Covid 19

The Reserve Bank is considering removing restrictions on bank loan-to-value ratios - which require most new borrowers to have a sizeable deposit.

Economist Cameron Bagrie says there will be buyers… Audio

The Police have now charged nearly 4000 people with breaching lockdown restrictions, many in last weekend just before the Prime Minister announced the country will move next week to Alert Level 3.

To… Audio

After four weeks in lockdown, food banks around the country are seeing a dramatic rise in the number of people needing help to put food on their tables.

Demand for food parcels has jumped nine-fold… Audio

Government ministers arrived all but empty-handed when they fronted the country's online equivalent of Question Time yesterday.

Small Business Minister Stuart Nash, Employment Minister Willie Jackson… Audio

Food banks around the country say they have been operating at levels similar to Christmas during the four weeks of lockdown.

Auckland City Missioner, Chris Farrelly says more and more people - some… Audio

New Zealand's largest courier company expects parcel volume to remain about 30 percent lower than usual when the country moves into Alert Level 3 next week.

That's despite a surge in demand from… Audio

Businesses wanting to re-open next week when the country moves out of lockdown are trying to figure out what contact tracing they need to do.

The Government has said collecting information about… Audio

A Northland MP has called for police to close down "illegal" Tai Tokerau Border Control checkpoints in Kaikohe - however Te Punaha Matatini's Andrew Sporle says Maori and Pacific populations could be… Audio

The Goverment's goal for Covid 19 is elimination and to that end contact tracing is crucial. Associate Professor Dr Arindam Basu from the University of Canterbury looks at whether or not we have the… Audio

We're not going back to business as usual, and that's a good thing says Jamie Metzl.  Audio

Iwi leaders say they are pleased with the decision to hold off on lifting the level four restrictions until next week.

The Iwi Chairs Pandemic Response group has backed the move and so have a number… Audio

All retailers will be able to operate online during alert Level Three, but there has been some disappointment in the sector, with many businesses saying they could open safely if allowed.

The New… Audio

Under alert level three, online shopping will be open for all - not just essential - businesses. Click and collect will be permitted as long as it's done safely. But bricks and mortar shops will have… Audio

The decision has been made to extend the national lockdown at alert level 4 until midnight next Monday. In the meantime work continues at pace to prepare for what comes next. That means maintaining… Audio

We finally have a date to move down for the level four lockdown, plus we hear an interview with the author of a report into the governments Covid-19 tracing system.  Audio

Tim Watkin has written a very intesting piece on the Pundit website. Audio

The chief executive of Hospitality New Zealand, Julie White, talks to The Panel about what today's alert level announcement means for them. Audio

Auckland Secondary School Principals Association president, Richard Dykes, talks to the panel about today's alert level announcement means for schools. Audio