Rowan Quinn
Mass vaccination clinic opening in Auckland today
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
Covid-19: Auckland has half as many vaccinators as it needs
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
Counties Manukau DHB CEO wants more vax training for nurses
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
Covid-19 at MIQ: Arrivals from India stopped until end of April
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
Concerns about complacency a year on from lockdown
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
Covid-19: Rural doctors turning down vaccine due to time constraints
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
Only 3 percent of young adults in need of measles shot have had one
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 NZers to have Covid-19 vaccine by July, govt plans
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
Covid-19: Vaccination centres soon to be up and running
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
Govt sets up independent Covid-19 advisory group
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
First large-scale Covid-19 vaccination clinic opens in Auckland
The government plans to release the Covid-19 vaccine priority list on Wednesday, detailing who will get their jab and when, based on the arrival of more vaccines into the country.
Today, the… Video, Audio
Covid-19: Decision day for Auckland's latest lockdown
An expert in the spread of Covid 19 wants the country to stay at Alert Level 2 even if the government decides to take Auckland out of Level 3.
Cabinet is meeting today to decide whether the country… Audio
South Auckland vaccinations should start this month - academic
There's a call for South Auckland vaccinations to begin this month.
The government has committed to putting the area first when community vaccinations begin later this year.
Otago University… Audio
Covid-19: GPs compile list of frontline workers for jabs
GP groups in Auckland have been asked to compile a list of frontline doctors and nurses who could be called up at the last minute for a vaccine after many missed out at the weekend.
Doctors were… Audio
Covid-19: GPs turned away from spare vaccines
South Auckland GPs were turned away when they tried to get vaccinated this weekend after spare doses became available.
The city's district health boards had leftover vaccine after a week of border… Audio
Covid-19: Doctors miss out on leftover vaccines
Some South Auckland doctors didn't receive a Covid-19 vaccination over the weekend despite leftover doses from the border roll out being available.
The city's DHBs invited some health care workers to… Audio
Covid-19: Anxious wait for families quarantined by outbreak
The three Covid-19 positive families at the centre of the latest outbreak are anxious but getting better as they quarantine at the Jet Park.
There have been 11 community cases, most of them centred… Audio
Government called to consider vaccinating south Auckland first
The government's is being told it should look at vaccinating South Aucklanders first when the community roll out starts.
Papatoetoe and its surrounding suburbs are grappling with the current Covid-19… Audio
Bowel movements may have caused Pullman Covid-19 outbreak
Airborne Covid-19 particles from bowel movements may have contributed to Auckland's Pullman Hotel outbreak.
Guests caught the virus from each other in the hotel last month, sparking a small community… Video, Audio
New Covid Community case as Pullman investigation releases
The Ministry of Health has announced there is a new case of Covid-19 in the community.
It comes as the Ministry reveals it is looking at whether airborne particles generated by bowel movements could… Audio