Covid 19
Gyms and yoga studios struggling with lockdown blow
The body representing gyms and yoga studios says the next six months will be crucial in deciding how many stay open.
Mediawatch for 31 May 2020
This week Mediawatch looks at how the boss of our biggest national news company is about to become its owner - and she wants staff to take a stake in it too. Also: how efforts to eradicate a major… Audio
Mediawatch for 31 May 2020
This week Mediawatch looks at how the boss of our biggest national news company is about to become its owner - and she wants staff to take a stake in it too. Also: how efforts to eradicate a major…
AudioChildren and teachers taking time to adjust to school again
Excited but exhausted - that's how students are finding returning to the classroom a week after the lockdown.
Kaimoana distributed to iwi through collaboration with Sealord, Moana
Māori fishing companies have been providing heavily discounted fish to iwi, to support whānau during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Firewood for whānau plan clears wood left from lockdown
A Hauraki iwi initiative to provide firewood deliveries could keep whānau homes warmer this winter.
Podcast: RNZ's 'After the Virus' explores a brave new world
What does that world look like on the other side of the Covid-19 coronavirus? RNZ's Guyon Espiner talks to New Zealand and international experts about our new reality.
Govt puts $37m towards Covid-19 vaccine
A $37 million Covid-19 vaccine strategy announced by the government aims to help national and global efforts to create and distribute a vaccine to fight the coronavirus.
Covid-19: What happened in NZ and around the world on 25 May
Today further benefit payments were announced, an earthquake interrupted the PM on live TV, and the opposition reshuffled their caucus, creating a Covid-19 portfolio.
Nearly 800 Fiji Airways staff laid off
Nearly 800 Fiji Airways staff, including cabin crew, have been let go today due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Two more positive tests in UK Premier League
Two people from two English Premier League football clubs have tested positive for coronavirus after a second batch of testing.
Covid-19: What happened in NZ and around the world on 23 May
Today's Covid-19 developments include news about a New Zealand vaccine venture, a lauded celebrity cat, problems getting shearing gangs, and a warning against Trump's favoured medicine of choice.
Drug touted by Trump for Covid-19 linked to higher death risk
The anti-malarial drug US President Donald Trump has been taking is tied to an increased risk of death in Covid-19 patients, a large study has found.
Overseas Correspondent - Taiwan
William Yang is on the line from Taipei with the latest from Taiwan. Audio
Government tracing app to be released from tomorrow
The Government's tracing app will be launched tomorrow. The Panel speaks to Dr Andrew Chen, an Auckland University researcher of digital transformation and its impacts on society. Audio
Back to school after lockdown: 80 percent of children return to classes with hygiene rules
Hundreds of thousands of children returned to school and early learning today, squirting litres of hand sanitiser and putting carefully-developed hygiene plans to the test. Video
How Covid-19 and 5G conspiracies combined
We speak to investigative journalist David Farrier about how two conspiracy theories have merged in recent months. Audio
Italy plans for reopening borders, as lockdown eases
The Italian PM has detailed a step down in restrictions to movements, including opening borders to travellers from Europe from next month.
Covid-19: Trial begins to see if dogs can 'sniff out' virus
A UK trial to see whether specialist medical sniffer dogs can detect coronavirus in humans is set to begin.
How has Vietnam, a developing nation, had no Covid deaths?
While cases of Covid-19 shoot up in wealthy Singapore and the disease continues on a worrying trend elsewhere in South-East Asia, Vietnam is an unlikely outlier. Video
