Covid 19

The West Coast's mayors are calling on the government to relax the lockdown rules in their region to save jobs and businesses.

There are no active cases of Covid-19 in the West Coast DHB area and… Audio

The government is to give small businesses interest free loans to help them with the economic turmoil post-lockdown.

The Small Business Cashflow Loan Scheme will provide assistance of up to a… Audio

Waitematā DHB concedes it has had complaints about ill-fitting masks that are supposed to protect staff from Covid-19.

The DHB's launched an investigation into the use of PPE (personal protective… Video, Audio

A nurse at Waitematā DHB where three staff have contracted Covid-19 says "beggars belief" that personal protective equipment use failed.

But she says her DHB is ill-prepared and has shown… Audio

Otago University professor of Biochemistry, Kurt Krause, joins the discussion on the range of already existing drugs being tested for their effectiveness treating COVID-19. Audio

The wage subsidy scheme has reached its half way point, and nearly 1.6 million New Zealanders are being supported at a cost of $10 billion. The broad-stroke scheme supports businesses experiencing a… Audio

Parliament went into warp speed on Thursday to unanimously pass a tax relief bill for business owners.  Audio

New Zealand Rugby's top decision makers opened the books on the state of the country's biggest sport today.

The national body was expecting to make a substantial loss last year - but things turned… Audio

The Minister of Social Development is under growing pressure to do more to help migrant workers in desperate circumstances after losing their jobs due to Covid-19 lockdown and who are unable to access… Video, Audio

A flurry of complaints about people flouting the alert level three rules has seen the Prime Minister reminding us about the restrictions still in place.

The police have set up an online reporting… Audio

Animal welfare charities are expecting a flood of abandoned animals as the country loosens up lockdown restrictions.

Helping U Help Animals - also known as HUHA, was already at capacity across their… Video, Audio

A disgraced police officer who raped his female colleague as she slept has been jailed for six years.

Jamie Foster raped the woman at a Kerikeri motel they had been put up in while working during… Audio

Are community checkpoints legal or illegal? Volunteers have run community checkpoints throughout the lockdown, with professional traffic management help, pulling cars over and questioning motorists… Audio

Fiona Robinson was in a sleepy coastal village somewhere in Argentina when quite by chance she discovered late in the piece, the world was shutting down all around her.

After a breathtakingly… Video, Audio

A Hawke's Bay man has been sent to jail for stabbing a neighbour over a missing packet of tobacco.

Vaughan Davies was convicted of manslaughter for killing father of six Bruce Wirihana in Hastings… Audio

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

An iwi roadblock north of Whangārei remains in place under level three, with volunteers reporting huge increases in traffic.

As questions remain over the legality of such checkpoints, some drivers… Video, Audio

The Director General of Health has poured water on calls from infectious disease specialists for a vaccine to be manufactured here in New Zealand.

On Thursday the specialists aired their fears that… Audio

A migrant worker was forced to ask a budget centre for adult nappies because he was sleeping in his car after losing his job and home due to Covid-19. He does not qualify for a benefit because of his… Video, Audio