Life And Society

Earlier in the programme we asked listeners and viewers to send us pictures of you wearing your masks.

You've told us you've been making them out of all sorts of things, from socks to the sleeves of… Video, Audio

Aucklanders have once again mobbed testing clinics across the city - more of which have popped up to cope with the demand.

Traffic snaked for hundreds of metres outside some centres, where people who… Video, Audio

Businesses face an uncertain future with the community transmission of COVID-19 in South Auckland, as longer periods of lock down restrictions are floated. Business NZ CE Kirk Hopes talks to Jesse… Audio

As Aucklanders spend their first full day back in alert level 3, and the rest of the country in level 2 anxiety levels among many will be on the rise. Audio

Queues have been forming at Auckland Covid-19 testing centres, but it's a different story at one just south of the city's northern boundary.

Jordan Bond is at the Wellsford testing centre.

He speaks… Audio

A large queue has formed at the St Lukes Covid-19 testing centre.

RNZ reporter Chen Liu is there.

She speaks to Kim Hill. Audio

One of the countries top infectious disease specialists says it's highly unlikely the Covid-19 outbreak in Auckland originated from imported goods.

The Ministry of Health is testing surfaces at… Audio

The government has failed to meet its target of increasing the total number of police by 1800 officers in three years.

Official figures show there are 1280 more officers than this time three years… Audio

Auckland has opened more pop-up sites, bringing the total number of community testing centres to fifteeen, as the demand for testing soars. T

here are four permanent sites in Northcote, Eden Terrace… Audio

Funeral directors in Auckland say they don't know what to tell whanau who are expecting a loved one to die or have a planned funeral or tangihanga service over the weekend. 

Under Alert Level 3 only… Audio

The latest on what rest homes across the country are doing to keep the virus out.

They are in a three-day lockdown until midnight on Friday, when the situation will be reassesed.

No visitors are… Audio

The Employers and Manufacturers Association fielded over 650 calls from anxious Auckland business owners on one day of Alert Level 3.

They are fearful any extension to restrictions could devastate… Audio

The chief executive of Rotorua's Skyline Enterprises says staff are worried they may have come in contact with Covid-19.

The Ministry of Health has confirmed that a woman who tested positive for the… Audio

Pacific communities in South Auckland are being urged to prepare for a wider outbreak of the coronavirus. Four pop-up testing clinics are now operating in the region.

A south Auckland doctor says… Audio

Testing centres are starting to open in Auckland, after people spent hours waiting to get a test on Wednesday.

Reporter Liu Chen is at the Eden Terrace testing centre near central Auckland.

She… Audio

Checkpoints are up and running north and south of Auckland this morning. Police are stopping every vehicle and speaking with every driver trying to leave the city.

Anyone wanting to visit family or… Audio

Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield has confirmed a Mount Albert Grammar School student has tested positive for Covid-19.

Mt Albert Grammar is the country's second largest school with about… Audio