Covid 19

Sam Cane capped his debut season as All Blacks captain with two honours at New Zealand Rugby's annual awards last night, taking out the overall player of the year as well as All Black of the year.

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While WOMAD has pulled the plug because of Covid-19, New Plymouth's famous Festival of the Lights has overcome the challenges of the pandemic to put on a show.

This year, 15 brand new installations… Video, Audio

The Covid-19 cluster in Sydney's Northern Beaches has grown by 10 - bringing the total number of cases to 28.

And the outbreak is prompting fresh restrictions on interstate travellers just a week out… Audio

The Ministry of Health has been slated in a long-awaited report which highlights serious shortcomings with New Zealand's testing and border regime.

The brutal findings have prompted the government to… Audio

The Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is being rolled out in the Northern Marianas this weekend, but other Pacific countries still lack the ultra cold facilities to store it.

The vaccine which has… Audio

Just a week out from Christmas, New South Wales is scrambling to find the source of five new Covid-19 cases.

As the country watches and waits, authorities are trying to trace the contacts of the… Audio

Two new Covid-19 vaccines have been added to the list New Zealanders could get - if they pass all their trials and tests.

The government's made deals with the British company Astra Zeneca and the US… Video, Audio

The chief executive of the underperforming Ports of Auckland is insisting the delays to offloading freight and problems with its new automation system are the fault of Covid-19.

Importers are… Video, Audio

Industry shortages and closed international borders are putting the veterinary industry under great strain. A survey of practices and animal hospitals done by the New Zealand Veterinary Association… Audio

The Australian and New Zealand Gastroenterology International Training Association (ANZGITA) complete a successful year of teaching in the Pacific virtually because of Covid-19 restrictions. Audio

Even New Zealand's summer plans cannot be spared from the ongoing threat of Covid-19.

The government has released details on how it would respond to coronavirus spreading in the community this… Audio

The government today outlined its Covid-19 summer resurgence plan.  Audio

Queenstown tourist operators need an exact date for quarantine-free travel with Australia so they can ramp back up after cutting staff and services in the wake of Covid-19 and the closed border -… Video, Audio

People are able to book managed isolation places by putting in flight numbers, even when they do not have a ticket for that flight, officials have confirmed. Rooms have been sitting empty in… Audio

Contrary to popular belief, new research shows that the amount of time we spend on smartphones is not related to poor mental health. In fact, general smartphone usage is a poor predictor of anxiety… Audio

Molecular virologist Arvind Varsani and evolutionary virologist Simona Kraberger are expat New Zealanders working at Arizona State University. During the coronavirus pandemic they've been using… Audio

When Country Life visited North Canterbury vegetable grower Cam Booker two years ago he was getting into selling vege boxes. This year sales sky-rocketed over the Covid-19 lockdown and he says local… Audio

The Panel speaks to Dr Tony Blakely, epidemiologist and public health medicine specialist at the Universty of Melbourne. Audio

Jesse speaks to Dr Nikki Turner, the director of Auckland University's Immunisation centre about why people without allergies shouldn't be put off getting the vaccination. Audio