Coronavirus

The 'foundational right' of New Zealanders to return home, versus the 'proportionate' response to the risks the country faced.

The two key arguments that have been debated in the High Court in… Video, Audio

Snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has made history once again becoming our first athlete to win multiple medals at a Winter Olympics.

She secured silver in the big air competition this afternoon… Video, Audio

Recent Glorivale escapees are among the many New Zealanders banned from practical driving tests because they haven't been vaccinated.

It comes as the government continues to face pressure on classing… Audio

Managing isolating staff will be a big hurdle for businesses as the country enters Phase 2 of the Covid response.

but their bigger worry is the dwindling foot traffic - with some outlets already… Video, Audio

Whitestone Cheese is relying on RATs to keep it going under phase 2 of the Omicron response.

Whitestone Cheese has sourced the rapid antigen tests itself and is waiting to be confirmed as a critical… Video, Audio

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'Proportionate to the risks the country faced'. The defence the government put up today over a legal challenge of its MIQ system, and the limitations it put on offshore New Zealanders.

The Grounded… Audio

'No longer tenable'. The country's top cop has renewed calls for protesters to move their vehicles off the roads blocking central Wellington streets, to bring to an end the major disruption.

They've… Video, Audio

Under new government rules some returnees can get a temporary pass out of self isolation to visit a terminally ill relative, go to court or get medical attention.

And sports teams or performers who… Video, Audio

The parents of Kiwi snowboarder Zoi Sadowski Synott's have praised their daughter's 'nerves of steel' after she won a second medal of the 2022 Winter Olympics - this time a silver in the big air… Video, Audio

Kiwi doctor Andrew Read may have played a part (through no fault of his own) in Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and other leading artists leaving Spotify after podcaster Joe Rogan misrepresented an old… Audio

The opening round of Super Rugby Pacific may have to be postponed, with members of the Moana Pasifika squad bracing for positive Covid-19 tests.

Moana Pasifika's final pre-season match is likely to… Audio

As New Zealand prepares for an Omicron onslaught, the government has unveiled new rules designed to keep the virus from grinding the country to a halt.

The virus has caused major supply chain… Audio

Despite the many event cancellations around the motu, Napier's art deco festival is still going ahead next week, but it will be hugely scaled back.

Organisers have had to cancel more than 200 events… Audio

The government says its taking a light touch when it comes to policing businesses that register as critical for the Covid test to work scheme.

Workers that qualify, will be allowed to skip Covid 19… Video, Audio

N95s are recognised as the best masks to wear to prevent catching Covid-19 - they're the ones all our MIQ staff are wearing.

But many of our nurses say they're just not being provided for hospital… Video, Audio

As Aotearoa's border reopening edges closer, families living in motels fear the country's housing crisis is about to get a whole lot worse. Audio

Who is a critical worker and who is not? For business it could literally be a multi million dollar question.

From today they can decide for themselves if they fit the bill and register for the… Video, Audio

Police have arrested 120 protesters on the grounds of Parliament during the third day of anti-mandate demonstrations.

A massive deployment of officers is slowly and methodically picking out… Video, Audio