Covid 19

Three people breached Melbourne's lockdown to travel to Sydney and then on to Auckland.

The Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says the group will have to spend two weeks in managed isolation -… Audio

Kathryn speaks with Massey University demographer and Distinguished Professor Paul Spoonley about where New Zealand's immigration policy is heading. He says the years prior to the Covid 19 pandemic… Audio

A Covid-19 outbreak in Fiji appears to be spiralling out of control. Audio

The Covid-19 Wuhan lab leak theory has re-emerged and appears to have sparked the curiosity of the US President. We look at why, and what the likelihood is of that being the case.  Audio

The Japanese public think the Olympics will go ahead, despite most opposing holding the Games during the Covid-19 pandemic. Most of the respondents of a survey believe virus measures for athletes and… Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6257875086001 Video, Audio

The long weekend brought a glut of tourists to the North and South Island's unofficial tourism capitals.

While leaders in Queenstown and Rotorua suspect the vast majority were New Zealanders… Audio

The soothing sounds of the islands greeted a steady stream of people at special Covid-19 vaccination clinic set up for the Pasifika community in Taranaki today. The Whiteley Methodist Church in New… Audio

A Covid-19 outbreak in Fiji appears to be spiralling out of control, with 147 cases confirmed in the last two days.

The country's main hospital is effectively sealed off, after a cluster formed there… Audio

New Zealand will receive a further one million doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccination next month.

The new shipments will arrive in weekly drops - ramping up from mid-July ahead of the roll out to… Video, Audio

Fiji records highest number of Covid-19 infections in a single day as more health staff test positive for the virus. Audio

Niue Finance Minister, Crossley Tatui, wants to see fundamental change in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Audio

A recent study out of Australia showed that about a third of people there would rather spend time with their pets than people, with women more likely to prefer their furry friends to humans. And it's… Audio

Author Simon Garfield's latest book, Dog's Best Friend, draws upon history, science art and the writer's own personal experiences with his black Labrador retriever Ludo, to dissect the enduring… Audio

Wellington-born, Oamaru-raised Ireland rugby international Sene Naoupu is one of the most prolific and remarkable figures in the oval ball world. She's Calling Home from Dublin this morning. Audio

Paddy Long is undoubtedly New Zealand's leading steel guitar player, with a long and illustrious studio career that has seen him playing steel guitar on over 170 albums. Later this morning he will be… Audio

Photographer Cameron McLaren has a knack for capturing humans in intimate or unusual moments. McLaren's immersive style has seen him embedded within the Gloriavale Christian Community on the West… Audio

Fiji's defence force has come under heavy scrutiny amid more Covid-19 cases found across the main island Viti Levu. Audio

Matamata dairy farmer Tracy Brown is among a batch of Nuffield scholars taking a closer look at New Zealand agriculture with overseas travel out of the question due to Covid-19. The Nuffield programme… Audio

Opposition parties have slammed a report identifying failings at MIQ facilities - saying it shows an unbelievable level of incompetence from the government.

Reports into the Grand Millennium and… Audio