All episodes
Monday, 15 November 2021
- 5:10 Waikato to move to alert level 2 on Wednesday
- 5:14 Principals hoping vaccine hesitant teachers will change mind
- 5:18 Covid in Rotorua, but mixed views remain on vaccination
- 5:22 Testing, vaccination blitz in Taupō as five Covid cases appear
- 5:25 Covid booster shots 'just in time' for doctors, dentists - union boss
- 5:28 Second world title eludes Black Caps with T20 loss to Australia
- 5:35 What next for the Black Caps in the summer of cricket?
- 5:38 Evening business for 15 November 2021
- 5:41 Gisborne Mayor on reopening plans
- 5:45 Woodville busy testing, vaccinating after two Covid cases
- 5:51 Deputy PM on Auckland reopening plans
- 6:08 Labour down two percent in latest political poll
- 6:15 Regional mayors reluctant to take position on reopening borders
- 6:19 Helicopter company owner defends safety record at inquest
Friday, 12 November 2021
- 5:07 Hundreds queue for tests in Stratford after new Covid cases
- 5:12 Taranaki Covid-19 cluster revealed by a tip-off
- 5:24 Auckland CBD business struggle as office workers stay home
- 5:35 Black Caps to face Australia in T20 Cricket World Cup final
- 5:41 Evening business for 12 November 2021
- 5:44 Hospitality NZ says venues are ready to open
- 5:50 Mangawhai desperate to see Aucklanders at Christmas
- 5:55 A second year with no show on Show Day in Canterbury
- 6:08 Potential Covid exposure in Stratford 'extremely concerning' - mayor
- 6:15 Auckland City Mission worries it won't meet Christmas demand
- 6:19 COP26: Frustration in the corridors of negotiation rooms
- 6:21 Rugby: Ireland looms as litmus test for 'developing' All Blacks
Thursday, 11 November 2021
- 5:07 Another final for Black Caps after T20 World Cup semifinal win
- 5:18 'Aunty power' to push Covid vaccinations in Kawerau
- 5:18 Whānau Ora goes back to court over Māori Covid vaccination data
- 5:27 Covid cases push calls to drop MIQ for vaccinated travellers
- 5:31 Sport NZ updates guidelines to make cricket easier under Covid-19
- 5:38 Evening business for 11 November 2021
- 5:41 Airline representatives urge certainty so NZ does not lose international routes
- 5:47 Opposition fears more crime as 'three strikes' law scrapped
- 5:50 Police seize 50kg cocaine, $300k cash in major bust
- 5:53 Christmas food flying off shelves in holiday season preparation
- 6:08 National urges Health Minister to intervene over Māori data for Whānau Ora
- 6:14 Waihopai GCSB surveillance domes shutting down
Wednesday, 10 November 2021
- 5:07 Education Minister details return to schools for years 1-10
- 5:17 Ardern visits Auckland as region moves to level 3 step 2
- 5:22 New Plymouth school shocked by death of three staff members in car crash
- 5:25 Managing Auckland border a strain on police resources - police union boss
- 5:33 Evening business for 10 November 2021
- 5:37 Auckland shops open doors for first time in three months
- 5:42 'A great day' for Sylvia Park mall as level 3 step 2 starts
- 5:48 Man with Covid-19 dies in home isolation, cause unconfirmed
- 5:50 Black Caps confident facing England in T20 semifinal
- 6:07 Auckland students return to school after three months at home
- 6:11 'We're navigators' - Māngere's Jean Batten school ready for reopening challenges
Tuesday, 9 November 2021
- 5:06 Self-styled freedom fighters, antivaxers in protest at Parliament
- 5:11 Connor Whitehead's dad speaks out on 'senseless murder'
- 5:15 Vaccine-hesitant teachers causing headaches for principals
- 5:19 Stuart Nash details govt plan to underwrite summer festivals
- 5:27 Addington Cup Day: Spectator ban doesn't stop the party
