Covid 19

Australia has pipped NZ to the post for hosting rights to rugby's first big international tournamnent since the Covid-19 pandemic.

November's Rugby Championship involving Australia, New Zealand… Video, Audio

On this day six months ago, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus officially declared Covid-19 a pandemic.  Audio

The WHO announced just six months ago today that the coronavirus, which originated in South East Asia, is a global pandemic. Dr Siouxsie Wiles talks to Jesse about what's been happening since that… Audio

In Auckland, there have been concerns that some communities have not been properly tested following Covid level restrictions, and spreading false information online.

The Health Minister, Chris… Audio

A student at Henderson North School in Auckland has tested positive for COVID-19.

Principal Irene Ogden says the student is a sibling of a student at nearby St Dominic's who previously tested… Audio

Pacific health leaders in New Zealand warn workers on the frontlines of the Covid-19 crisis are experiencing burnout and fatigue, and it's not only physically. Audio

Fruit and vegetable growers say visa extensions for temporary workers provide little to help the looming shortage of workers needed to pick crops come harvest time.

The government is allowing… Audio

Young people stuck in New Zealand due to travel restrictions are now able to enrol in school as temporary domestic students until the end of the year.

It's likely to affect about 1,300 students, some… Audio

A dying Australian man is being denied the chance to farewell his four young children as Queensland authorities enact a hardline approach to covid border security.

Mark Keans has terminal cancer and… Video, Audio

The family of a terminally-ill Brisbane man is fighting for permission to bring his four children over the state border to see him one last time, after initially being told only one of his kids would… Video, Audio

Fake news, misinformation and conspiracy theories are putting New Zealand's Covid-19 response at risk and could block the path to alert level 1.

That was the strong message from the Health Minister… Video, Audio

Churches with links to the US are being blamed for spreading lies about Covid-19, with Auckland community leaders saying they're struggling to stem this flow of misinformation.

A sociologist also… Audio

There are six new cases of Covid-19 today, all linked to the Mt Roskill Evangelical Fellowship Church group. Audio

Jesse speaks to Manukau Councillor Efeso Collins about the Covid-19 sub-cluster in Mt Roskill.  Audio

There's been mixed reactions among the West Auckland community to the news of this latest positive case of Covid-19.

RNZ's Chen Liu spoke to Māni Dunlop from the suburb of Henderson. Audio

The Health minister, Chris Hipkins, has raised concerns that people associated with the Mt Roskill church cluster in Auckland have not all been fully dislosing their movements and close contacts to… Audio

Science commentator Malvindar Singh-Bains joins Kathryn to look at the number of Covid patients that have experienced neurological issues, and how that could grow as the pandemic progresses… Audio

Australia correspondent Chris Niesche joins Kathryn to look at Facebook and Google's aggressive campaigns against the government's plan to force them to pay for news content - could it change the way… Audio

US correspondent Susan Davis looks at the reaction to the President's comment disparaging US war dead, Kamala Harris steps up her role on the campaign trail and attacks the president on race and… Audio