Covid 19

An update to the Covid tracer app this morning means it can now record if you come into contact with other people, if users turn on the Bluetooth function.

It fulfills the promise of a hands-free… Audio

The world's first dose of a vaccine against Covid 19 has been administered in the UK.  Audio

The Panel speaks to Professor Dave Parry from AUT's Department of Computer Science. Audio

Contact tracing is expected to be faster when a Bluetooth update of the covid app comes into force tomorrow.

The Bluetooth function will create an anonymised record of all the people users have been… Audio

The Whakatāne region is expecting a bumper summer, as Kiwis holiday at home and explore their own backyard.

While businesses directly affected by the Whakaari eruption have taken a big financial hit… Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

John Yang, a journalist and correspondent for the Public Broadcasting Newshour in America signed up to be guinea pig in the COIVID vaccine trials. He talks about why he took part in the trial and his… Audio

The Auckland Arts Festival was one of the first major arts events that took a a huge financial hit when Covid-19 struck. But, undeterred, the organisers have pivoted like crazy to come up with a… Audio

Photographs of the inhabitants of Stewart Island/Rakiura taken during the Covid-19 lockdown - snapped from a distance but still revealing - have been published in a new book. The photographer is… Audio, Gallery

We may not have community Covid in Aotearoa, but our safety continues to depend on a vaccine. And we have been given a likely date of March for a vaccine here. But how good will it be? Joining us… Audio

Saliva-based Covid-19 tests could have many advantages over current nasal swabs; being potentially cheaper, quicker, easier, and safer for health workers. Recently returned expat New Zealander Dr Anne… Audio

Covid-19 Recovery Minister Chris Hipkins has burst any dreams of a Cook Islands travel bubble by Christmas, but has the message been officially delivered to the islands?

NZ government officials… Video, Audio

One of the vaccines New Zealand is pinning its hopes on has been given the green-light in the UK, and rollout is due to start there in the next few days.

While it hasn't been approved here yet -… Audio

It's not clear when the Pakistan cricket team will be able to train, or if all the players will be released from MIQ in time for the first match of the tour after some of the squad tested positive for… Video, Audio

Some tourism operators in the Cook Islands say they're at their wits' end, after months of promised updates - and ongoing delays to getting a travel bubble with New Zealand put in place.

The Covid-19… Audio

The wheels have fallen off for a South Island cycle shop that has almost run out of children's bikes ahead of Christmas due to the freight gnarl up at Ports of Auckland.

The owner of Wensley Cycles… Audio

In his new book, Gangland, investigative reporter Jared Savage explores the country's growing underbelly of organised crime and violent gangs, paying particular attention to the constantly-growing… Audio

Dr Claudia Kawas is searching for the secrets to living a longer and healthier life. Kawas and her team have been running a major study of ageing California residents for more than two decades. She… Audio

The global lockdown caused by Covid-19 has quietened the oceans and is luring some of New Zealand's biggest great whites out of hiding. Marine filmmaker Clarke Gayford and shark expert Kina Scollay… Audio

Newly-launched magazine Scout is set to showcase the beauty and brilliance of Aotearoa, and at the helm is editor Sarah-Kate Lynch - who was the travel editor for NZ Woman's Day before Bauer shut it… Audio