- 5:34 Evening business for Tuesday 9 November 2021
- 5:36 Air NZ preparing for summer holiday flights ahead of govt border restriction announcement
- 5:43 Community reaction to teachers not getting vaccinated at King Country school
- 5:48 Twizel gardener using pedal power to compost town food scraps
- 5:51 Auckland shops ask for patience as new level rules begin
- 5:56 One year after Napier floods, some have not returned home
- 6:07 Rhythm & Vines founder welcomes govt help
- 6:14 Vaccine certificate or negative test for Air NZ flights in new rules
- 6:17 Health system struggling with Covid home isolation cases
- 6:21 'Stay angry' Obama urges young people at COP26
Monday, 8 November 2021
- 5:06 Deputy PM confident Auckland out of level 3 at end of November
- 5:17 Aucklanders respond to level 3 step 2 announcement
- 5:20 Concerns of a 'hard slog' for second doses in Counties-Manukau DHB
- 5:24 Māori health providers drive tough roads to bring vaccine to Northland whānau
- 5:28 Auckland shop doors can open from Wednesday at level 3 step 2
- 5:36 Evening business for 8 November 2021
- 5:40 Christchurch terrorist faces uphill legal battle, expert says
- 5:43 Whānau Ora's fight for Māori vaccine data ongoing
- 5:46 'No consistency' - pool owner frustrated at changing step 2 rules
- 5:52 Top of Northland's move to level 2 not welcomed by all
- 5:55 Black Caps storm way into T20 Cricket World Cup semifinals
- 6:07 Hospitality reacts to Auckland being out of level 3 in December
Friday, 5 November 2021
- 5:08 Second person dies self-isolating for Covid, cause of death unconfirmed
- 5:11 Covid in Taranaki wastewater: Iwi question delay sharing news
- 5:15 Aucklanders' views on reopening the region from level 3 lockdown
- 5:19 Auckland deputy mayor calls for level 1 in region by December
- 5:26 Tairāwhiti state of emergency lifts, but slips still a risk
- 5:33 Evening business for 5 November 2021
- 5:36 NZ doing 'incredibly well' with vaccination rates - top immunologist
- 5:43 Tourism operators fear collapse if Aucklanders cannot travel
- 5:48 Businesses dump recalled sugar over lead contamination fears
- 5:51 Heritage-listed Christchurch building catches fire again
- 5:55 Hamilton Zoo opens again after one month closed
- 6:08 Apathy behind low Taranaki vaccination rate - Stratford Mayor
- 6:13 Wiremu Namana jailed for life over brutal Dunedin killings
- 6:16 Migrants pushed into poverty after losing jobs in lockdown
- 6:20 Alleged abductor of Cleo Smith kept room full of dolls
- 6:27 Covid detected in Gisborne wastewater - Mayor
Thursday, 4 November 2021
- 5:05 Managing Auckland border during summer holiday traffic 'impossible' - police union
- 5:19 Bay of Islands businesses nervous with lockdowns to north and south
- 5:24 Māngere family's lucky escape from 'mistaken identity' house shooting
- 5:27 Gisborne Mayor details latest on flooding, state of emergency
- 5:35 Evening business for 4 November 2021
- 5:37 Auckland hairdressers seek reassurance on reopening
- 5:44 Education Ministry details primary online learning resources
- 5:52 Fears some may be sharing apartment buildings with Covid cases
- 5:56 NZ couple allowed to fly from Australia to reunite with baby son
- 6:08 Traffic expert suggests spot checks for Auckland border travel
- 6:13 Auckland councillors divided over govt's housing density plans
- 6:18 Wellington's Island Bay cycleway still under contention
Wednesday, 3 November 2021
- 5:05 Abducted 4yo girl Cleo found after 18 days missing
- 5:15 Time slots possible for Aucklanders crossing border in holidays - Hipkins
- 5:26 Antivaxers disrupt Ardern's visit for second day in a row
