Covid 19

The New South Wales premier has signalled she may lockdown towns on the Victorian border if people don't follow the strict border closure rules that came in last night. And at midnight tonight - the… Audio

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

Small businesses in the tourist town of Waitomo are crying foul over big government handouts being passed on to larger operators - while they struggle to survive. Discover Waitomo, one of the town's… Video, Audio

The Minister in charge of Managed Isolation & Quarantine, Megan Woods, speaks to us about the 32-year-old man who did a runner last night from managed isolation. Video, Audio

New Zealand woman Steph Stump says she's been left with no option but to take her two young children with her to Europe to collect her husband, as he's been denied an exemption to the border closure… Audio

A Marshallese doctor, who is a professor at the University of Arkansas Medical School, has been working with the local Marshallese community to help it counter the impact of Covid-19. Audio

A freeze on Air New Zealand flights coming back into the country is expected to affect thousands of kiwis trying to get home over the coming weeks. The airline and the Government have agreed to put… Audio

National's Clutha-Southland MP Hamish Walker has confirmed he leaked the personal details of Covid-19 patients to the media. Former National Party president and acting CEO of the Auckland Rescue… Video, Audio

The Southern DHB is pushing for Dunedin and Invercargill to be used for managed isolation ahead of Queenstown, due to concerns about its lack of medical facilities. The DHB has been meeting today to… Audio

Locals and their leaders in Victoria and New South Wales border towns say they're still in the dark as to how they'll live their lives under the strict border closures coming into force at midnight… Audio

Air New Zealand hasn't ruled out the possibility of extending a three week freeze on bookings for passengers wanting to come home to New Zealand, so the government can cope with increasing demand on… Audio

The International Labour Organisation estimates that more than 100,000 workers in Fiji have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Audio

A high powered investigation is to begin into the breach of privacy for 18 people who have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last week.  Audio

Age Concern Wellington is worried that some elderly people are becoming isolated post-lockdown, with many still concerned about leaving their homes.

More than 170,000 people over the age of 65 live… Video, Audio

Residents at Auckland's Stamford Plaza Hotel are livid they were not consulted for a second time that people returning from overseas would be in managed isolation there.

Last month the government… Audio

People with exemption visas to travel to New Zealand have been prevented from boarding a Malaysia Airlines flight from Cambodia, after the airline refused to accept their paperwork.

A New Zealander… Audio

There are major concerns for the mental health of the residents of nine Melbourne tower blocks that have been locked down amid fears Covid-19 could spread out of control in the high-rises.

There are… Video, Audio

The Government has launched an independent inquiry into who leaked the private details of people who have tested positive for Covid-19.

Queen's Counsel Michael Heron has been appointed to lead the… Audio

Will a surge in Covid cases in Victoria affect the timeframe for a trans-tasman bubble?

Here was Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's response at her post Cabinet press conference this afternoon. Video, Audio