All episodes
Thursday, 21 May 2020
- 5:09 National leadership showdown in wake of devastating poll
- 5:10 Four days of zero new Covid-19 cases in NZ, when is level 1?
- 5:17 Four-day working week idea met with mixed reactions
- 5:20 Toxic culture of bullying, harassment at CAA - review
- 5:25 Drinks from a distance - bars reopen under level 2
- 5:30 Evening business for 21 May 2020
- 5:40 Air Force called to help search for missing trampers in Kahurangi National Park
- 5:46 Call for A-grade taskforce to keep pace with Australia's Covid-19 economic recovery
- 5:47 Man was offered no support after psychiatric care - family
- 5:56 Students keen to get back into sports under level 2
- 6:09 Another political poll bad news for National and Bridges
- 6:12 National dives in polls - political analysis with Tau Henare, David Cormack
- 6:20 Wellington bar owners urge locals to return for a drink
- 6:25 Seymour welcomes possibility of third ACT seat in Parliament
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
- 5:09 Simon Bridges calls for National leadership vote on Friday
- 5:19 Man killed by police still in driver's seat when shots fired
- 5:22 Air NZ cabin crew on furlough: Hibernation or hostage-taking?
- 5:22 Elderly Mangawhai couple may lose home in long-running rates dispute
- 5:40 Covid-19: 1,500 jobs on the line at Fletcher Building
- 5:40 Potato price spike blamed on closed shops under lockdown
- 5:45 Evening business for 20 May 2020
- 6:02 More lives at risk in mental health units - grieving parents
- 6:09 What does Tauranga think of Todd Muller?
- 6:14 Simon Bridges 'too political' at times as National leader - Chester Borrows
- 6:20 Govt's Covid-19 tracing app criticised as clunky, too late
- 6:25 Simon Bridges 'the one they have to stick with' - Jami-Lee Ross
Tuesday, 19 May 2020
- 5:07 Charity joins growing crowd urging Air NZ for much-needed refunds
- 5:12 National leadership in question after disaster poll result
- 5:16 Aucklanders' views on National Leader Simon Bridges
- 5:18 Jim Bolger backs Todd Muller as potential National leader
- 5:24 Treasury no-show at Epidemic Response Committee 'unacceptable' - National
- 5:32 Evening business for 19 May 2020
- 5:44 Whakairo teachers welcome govt $7.6m to keep the art alive
- 5:50 International travel may not bounce back for five years - IATA
- 6:06 NZQA in talks about university entrance requirements after lockdown - Holsted
- 6:14 Peters appeals High Court ruling over pension leak
- 6:16 Covid-19 in New Zealand - the numbers on Tuesday
- 6:23 Taxpayers may be liable if Taranaki oil ship spills
Monday, 18 May 2020
- 5:07 Covid-19: Back to school, but things are a little different
- 5:14 Top pay band restored for early childhood teachers
- 5:15 What does ECE teacher funding boost mean for kindergartens?
- 5:21 WHO Covid-19 inquiry about learning, not blame - Ardern
- 5:25 Air NZ refunds cancelled flights transitting through US
- 5:32 Evening business for 18 May 2020
- 5:36 Under lockdown, NZ population became 5 million
- 5:39 Cell tower arsons putting lives at risk - telecommunications companies
- 5:45 Cardinal John Dew welcomes review of church gathering rules
- 6:06 Labour surges, National plummets in Newshub-Reid Research poll
- 6:13 Covid-19: Schools, ECEs reopen after eight weeks
- 6:17 Some anxious parents as children return to school under level 2
- 6:20 Covid-19: No new cases again in NZ but Bloomfield warns vigilance
- 6:24 Super Rugby returns, but not as we know it
Friday, 15 May 2020
- 5:07 NZ Couriers claim drivers' wage subsidy: 'They're rorting everyone'
- 5:14 Budget 2020's $50 billion spend - how will we pay for it?