- 5:27 An island divided: Waiheke debates need for Auckland visitors
- 5:36 Evening business for 3 November 2021
- 5:39 Far North nervously waits to see if Covid has spread
- 5:43 Auckland Botox services open as hairdressers stay closed
- 5:50 What it's like in the business home self-isolation trial
- 5:56 COP26: Govt pledges to slash methane, but has no plan
- 6:08 Isolation hotels may become quarantine facilities as Covid spreads
- 6:16 Auckland travel time slot 'stupidest idea I've ever heard' - Bishop
- 6:18 Ex-All Black Carl Hayman diagnosed with dementia at 41
- 6:22 Four-year-old Perth girl found alive after 18 days missing
- 6:26 Pasifika sports stars join the push for Covid vaccinations
Tuesday, 2 November 2021
- 5:10 Conspiracy theorist disrupts govt's $4.6m pledge for iwi-led vaccination work in Northland
- 5:14 Christchurch council reassures no contamination risk from fire
- 5:22 Life inside 'ghost mall' Sylvia Park under level 3 restrictions
- 5:26 NZ-bred horse Verry Elleegant wins Melbourne Cup 2021
- 5:27 COP26: NZ scientists cutting cow pollution get nod from BoJo
- 5:36 Far North level 3 move 'disappointing but right' - Mayor John Carter
- 5:44 Far North lockdown a signal of possible Covid future - Jackson
- 5:52 Auckland councillor victim of rising amount of antivaxers' abuse
- 5:55 Southern DHB readies for possibility of endemic Covid
- 6:08 Latest details as Far North enters level 3 restrictions
- 6:13 'It will be hard' for Northland to reach 90 percent vaccination - Dr Reti
Monday, 1 November 2021
- 5:07 Covid Response Minister details alert level changes
- 5:15 Aucklanders respond to planned move to level 3 step 2
- 5:19 Takapuna businesses closing after Covid-19 and roadworks
- 5:24 Emotional reunions at Sydney Airport with isolation-free return
- 5:26 Major fire at Christchurch wastewater plant - latest update
- 5:35 Evening business for 1 November 2021
- 5:37 Lack of information key issue for Murupara low vaccinations
- 5:42 Rising rate of children living in motels a 'moral failure' - National
- 5:46 Auckland CBD business boss responds to level 3 step 2 plan
- 5:50 Dozens at first day of Southland's farmgate vaccination tour
- 5:53 T20 World Cup: Black Caps beat India to make semifinals
- 5:57 Canines on the Cable Car - how's the trial going?
- 6:10 NZ biotech company's device can tell if you need a Covid booster
- 6:12 Waikato responds to alert level change plans
- 6:17 Māori climate activist urges COP26 stop modern 'colonial project'
- 6:22 Supplements: 'Natural' does not always mean safe - professor
- 6:25 Longest electric flight over water lands in Wellington
Friday, 29 October 2021
- 5:12 125 new Covid cases on Friday, two in Christchurch
- 5:14 People with disabilities recognised with new govt ministry
- 5:21 More children living in motels as housing crisis unrelenting
- 5:24 NZ couple separated from baby son, denied MIQ exemption
- 5:27 Vaccine rollout needed more iwi, community involvement - Ōtara locals
- 5:35 Evening business for 29 October 2021
- 5:38 Tourism operators face another summer with borders closed
- 5:45 Pilot wins scathing court judgement against Civil Aviation Authority
- 5:50 Facebook parent company goes 'Meta'
- 5:55 E-scooters to hit the streets of Palmerston North
- 6:08 Anxiety in Ōtautahi ahead of weekend with new Covid cases
- 6:13 Mixed feelings over Auckland light rail plans
- 6:17 One-way travel bubble from Pacific nations reconnects families
- 6:21 West Auckland clean-up ongoing, two months after major flood
- 8:08 NZ Post overwhelmed by Auckland's ongoing lockdown
Thursday, 28 October 2021
- 5:07 Managed isolation time for be halved for vaccinated arrivals
- 5:12 Two Covid cases, but Christchurch stays at level 2
- 5:12 Covid Response Minister on MIQ changes, Christchurch cases
- 5:27 Concerns for Rotorua suburbs among lowest vaccination rates
- 5:35 Evening business for 28 October 2021
- 5:39 Covid-19: The criteria for isolating at home
- 5:47 Govt considers vaccination mandate for travel across regions
- 5:51 Manawatū farmer an awards finalist for his virtual tours
- 5:55 Fossils about 3.5 million years old found in Auckland tunnel dig
- 6:06 Govt's wellbeing approach absent from MIQ policy - Seymour
Wednesday, 27 October 2021
- 5:07 Parents respond to plan for primary schools to reopen
- 5:11 Restrictions to be eased in Waikato Covid boundary
- 5:16 Education Minister details plan for primary schools, vaccination for children
- 5:25 Govt pushes on with water reforms, despite councils' opposition
- 5:30 Lambton Quay closed as glass falls from Wellington building
- 5:36 Evening business for 27 October 2021
- 5:39 Opposition calls for overhaul of ACC's handling of data
- 5:43 NZers subsidising Rio Tinto about $500m a year - Electricity Authority
- 5:47 Auckland Primary Principals Association president on plan for schools
- 6:08 Lockdown 'actually a blessing' for children under eight - parenting expert
- 6:16 Auckland businesses urge Ardern to visit Auckland
Tuesday, 26 October 2021
- 5:08 Major expansion of workplace vaccination mandate announced
- 5:12 Some Auckland senior students return, while younger years wait for news
- 5:13 Workplace Relations Minister on vaccine mandate expansion
- 5:18 Doctor must leave and return to NZ for new residence visa
- 5:24 South Island works to stop spread after Blenheim Covid case
- 5:35 Evening business for 26 October 2021
- 5:35 Grounded Kiwis pitches self isolation system for returnees
- 5:35 Farmers welcome record Fonterra milk payout
- 5:42 MoH breached Te Tiriti over vaccination data, Whānau Ora tells High Court
- 5:45 South Auckland leaders confident three DHBs will reach 90 percent vaccinated
- 5:55 Fired-up Pakistan ready to face Black Caps in T20 World Cup
- 6:08 Business sector welcomes vaccine mandate policy - Hope
- 6:15 Mental health experts wary of govt long-term Kia Manawanui
Friday, 22 October 2021
- 5:08 New Covid-19 protection system - the details on Friday
- 5:12 Covid-19 Minister details Christmas possibilities under new Covid-19 alert system
- 5:18 Aucklanders' response to new Covid-19 'traffic light' system
- 5:25 Newmarket - a picture of the struggle through lockdown
- 5:27 No vaccination target for Māori concerns health experts
- 5:35 Evening business for 22 October 2021
- 5:38 Auckland businesses react to 90 percent vaccine target set
- 5:43 Newmarket businesses respond to support announcement
- 5:45 Australia opens to limited international travel in just over a week
- 5:52 South Island reacts to new Covid-19 protection framework
- 5:55 Construction of $50m Upper Hutt film studio well underway
- 6:09 Newmarket Business Association responds to govt announcement
- 6:14 'We're bracing ourselves that is a third case in Northland' - health boss
- 6:18 Regional NZ responds to new 'traffic light' Covid-19 system
- 6:23 New Ngāi Tahu programme for rangatahi gets govt funding boost
- 6:25 Christchurch woman urges more compassion for those who can't wear masks
Thursday, 21 October 2021
- 5:08 Woman desperate to help dying nephew denied Auckland entry
- 5:18 Daily Covid Delta cases hit triple figures for first time
- 5:22 Suspected anti-vaxxers behind bogus vaccination bookings
- 5:26 NZ secures historic free trade agreement with UK
- 5:35 Evening business for 21 October 2021
