Covid 19

Pacific church ministers are stepping up to get their Covid-19 vaccine, and are encouraging their members to follow suit.

More than 100 people lined up for their vaccine in Ōtara today, hoping to… Video, Audio

Fiji's border will remain closed until the government says it can stop the largest surge of Covid-19 cases in the country.

Fiji has 51 active cases, 31 in the community, 16 in border quarantine and… Audio

A Northland Grey Power representative says it should not be so hard for seniors to get their Covid-19 jab and it is stressing people out.

Ron Thompson is calling on health officials to get their act… Video, Audio

Northlanders are waiting on the phone for more than six hours as they try to book appointments for their Covid-19 vaccine, while older people are being turned away as they attempt walk-in… Video, Audio

Preparations are already underway at resorts in the Cook Islands - expecting an influx of quarantine free tourists from New Zealand in less than a fortnight. Tourism operators have been holding out… Audio

The New Zealand Government has apologised after New Zealand High Commission tweeted begging the Indian Youth Congress for oxygen rather than the Indian Government. Several locally-hired staff at the… Audio

Antivaxxers are being warned not to sabotage the hard work of westies as Auckland's latest mass vaccination clinic opens.

Te Whānau o Waipareira is running the new clinic, in Henderson, for the… Audio

A New Zealand citizen who has recently returned from India has recounted the massive cost and stress of getting home.

Pushpindar Singh left New Zealand for India on March 29 to be with his dying… Audio

The High Commission in India has revealed "several" of its local staff have been infected with Covid-19.

After making a plea on Twitter for oxygen, the High Commission then apologised to the Indian… Audio

New Zealand finally has a start date for the long-awaited Cook Islands bubble - May 17 - but conditions apply.

Both the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her Cook Islands counterpart Mark Brown… Video, Audio

With 81 days to go until the Olympic Games get underway in Tokyo, unprecedented measures are in place to get the New Zealand team to Japan in the midst of a global pandemic. Organisers are working… Audio

Travel restrictions between India and New Zealand have been loosened but thousands of Indian families are still separated. Katy Gosset hears how the situation has rocked one Christchurch household. Audio

For various reasons, there are a number of countries around the world that do not officially exist. But that didn't stop Brazilian author Guilherme Canever trying to visit them all. He's written about… Audio

Erin Boag moved to England in 1996 with the intention of building her career for a few years - but she ended up staying. Nowadays she is probably best known for appearing on the first 10 seasons of… Audio

On the Panel this morning are Josie Pagaini and Louis Houlbrooke. They look at guns, how much exercise we're getting, the success of the vaccine rollout in New Zealand, housing policy changes, and the… Audio

Gary McLean is with us to look at all of the latest news relating to Covid-19, including the mild systemic side effects people using Covid-19 vaccinations are experiencing, and why women are more… Audio

Kiwi Mark Chapman is a teacher at the International School of Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia. He is in his ninth lockdown and separated from his wife and children who are in Aotearoa. The weather is… Audio

All across India, a trail of death and misery is devastating the country and pushing the overburdened healthcare system towards collapse. Oxygen and medicine are in short supply as the nation deals… Audio

Some port workers around New Zealand in "high risk" roles handling international goods are refusing the Covid-19 vaccine.

Health bosses in Tairawhiti have expressed concern it makes communities… Video, Audio