- 5:22 From pouring wine to poisoning wallabies? Jobs offered in pest control
- 5:27 Ardern's first trip outside central Wellington in weeks
- 5:35 Evening business for 15 May 2020
- 5:40 Suspected cell tower attackers 'placing people's lives at risk'
- 5:42 What Budget 2020 could do to help end homelessness
- 5:47 Travellers stuck as InterCity buses not running
- 5:52 Covid-19: How are restrictions working in Australia?
- 6:08 Dr Siouxsie Wiles explains 'weak positive' Covid-19 case at Marist
- 6:17 Dunedin city goes pedestrian friendly to attract visitors
- 6:17 Christchurch Muslim community share call with Prince William
- 6:20 No hands, no problem for world-famous NZ gamer
- 6:27 Harsh reality of Hawke's Bay drought caught on camera
Thursday, 14 May 2020
- 5:07 Budget 2020: $50b rescue fund in the shadow of Covid-19
- 5:10 Budget 2020 an umbrella for a rainy day - Finance Minister Grant Robertson
- 5:20 Tourists return to Queenstown after weeks of lockdown
- 5:24 Budget's tourism funding not enough - tourism leaders
- 5:33 Evening business for Thursday 14 May
- 5:37 Kelvin Davis discusses $400m tourism funding in Budget
- 5:46 Budget: Rotorua tour boss needs domestic travel now
- 5:49 Covid-19: Shoppers queue for level 2 mall reopening
- 5:53 Lockdown hairdos finally get the chop under level 2
- 6:06 Opposition leader Simon Bridges responds to Budget 2020
- 6:14 Budget: Employment, Manufacturing Association boss looking for govt economic strategy
- 6:23 Wellington retailers welcome customers back under level 2
- 6:32 Budget: Funding welcomed, but Māori business miss out
- 6:36 Ministry of Health seeking flu vaccines to meet extra demand
- 6:45 Budget: Domestic tourism plans 'a bit lacking' - NZ tour boss
- 6:51 Day one of level 2: Hair clippers buzzing, gyms pumping
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
- 5:07 Fiery debate in Parliament over level 2 gathering rules
- 5:11 Health Minister explains new level 2 tangi, funeral rules
- 5:18 Grieving family relieved at change to level 2 tangi rules
- 5:22 Waitematā DHB deputy boss apologises to nurses over Covid-19 outbreak
- 5:37 Evening business for 13 May 2020
- 5:42 'We're hidden' - unemployed man one of many denied benefit help
- 5:47 Distancing rules causing problems for buses across NZ
- 5:51 Māori concerned at powers to search marae without warrant
- 6:06 Funeral directors, whanau welcome level 2 tangi rule change
- 6:11 Police failed clearance to trial facial recognition - Little
- 6:14 After Covid-19 doctors' waiting rooms will never be the same
- 6:21 Oil tanker with 40,000 barrels waiting months off Taranaki coast
Tuesday, 12 May 2020
- 5:07 Tourism Minister under fire as industry faces thousands of job losses
- 5:14 Covid-19: Waitematā DHB outbreak: Doctors' union fears cover-up
- 5:17 Tension in Parliament as level 2 rules hotly debated
- 5:21 Budget 2020: Health gets major funding boost to fight Covid-19
- 5:25 Covid-19: Schools planning for level 2 reopening
- 5:29 Rolling visits at tangihanga allowed under Covid-19 level 2
- 5:35 Evening business for 12 May 2020
- 5:41 Future ownership of Stuff remains unclear
- 5:45 Dentists, hairdressers prepare for work in masks, gloves
- 5:55 Decades old signage sets tongues wagging in New Plymouth
- 6:06 Tourism Minister grilled at Epidemic Response Committee
- 6:13 Tourism Minister's communication with industry 'chaotic' - Haka Tourism boss
- 6:25 Covid-19: What will supermarkets look like under level 2?
Monday, 11 May 2020
- 5:09 Covid-19: NZ prepares to move to level 2
- 5:14 Covid-19 positive woman jailed for refusing medical check at airport
- 5:16 Covid-19 lockdown levels - latest from Parliament
- 5:20 Covid-19: Level 2 questions, answered by Grant Robertson
- 5:35 One in five SkyCity staff face job losses
- 5:43 Covid-19: Level 2 announcement a relief to many Aucklanders
- 5:45 Air NZ internal documents reveal long, slow recovery
- 5:46 Evening business for 11 May 2020
- 5:55 Lung cancer patient's family beg for Keytruda funding in NZ
- 6:09 Covid-19 level 2 rules in NZ - what you need to know
- 6:10 Covid-19: Mixed reactions to level 2 plans in Wellington
- 6:15 Dunedin bar owner responds to Covid-19 level 2 announcement
- 6:25 Social services urge govt to boost benefits as poverty rises
Friday, 8 May 2020
- 5:07 Govt releases thousands of pages of Covid-19 decisions - details explained
- 5:14 NZ's latest Covid-19 case an Auckland nurse
- 5:15 Matamata bar owner opens up about Covid-19 cluster outbreak
- 5:22 Principals fear secondary students won't return after taking up work to help family incomes
- 5:25 Ruby Princess musician describes Covid-19 lockdown on cruise ship
- 5:35 Evening business for Friday 8 May 2020
- 5:38 Oil tankers queued at Marsden Pt as demand drops
- 5:43 Man in quarantine pleads to see wife who has hours to live
- 5:46 Food going to waste as couriers overwhelmed with demand
- 5:50 How gyms will operate under level 2 Covid-19 rules in NZ
- 5:53 Level 3 surge in traffic brings needed boost to small towns
- 5:55 Covid-19 in New Zealand: What have we learnt under lockdown?
- 6:07 Unemployment surges as Covid-19-focused Budget Day looms
- 6:10 Covid-19 isolation hard going, even for the Chatham Islands
- 6:17 Ski resorts expect low numbers without international tourists
- 6:24 What lockdown life in a zoo was like for a Christchurch family
Thursday, 7 May 2020
- 5:07 Covid-19: Level 2 to be a 'safer version of normal'
- 5:11 Covid-19: Level 2 rules - what you need to know
- 5:26 Couriers win right to fight for better work conditions
- 5:32 Evening business for 7 May 2020
- 5:38 Economic recovery focus of NZ Budget 2020 - Finance Minister
- 5:42 Thousands made redundant as tourism businesses enter hibernation
- 5:48 Hawke's Bay farmers go online to fight drought woes together
- 5:52 Young Act vice president quits over sexual harrassment
- 5:56 Chow co-owner describes running business on a knife-edge
- 6:06 Al Brown describes how restaurants will work under level 2
- 6:14 Water restrictions in Auckland as drought won't relent
- 6:23 Covid-19: The alert level 2 rules for sport in NZ
- 6:24 Aotea Great Barrier locals ready to turn away tourists at wharf
Wednesday, 6 May 2020
- 5:07 Was Covid-19 lockdown legal? Professor Claudia Geiringer explains
- 5:16 Epidemic Response Committee summons officials over legal advice for Covid-19 lockdown
- 5:21 Marist student tests positive for Covid-19 nearly seven weeks after outbreak
- 5:34 Evening business for Wednesday 6 May
- 5:38 Law firms repay millions of dollars in unneeded wage subsidies
- 5:47 Petition to ban non-NZ freedom campers across country grows
- 5:51 Rugby: Cane admits surprise at scoring All Blacks captain job
- 6:06 MPs hear NZers' traumatic experiences under Covid-19 lockdown
- 6:11 Auckland unemployment may be triple that of GFC - report
- 6:16 Drought relief 'drop in the ocean' - Hawke's Bay farmer
- 6:20 Australia govt not urgent on trans-Tasman bubble
- 6:23 NZ First stays silent on foundation donations
Tuesday, 5 May 2020
- 5:07 NZ, Australia agree to trans-Tasman travel plan - latest update
- 5:14 Education response to pandemic praised and damned
- 5:17 'I refuse for our kids to be unemployed' - principal decries Education Ministry lockdown planning
- 5:25 Quarantine exemption appeal response should not be automated - Ardern
- 5:33 Evening business for 5 May 2020
- 5:37 NZ, Australia Covid-19 lockdowns not as different as they seem - expert
- 5:43 Confusing, inconsistent lockdown rules for Auckland fruit and vege shops
- 5:50 Waitemata DHB limiting staff movements after Covid-19 outbreak
- 5:53 Social Development Ministry preparing for wave of unemployment - leaked documents
- 6:10 Viaduct bar owner planning for level 2 party
- 6:13 National pitches Covid-19 financial rescue package
- 6:17 Lockdown-breakers disrupting conservation measures on Motukorea Island
- 6:20 Christchurch police investigate poisoning of family pets
- 6:25 West Auckland being kept awake by barn owls
Monday, 4 May 2020
- 5:09 New Zealand's first day of no new Covid-19 cases
- 5:13 High Court lets UK man leave quarantine to visit dying father
- 5:18 Covid-19 cluster: Marist College students, staff offered tests
- 5:21 Auckland water levels still dire despite weekend downpours
- 5:27 Cancer patients, elective surgeries face long waits under Covid-19 restrictions
- 5:35 Evening business for 4 May 2020
- 5:41 Pharmac pulling Keytruda a blow to health equity in NZ - top oncologist
- 5:46 Ōtaki shops get creative to survive Covid-19 lockdown
- 5:50 Taranaki tourism shows signs of life
- 5:56 New Zealanders take haircuts into own hands in lockdown
- 6:07 NZ reaches zero new Covid-19 cases, Ardern to join Australian Cabinet meeting
- 6:11 Dr Mark Jacobs compares Swine Flu and Covid-19
- 6:19 Repatriated travellers from India grateful to be in Auckland
- 6:25 Gun group takes Police Minister to task over no ammo compo
Friday, 1 May 2020
- 5:07 Covid-19: Three Waitemata DHB staff infected after PPE failure
- 5:10 Covid-19: Waitematā DHB concedes staff have complained about ill-fitting PPE
- 5:18 Govt pledges interest-free loans to small businesses
- 5:23 West Coast urges govt to ease lockdown in region to save jobs
- 5:26 Man charged with murder after woman dies in Mt Roskill
- 5:31 Evening business for 1 May 2020
- 5:35 What you need to know if cannabis becomes legal in New Zealand
- 5:50 How a top Auckland chef is facing the Covid-19 lockdown struggle
- 6:06 NZ cannabis growing rules released ahead of referendum
- 6:20 Redcurrent owner on rent strike, battling to survive lockdown
- 6:20 Iwi health services on major mission to test more Māori
- 6:24 Grieving communities struggling with lockdown funeral rules
Thursday, 30 April 2020
- 5:07 Govt warned of huge rise in poverty following Covid-19
- 5:10 Covid-19: Migrant workers desperate for more help, but govt denies benefit access
- 5:17 Covid-19: Bloomfield advises NZ scientists work with AUS on vaccine
- 5:20 Covid-19: Northland checkpoint remains with police help
- 5:33 Evening business for 30 April 2020
- 5:37 Man sentenced for fatal stabbing over missing tobacco
- 5:39 Returned traveller describes Covid-19 quarantine in NZ
- 5:45 Police Commissioner on legality of community checkpoints
- 5:51 Police officer jailed for six years over rape of colleague
- 5:55 Flood of abandoned animals expected at centres under level 3
- 6:06 Ardern address complaints of level 3 lockdown breaches
- 6:08 Are NZers keeping distance under lockdown level 3?
