Covid 19

Fear and facts have a very rocky relationship. Right now fear about Covid 19 is making us feel powerless to assess the risk of doing something as simple as going to the supermarket according to David… Audio

There could be up to 20,000 British nationals in New Zealand who want to get home, the British High Commission says. Audio

We’re all adapting our lives today as we head into the lockdown from midnight tonight. But what if you’re pregnant? Jacqui Anderson is the acting Chief Executive of the College of Midwives.

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Sarah Stuart-Black, Director of Civil Defence Emergency Management, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health, Peter Elms, Immigration NZ national manager and Paul Stocks, Deputy Chief… Audio

As an essential service, New Zealand's truck drivers will be on the roads throughout the four week lockdown.

The chief executive of Road Transport Forum New Zealand, Nick Leggett, speaks to Māni… Audio

While the country is in lockdown and New Zealanders are in isolation, everyone will still be able to access essential services.

Supermarkets and pharmacies will remain open, but what else counts as… Audio

New Zealand will be put into a State of Emergency within the next few hours, when Parliament resumes briefly this afternoon.

Parliament will then close down, ahead of the country-wide lockdown which… Audio

Dr Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn again to talk about Covid-19 and answer listeners questions. Audio

Parenting expert Karen Boyes joins Kathryn to share some tips to help parents cope with having their kids home for the next four weeks. Her top one? You are not expected to be the Teacher. You are the… Audio

Being isolated in our homes is something most of us are going to have to get used for the next four weeks or longer.

Some people have a head start, having arrived in New Zealand after the Government… Audio

The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympics