Covid 19

Norman Lebrecht, the well-known UK musical critic, has recently claimed that the appointment of chief conductors has little impact on the performance of orchestras. Music Director Gemma New joins the… Audio

Joining us on the Weekend Panel are Brigitte Morten and Chris Wikaira. Among other topics, they discuss how Covid-conscious the capital is, the Dawn Raids apology, the proposed new hate speech laws… Audio

North Shore native Steve Marshall lives with his wife and children in the US student town of Chapel Hill, where he works at the University of North Carolina. The campus draws people from all over the… Audio

Epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker is back with us for a Covid-19 update. He'll discuss how the Delta variant slipped into the community, and whether Wellington has dodged a serious bullet this… Audio

The Director-General of Health, Ashley Bloomfield, says the results to date are good news in Wellington with no community cases of Covid-19 reported today, but the full picture won't be known until… Audio

Wellington has had its first day at Alert Level 2 after a tourist from Sydney visited the Capital last weekend while infected with Covid-19. There are 20 locations of interest listed on the Ministry… Audio

Testing sites in the Capital have been boosted as Wellingtonians rush to get tested.

The Wellington region shifted into alert level two last night after a tourist from Sydney positive when he landed… Video, Audio

On this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about media angst over the Ministry of Health's communications concerning the Covid case in the capital, sensitive and… Audio

Parliament was once wall to wall speeches, recently the Q&A has gaining ground. Quizzes have escaped Question Time and media stand ups and is colonising the traditional debates. Audio

Thirteen new local Covid-19 cases have been found in Sydney since last night, eight of whom attended the same birthday party.

Restrictions are ramping up again, and the New South Wales health… Audio

Professor Shaun Hendy is a Covid-19 modelling expert and the director of Te Punaha Matatini.

He talks to Lisa Owen about the Wellington case.

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The Wellington region is officially in Alert Level 2 after an Australian tourist tested positive after spending the weekend in the capital.

The restrictions will remain in place until at least… Audio

Wellington's Museum of New Zealand Te Papa has had to close for two days for a deep clean after a Covid-19 positive tourist from Australia visited the museum and its Surrealist Art Masterpieces … Video, Audio

The Wellington region goes into Covid-19 alert level 2 restrictions from 6pm on Wednesday.

Among those rules are: social distancing, no gatherings over 100, strict rules for hospitality venues and… Video, Audio

The government is ramping up its support to Fiji - which is in the grips of a Covid-19 crisis.

Another record 166 new cases of the virus were recorded in the Pacific nation yesterday. New Zealand's… Audio

The Prime Minister has suggested teenagers may get the Covid-19 vaccine at school. MedSafe has given the green light for the Pfizer vaccine to be administered to people as young as 12.

Jacinda Ardern… Video, Audio

New Zealand's medical regulator has given the all-clear for people as young as 12 to receive the Pfizer vaccine, but they cannot book in for a jab just yet.

At the moment, only people aged 16 and… Audio

After looking for a way to keep fit and learn to not take things personally, Frederik Imbo signed up as a football referee. His TedX Talk on the social experiment went viral and now he's with us to… Audio

Joining us on the Panel are Penny Ashton and Tim Watkin. They discuss Ronaldo's snubbing of Coke, the idea of the America's Cup being staged outside of New Zealand, and the police's handling of the… Audio

Aucklander Jessie Williamson only ever intended to stay in Shetland for six months. However, fate intervened when she was introduced to her husband-to-be, Davie, soon after her arrival. She's Calling… Audio