Covid 19

Having started working as a roadie at the tender age of 17, Tana Douglas was offered a job with an up-and-coming band called AC/DC in 1975, thus starting her life as a roadie for some of the world's… Audio

Some positive press for our national airline and its boss last week was overwhelmed this week by harsh headlines about a controversy it should have seen coming. Meanwhile, the push to kickstart… Audio

Sarah Griffiths has called the Jing'An District in Shanghai home for the past two years, having taken up her role with theatre company Punchdrunk International after lengthy stints with the Australia… Audio

New Zealand's first batch of the Pfizer BionTech Covid-19 vaccine is set to arrive next week and vaccination of high-risk people will start a few weeks later. Medical academic and former… Audio

King's College London psychology lecturer Stuart Ritchie is on a mission to take on prominent Covid deniers, "lockdown sceptics", and influencers and celebs who spout anti-scientific guff. His… Audio

A Covid-19 jab could be a yearly thing, and the government is already planning for that prospect, as our very first delivery of the Pfizer vaccine is less than a week away.

The exact number of doses… Video, Audio

Australian scientists hope to be rolling out one million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine every week from mid March including what could be more than 7 million doses ordered by New… Audio

The arrival of the country's first Covid-19 vaccine is being hailed as a landmark day.

The first doses of the Pfizer BioNtech vaccine are due to arrive next week, earlier than first signalled by the… Audio

The Education Ministry has reacted swiftly after a senior teacher sent Covid-19 conspiracy theories to at least 40 principals and teachers.

The man emailed a PDF including various allegations and… Video, Audio

It's de ja vu for the Australian state of Victoria, which will enter its third lockdown tonight, for five days.

A new cluster of cases has emerged from one of Melbourne's quarantine hotels, and… Video, Audio

Immunologist Associate Professor James Ussher from University of Otago and Director, Webster Centre for Infectious Diseases, joins The Panel. Audio

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced a five-day lockdown to deal with a new cluster. Audio

The Covid-19 vaccines will first go to the thousands of New Zealanders working in and around the border, followed by their household contacts such as flatmates and whānau.

The New Zealand Nurses… Audio

All border workers should get their first covid-19 immunoisations within two to three weeks, once the first batches of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine arrive in the country next week..

Meriana Johnsen… Audio

New Zealand's border workers will begin being vaccinated against Covid-19 from next Saturday, with the first batch of immunisations arriving in the country within a week.

The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine… Audio

The government is poised to expand the flexi-wage scheme to help up to 40,000 unemployed people into work.

Labour kicked off its election campaign by promising to expand the subsidy criteria and the… Video, Audio

Trade officials are racing against the clock after China suspended imports from two seafood processing facilities over Covid-19 hygiene food safety fears.

A Sanford mussel plant in Havelock, and a… Audio

Green MP Ricardo Menendez March is facing tough questions after revelations he left the country in December against the government's official advice.

The list MP - who is now back in New Zealand in a… Audio

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A travel quarantine requirement is back in force in French Polynesia. Audio