- 5:38 Engineering boss looks forward to travel self-isolation trial
- 5:41 Painful waits over for Allied Health patients as rules relaxed
- 5:45 NZ in desperate need of more nurses as Covid cases rise
- 5:50 Victoria University looks to expand vaccination mandate
- 5:55 Wiremu Te Awe Awe fights misinformation to boost vaccinations
- 6:08 Sprinklers back as Auckland water restrictions lifted
- 6:12 Months after floods, Westport residents still waiting to return
- 6:17 Homeless advocate urges health officials to get on the ground
- 6:26 Covid sets a quiet scene at new Governor-General swearing in
Wednesday, 20 October 2021
- 5:08 Mixed reactions to level 3 back-to-school decision
- 5:12 Hipkins on seniors returning to class, Auckland restrictions
- 5:20 Employer says man with Covid-19 on Waiheke can't be trusted, breached health orders
- 5:24 National's reopening plan faces warnings of Covid deaths, hospitalisations
- 5:38 Chief Ombudsman launches investigation into MIQ system
- 5:43 Third quarantine escapee hands herself into police
- 5:52 'Too many questions' - Auckland principal not expecting students back at school
- 5:56 Free coffee, kai with vaccine offered to Ara students in Ōtautahi
- 6:08 Auckland parents, students respond to seniors' return to school
- 6:13 300 spots in MIQ welcomed by health workers
Tuesday, 19 October 2021
- 5:08 Record high 94 Covid Delta cases in NZ, 53 unlinked
- 5:10 Addington Cup faces major loss as crowds cut from race week
- 5:15 Labour, National team up to slash housing density red tape
- 5:20 Auckland's Basement Theatre closes for rest of 2021
- 5:26 Whangārei doctor warns of low-vaccine risk as hospitals face surge
- 5:33 Evening business for 19 October 2021
- 5:37 All Blacks pay emotional tribute to teammate Sean Wainui
- 5:41 Urgent search in W Australia for missing 4-year-old girl
- 5:45 'Covid-19 is on the doorstep' - Henare's stark warning to Māori
- 5:55 Vaccine campervans hit road in bid to reach more people
- 6:08 Waiheke Covid case travelled from Auckland after getting test
- 6:15 Should Aucklanders make plans for Christmas?
- 6:19 Australia slowly reopens as states reveal plans
- 6:23 Ngāti Whātua defends northern Covid checkpoint
Monday, 18 October 2021
- 5:07 Two more weeks level 3 step 1 for Auckland as Delta spreads
- 5:14 Northland returns to alert level 2 as no new Delta cases
- 5:18 Party-goers urged to get tested after illegal North Shore event
- 5:22 Covid-19 Minister tight-lipped on govt's new alert level system
- 5:35 Top epidemiologist concerned at 'outbreak of the unvaccinated'
- 5:35 Evening business for Monday 18 October 2021
- 5:44 Auckland hospitality urges more freedoms for double vaccinated
- 5:49 Builders call for mandatory vaccination in construction sector
- 5:54 Hard work underway in Tairāwhiti to boost Covid vaccination rate
- 5:57 Queensland to reopen as state nears 80 percent vaccinated
- 6:08 Mangawhai surf school running lessons on both sides of border
- 6:13 Mixed feelings as South Island held at alert level 2
- 6:18 Health authorities warn over easing of Covid-19 restrictions
- 6:22 Govt 'unfair' to exclude PhD students from new residence visa
Friday, 15 October 2021
- 5:07 MIQ emergency process hurtful, illogical, underused, advocates say
- 5:19 NSW to reopen border for visitors, but PM says otherwise
- 5:22 Quake-damaged homes case progresses with Ross' settlement
- 5:25 Community leaders fear lockdown's long-term impact on families
- 5:30 What is expected for Saturday's Vaxathon
- 5:38 Evening business for 15 October 2021
- 5:40 Wage subsidies: Serious Fraud Office probing claims of abuse
- 5:44 How are weddings still happening in level 3?