- 6:14 Sepuloni refuses law change to help desperate migrant workers
- 6:23 $7.4m loss not as bad as expected at NZ Rugby
Wednesday, 29 April 2020
- 5:07 Peters reveals Cabinet was asked to close border to returning NZers
- 5:12 Air NZ crews hoping to halt redundancies until alert level 2
- 5:21 Quarantine exemption process 'cruel' - daughters of dying mother
- 5:25 Schools back but mostly empty under lockdown level 3
- 5:32 Evening business for 29 April 2020
- 5:36 Covid-19 surveillance to test supermarket, rest home staff
- 5:40 NZ ski fields optimistic for June opening
- 5:50 Kennels, catteries hoping domestic travel will save businesses
- 5:53 After-school activities also online under lockdown level 3
- 6:06 Todd McClay urges open NZ-AUS border before end of 2020
- 6:12 What level 3 school reopening looks like in Wellington
- 6:17 National Park rules outdated - Fiordland tourism operators
- 6:22 Cycling the clear winner of Covid-19 lockdown level 4
- 6:25 100,000 birthday cards for war veteran Tom Moore's 100th birthday
Tuesday, 28 April 2020
- 5:08 Covid-19: How Wellington is working under lockdown level 3
- 5:14 Level 3 in Auckland: Roads busy, shops grapple with new rules
- 5:20 Back to work brekkie for tradies, lovers at early morning drive-thru
- 5:23 Health boss, PM walk back Covid-19 'elimination' comments
- 5:27 Covid-19 level 3 - Construction back, but sector nervous
- 5:32 NZ sharemarket rises, but warnings economic drama not over
- 5:36 Evening business for 28 April 2020
- 5:42 Small businesses need more govt help - mall owner
- 5:50 Fiordland tourism hurting since 2019, future uncertain
- 5:54 NZ quick to return to social sport under lockdown level 3
- 6:08 Parliament, politics back in action under lockdown level 3
- 6:15 Most travellers through iwi checkpoints flouting level 3 rules
- 6:24 New Zealanders embrace level 3 reopenings
Friday, 24 April 2020
- 5:07 Supermarket staff bonus pay ends before it is given
- 5:12 Covid-19: Winston Peters open to trans-Tasman flights
- 5:16 'The possibility of reinvasion of the disease is very strong' - Shaun Hendy
- 5:25 Horticulture NZ urges govt to let more fruit, vege sellers open
- 5:28 Ōtara volunteers work hard to get food to vulnerable
- 5:35 Evening business for 24 April 2020
- 5:39 Air NZ cuts long-haul flights, ground-work: 100 Nelson jobs to go
- 5:47 Auckland air quality better than any time in living memory
- 5:51 Covid-19 level 4 lockdown: How has it been for Manurewa?
- 5:55 NZers plan to commemorate Anzac Day their way at home
- 6:06 Air NZ confirms refunds available for its cancelled US flights - Consumer
- 6:09 At least 33,000 NZers on benefit since level 4 lockdown began
- 6:17 Families in shared custody fear no relief in lockdown level 3
- 6:23 Paypal sees surge in New Zealanders spending online
- 6:27 NZers in lockdown to stand at dawn for Anzac Day
Thursday, 23 April 2020
- 5:07 Broadcasting, Consumer Affairs Minister discusses $50m media bailout, Air NZ refunds
- 5:17 Covid-19 deaths climb to 16 in New Zealand
- 5:20 Auckland faces water restrictions as lakes near record lows
- 5:27 Plan to cut 300 tourism jobs a 'horror story' - Queenstown mayor
- 5:34 Evening business for 23 April 2020
- 5:36 Police Commissioner warns over rising lockdown breaches
- 5:43 Dozens of family trusts among Covid-19 wage subsidy claims
- 5:48 Funeral directors prepare for lockdown level 3 services
- 5:51 Covid-19 lockdown bubble diaries - the final week in level 4
- 6:07 Govt media support package leaves newspapers in cold
- 6:10 Covid-19 testing centre in South Auckland sees high demand
- 6:14 Kohanga Reo advised to stay shut under lockdown level 3
- 6:17 NZers stuck in India face up to $30k flight costs to bring families home
- 6:22 NZ eateries join forces to deliver without Uber Eats
- 6:26 Salon owner does night shift at supermarket to survive lockdown
Wednesday, 22 April 2020
- 5:08 Covid-19: Air NZ 'despicable' for refusing refunds - customers
- 5:20 Air NZ to review quarantine exemption for international crews
- 5:24 Health unions blast govt support as sector struggles under Covid-19
- 5:27 Damp face masks behind Covid-19 cases - Canterbury DHB
- 5:33 Evening business for 22 April 2020
- 5:37 Pharmac scraps lung cancer drug funding plan
- 5:42 SkyCity Convention Centre fire ruled an accident
- 5:46 Community healthcare 'short-changed' by govt in Covid-19 crisis
- 5:51 Māori leaders urge govt to allow hunting for self-sustenance
- 5:54 Fast food and delivery chains race to be ready for level 3
- 6:07 Covid-19 and cancelled flights - what are your rights?
