details of the biggest restructure of the health system in decades.

Health Minister Andrew… Audio

Trans-Tasman quarantine-free flights are back on - as New Zealand's vaccination rollout's been described as shambolic, and Australia's as a failure.  Audio

A new mass vaccination clinic is opening in Auckland today. It comes as health officials in the city struggle to recruit enough people to deliver the injections. RNZ's health correspondent Rowan Quinn… Audio

Auckland only has half the number of vaccinators it needs for the Covid-19 roll out.

The city's DHBs say they're encountering frustrating roadblocks in getting enough people approved to do the… Audio

Auckland DHB say they need hundreds more vaccinators - and fast - if they're to have any hope of meeting their vaccination targets.

Counties Manukau DHB's chief executive Margie Apa, who is working… Audio

Kiwis wanting to return home from India are being locked out until the end of the month.

From Sunday, no one who has been in India in the last 14 days will be allowed into the country as the… Audio

Doctors and nurses who were preparing to face down Covid-19 as the lockdown hit, worry about complacency one year on.

It's a year this week since the country went into level four lockdown, as the… Audio

Some rural doctors and nurses are turning down their chance to get a Covid-19 jab because they can't take hours out of their busy day to get it.

Whangamata GP Fiona Bolden, who heads the rural GP… Audio

Half way through a year-long vaccination campaign to prevent another dangerous measles outbreak, only about 3 percent of young adults who need an injection have had one.

The government launched its… Audio

Two million New Zealanders will be vaccinated against Covid-19 by July under the government's latest plans.

And everyone over 65 will be eligible from May.

The Covid-19 Reponse Minister Chris… Audio

Large vaccination centres are due to soon be up and running around the country.

The first was opened in Auckland yesterday in a large, open, office-style building in South Auckland fitted out with… Audio

An independent advisory group has been set up to oversee what the government's calling the "continual improvement" of its Covid-19 response.

Chaired by Sir Brian Roche, the group is tasked with… Audio