Covid 19

New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian is disappointed New Zealand has suspended flights from the state for 48 hours, when other Australian states haven't made the same move. That comes after a… Audio

Moera talks to Kathryn about the increasingly worrying Covid situation in Fiji with the death of one of the latest cases. And Cook Island businesses are preparing for the NZ travel bubble with flights… Audio

As Papua New Guinea continues its battle against Covid-19 there are concerns it is sparking more accusations of sorcery. Audio

Health authorities in Fiji are redploying resources from the central and northern divisions of the main island Viti Levu to the western division which is being called the frontline of the country's… Audio

We chat to our Overseas Correspondent in Taiwan, William Yang in Taipei. Audio

The Royal New Zealand College of GPs medical director Dr Bryan Betty is warning Aotearoa may miss its end of year target for 90 percent Covid-19 vaccination.

There have been difficulties for some… Video, Audio

"Diversify" is up there with "pivot" in the buzz word department, and often thrown the way of the tourism industry throughout the Covid-19 crisis.

As part of the package announced on Thursday the… Video, Audio

The South Island was the big winner in the government's $200 million support package aimed at helping Covid-19-struck tourism businesses through international border closures.

At an industry… Audio

Flights from New South Wales to New Zealand will be paused from midnight tonight for 48 hours in the wake of a case of Covid-19 in Sydney with no yet-known source.

Professor Tony Blakely talks to… Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6252831575001 Video, Audio

Australia is racing the clock to find out where a mystery community Covid-19 case has come from; with no obvious links between the infected Sydney man in his 50s and others with the virus.

Genome… Video, Audio

It's over for New Zealand cricket players commentators and support staff at the suspended India Premier League, as the tournament and India Cricket bankrolls a costly mass evacuation.

It has… Video, Audio

The Biden administration in the United States has announced today that they will be supporting a proposal to the World Trade Organisation to remove intellectual property protections on Covid 19… Audio

The head of the World Health Organisation is hailing a move to get rid of patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines as a monumental step in the fight against the pandemic. The US president Joe Biden… Audio

Since the borders closed in March last year lines have had to be drawn over who should be granted an exemption to travel here; the green light was given to health and other critical workers, some… Audio

NSW has recorded one new locally acquired COVID-19 infection and expects more cases to be confirmed. Authorities believe the man, who has not been vaccinated, has been infectious since Friday. NSW… Audio

Australia correspondent Bernard Keane joins Kathryn to look at the allegations against Tasmanian Liberal candidate Adam Brooks, who two women said used a fake Victoria drivers licence to pretend he… Audio

The next six to eight weeks are "crucial" for the Covid vaccine rollout, according to a member of the Covid 19 Technical Advisory Group, and Medical Director of the College of GPs, Dr Bryan Betty… Audio

A regional New Zealand mayor says the government's forecast of 20,000 new jobs through its multibillion-dollar shovel ready projects scheme always seemed too good to be true.

Before last year's… Audio