Covid 19

The Covid-19 Response Minister says further limitations on travel from Australia will ensure a spike of Covid-19 cases in Melbourne remains 'low risk' to New Zealand.

The government's also bringing… Audio

Cash, holidays, full university scholarships - those are just some of the things being dangled in front of Americans to encourage them to get vaccinated.

Worldwatch's Perlina Lau has the details. Audio

Some vulnerable rest home residents who were supposed to start getting their Covid-19 vaccinations from March are still waiting in the queue.

Earlier this week the government revealed its roll-out of… Video, Audio

The extended pause to the travel bubble with Victoria has forced some people to make changes to their plans.

With Victoria in lockdown the government here has decided to maintain a pause on… Audio

RNZ political editor Jane Patterson joins Lisa Owen from Parliament with the details of Scott Morrison's visit.

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The government is introducing pre-departure testing for anyone who was in Victoria in the days leading up to the travel pause.

A freeze on quarantine free flights between New Zealand and Victoria is… Video, Audio

Melbourne has awoken to its fourth lockdown, with the Covid cluster increasing this morning to a total of 30 positive cases. For the next week, people in the state of Victoria are in strict lockdown… Audio

From midnight Victoria will go into lockdown for seven days as the state frantically tries to cram a lid on the rapidly growing number of Covid-19 cases.

And late this afternoon the Covid-19 Response… Audio

From Friday, Victoria will be heading into a seven-day lockdown in attempts to curb a growing Covid-19 outbreak.

The state recorded another 11 cases overnight taking the total of the cluster to 26.

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News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6256206824001 Video, Audio

In Victoria a snap lockdown is aimed at shutting down a Melbourne community outbreak of a highly contagious strain of Covid-19.

The restrictions in the state kick in at midnight and last seven days… Video, Audio

New Zealand has extended its pause on quarantine free travel with Victoria for another seven days.

The government of Victoria today put the state in lockdown for a week to contain the Covid-19… Audio

The State of Victoria gone into lock down after a surge of Covid-19 in Melbourne. Jesse speaks to Harriet Pudney in Melbourne about the state's new restrictions coming into place. Audio

A new lockdown in Melbourne is all but inevitable - after 11 new cases of Covid-19 were discovered overnight. That brings the cluster to 26 total cases. The only question for health officials in… Audio

Covid has reportedly surged in places like Taiwan, Vietnam and Fiji. Could New Zealand be next? Audio

Health authorities in Fiji can now test almost 2000 people a day thanks to four new GeneXpert machines installed at the Nadi Hospital. Audio

Victoria has recorded another four Covid-19 infections bringing the Melbourne cluster to nine.

The government here has suspended the quarantine travel bubble with Victoria for at least 72 hours.

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A new analysis finds media coverage is more important than ever after Covid in shaping our perception of leaders’ success, trustworthiness  and transparency (or a perceived lack of them). But - as we… Audio

Georgia Lines released her debut EP just as the country went into Level 4 lockdown last year. This month, the singer released a new single called 'No One Knows'. She joins the show to discuss the new… Audio