Covid 19

Takapuna Les Mills has had to be deep cleaned after a Covid positive case attended classes there, three times last Wednesday and Thursday.  Audio

Some Auckland rest homes have begun allowing visitors again - despite no change in the alert level.

When the city locked down last month - so did aged care homes.

And while guidelines allow visitors… Audio

A South Island business operator who missed out on a government tourism grant believes the scheme has totally missed the mark and could land the government in court.

About 80 businesses have got more… Video, Audio

Jami-Lee Ross is pinning his hopes of getting back into Parliament on the fortunes of Billy Te Kahika in the Te Tai Tokerau seat.

The disgraced former National MP announced that he won't be standing… Video, Audio

The ball is back in Rugby Australia's court as the wrangling over looming Bledisloe Cup matches reaches the most powerful people on either side of the Tasman.

After calling Australian Prime Minister… Audio

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

With the borders closed and the country's tourism tanking, it's tough times for most hotel providers.

But one Auckland outfit is hoping to buck the trend - opening today and offering the most… Video, Audio

National wants to put a smile on your face - promising free toothbrushes, toothpaste and supervised brushing for schools in high need areas.

But the $30 million programme has left dentists… Audio

The Labour Party is headlining its election season education policy with a promise to close the pay gap for early childhood teachers.

It has also reannounced its pledge to extend its free lunch… Audio

Health authorities are waiting on test results from those who were at the same Les Mills classes as a health worker, who had the virus.

The Ministry of Health has found up to 94 possible close… Audio

A South Island tourism operator says the way more than $40 million in tourism grants has been dished out is unfair, and his is among a group of business owners considering legal action. 

Fiordland… Video, Audio

With the World Health Organization recording a record one-day rise in the number of new coronavirus infections - 307,930 cases reported over 24 hours - New Zealand's Cabinet has decided alert levels… Audio

Audrey Tinline from the BBC's World Service gives an update on the fate of thousands of migrants after a fire destroys a huge refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos.  Audio

A group of yachting women from the United States and Canada, who are stuck at a marina in WhangÄrei because of Covid-19, are putting together a cook book, suited to life on the high seas. Audio

Trainee Doctor Emma Espiner recalls the work she and her colleagues undertook during the first Covid-19 lock down in March this year. Te Ahi Kaa features the final episode of the podcast  'Getting… Audio

Journalist Bill Birtles was bundled out of China this week after officers from China's Ministry of State Security appeared at his apartment in Beijing at midnight, declaring he were banned from… Audio

In his new book, The Origins of You: How Childhood Shapes Later Life, University of Otago professor Richie Poulton and his co-authors set out to determine to what extent our origins shape our later… Audio

How often throughout the pandemic have you seen a man with a surgical masked pulled down so that it hugs his chin? Several surveys have shown that men are less likely to wear a mask to curb Covid-19… Audio

When a prestigious publisher said New Zealand was the second-safest country in the whole Covid-stricken globe, it was no surprise that made headlines here - and it was touted as evidence that we’re on… Audio

Rachel Scott-Leflaive's permanent home is in the idyllic ski area of Chamonix, France, but following the devastating blast in Beirut last month she has been deployed to Lebanon where she is working… Audio