- 6:16 China's crackdown on wild meat bad news for NZ venison
- 6:22 Royals photographer turns lens to birds under Covid-19 lockdown
Tuesday, 21 April 2020
- 5:10 Air NZ silent about Covid-19 cases as staff fears grow over quarantine exemption
- 5:27 Cheap petrol, but no demand - how low will price drop?
- 5:38 Evening business for 21 April 2020
- 5:45 Govt tries to reassure teachers, parents over reopening fears
- 5:48 Fears for farmers' mental health facing drought, Covid-19
- 5:52 Foodbanks running dry under Covid-19 lockdown
- 5:52 Food rescue charity struggling without volunteers under lockdown
- 6:10 North Korea's Kim Jong-un reportedly near death
- 6:14 Govt grilled by Opposition over help for small businesses
- 6:18 Health workers unions welcome personal protective gear review
- 6:25 Generous farmers 'meat the need' in Covid-19 lockdown
- 6:27 Songs of lockdown: Palmerston North choir alive and well online
Monday, 20 April 2020
- 5:09 NZ Covid-19 level 4 lockdown extends to end of April 27 - Ardern
- 5:12 Ardern announces level 4 lockdown extension - analysis
- 5:18 Covid-19 level 4 lockdown extended - Aucklanders react
- 5:20 Covid-19 level 4 lockdown extended - Retail NZ's reaction
- 5:28 Machete-wielding man shot dead by police in Papatoetoe
- 5:32 Evening business for 20 April 2020
- 5:35 Finance Minister answers Covid-19 lockdown change questions
- 5:45 NZ should work on charging Facebook, Google for local media - expert
- 5:50 Hawke's Bay Hospital sets up Covid-19, non-Covid-19 areas
- 5:55 Moving from lockdown level 4 to level 3 - impact on businesses
- 6:09 Dr Ayesha Verrall cautiously optimistic about contact tracing improvements
- 6:16 Some businesses disappointed at level 4 lockdown extension
- 6:20 NZ Covid-19 lockdown changes planned - Wellington reactions
- 6:22 Bridges concerned about Covid-19 testing, PPE
Friday, 17 April 2020
- 5:08 Teachers, early childhood centre staff fear level 3 reopening
- 5:12 Education Minister responds to alert level 3 schools backlash
- 5:20 NZ's lowest rise in new Covid-19 cases since lockdown
- 5:25 Covid-19 wage subsidy bill nears $10b, govt starts auditing
- 5:33 Evening business for 17 April 2020
- 5:40 Big pharma calls works together in fight against Covid-19
- 5:45 Covid-19: Looking back at 50 days since NZ's first case
- 6:01 Kiwi ingenuity and a seesaw between lockdown bubbles
- 6:11 Virus a stark reminder of Aotearoa's health inequities
- 6:12 What NZ's Covid-19 pop-up testing stations look like
- 6:15 Number of Covid-19 recoveries in NZ continues to rise
- 6:20 Covid-19 lockdown: What can help your mental health
- 6:25 Dramatic race home from around world for Ōhope family
Thursday, 16 April 2020
- 5:09 Covid-19 Alert Level 3 a 'recovery room' - Jacinda Ardern
- 5:15 Covid-19 Alert Level 3: What does it mean for businesses?
- 5:22 Fears NZ's main shopping strips may not survive Covid-19
- 5:35 Behind the scenes at NZ's first online-only supermarket
- 5:41 Covid-19 alert level three questions, answered by the Police Minister
- 5:43 Evening business for 16 April 2020
- 5:47 Repatriation flights planned but can NZers afford them?
- 5:50 Health services going extra mile under Covid-19 lockdown
- 5:55 Bubble Diaries: Easter under Covid-19 lockdown
- 6:10 Covid-19 level 3 school rules 'most irresponsible' - Auckland Grammar headmaster
- 6:15 NZ top rugby players see major pay cuts
- 6:31 The truth behind that can of beans in your cupboard