- 5:48 Hawke's Bay cycling event cancelled over vandalism
- 5:54 Mr Whippy returns to streets of Dunedin
- 6:08 MIQ emergency spots empty despite applications - advocates
- 6:15 More wage subsidies not enough for struggling Auckland
- 6:19 Calls for border to protect Tairāwhiti Gisborne from Covid Delta
- 6:23 Te Araroa Trail hikers stuck in Northland lockdown
- 6:26 Piopiotahi prepares for possibility of being stranded in a disaster
Thursday, 14 October 2021
- 5:08 71 new Covid cases in Auckland 'sobering, not unexpected'
- 5:12 Push for Covid-19 vaccinations continues in Manurewa
- 5:17 Many reasons behind online learning challenges - principal
- 5:27 Black Ferns encourage Aotearoa to get Covid-19 vaccination
- 5:38 Evening business for 14 October 2021
- 5:43 Calls for Thames-Coromandel mayor to resign over vaccine views
- 5:47 Ron Brierley jailed for 14 months over child sex abuse images
- 5:52 Work starts for Wellington City Mission's new community hub
- 5:55 Lamb's brain sought for Larnach Castle's 150th celebration menu
- 6:07 GPs 'not quite' ready for care of high-risk Covid-19 cases
- 6:15 Large shipment of rapid antigen tests heads to NZ
- 6:19 Victoria restrictions set to ease despite daily cases record
Wednesday, 13 October 2021
- 5:07 Low-risk Covid cases can soon isolate at home - Hipkins
- 5:16 MP and GP, Dr Shane Reti helps vaccinate locals in Northland
- 5:20 Auckland businesses using retirement funds, mortgages to survive
- 5:32 Auckland mayor urges govt help businesses in lockdown
- 5:42 Weather: Latest from the wild winds of Wellington
- 5:44 Evening business for 13 October 2021
- 5:48 Kura Kaupapa, Kohanga Reo pushing for staff to be vaccinated
- 5:52 Fitness helps fight Covid, but pubs can open before gyms
- 5:56 Hipkins rules out level 4 'circuit-breaker' for Delta in Auckland
- 6:08 Waikato, Northland lockdowns remain over case uncertainty
- 6:12 Auckland restaurants call for legal help with reopening in level 2
- 6:18 Carbon Zero 2050 discussion document out but clock is ticking
Tuesday, 12 October 2021
- 5:07 Govt finances healthy, but Auckland businesses desperate
- 5:11 Auckland businesses desperate for certainty, reopening targets
- 5:19 Fears of Delta spread in Northland after second woman positive
- 5:23 Vaxathon to encourage Aotearoa to roll up sleeves
- 5:25 Vaccine mandates must include private sector - epidemiologist
- 5:30 Commonwealth Games shake-up leaves some worried for future
- 5:36 Evening business for Tuesday 12 October 2021
- 5:40 About 8,500 more on benefit since start of Delta outbreak
- 5:45 Parents support call to keep schools closed, vaccinate teachers
- 5:50 Wellington 'Streetdog' the future of electric motorbikes?
- 6:08 Auckland small, medium businesses hurting most - Michael Barnett
- 6:16 'Super shot Saturday' - Ardern announces Vaxathon
Monday, 11 October 2021
- 5:08 Hipkins details mandatory vaccination for health, education staff
- 5:18 Auckland level 3 limits remain - latest details
- 5:22 Northland frustrated as Covid-19 case avoids authorities
- 5:26 Manurewa school principal responds to lockdown extension
- 5:35 Evening business for 11 October 2021
- 5:38 Level 2 Christmas possible for Auckland if vaccinations rise - top epidemiologist
- 5:43 Call for South Island border as Auckland Covid cases rise
- 5:44 Corrections boss details three Covid cases at Mt Eden Prison
- 5:55 Those fully vaccinated in Sydney celebrate 'Freedom Day'
- 6:08 Covid vaccine mandatory for education, healthcare staff
- 6:10 Primary teachers' union responds to mandatory vaccination policy
- 6:15 Concerns NZ health system cannot cope with Covid-19 influx
- 6:21 Pasifika doctors facing burn-out in face of Covid-19 outbreak
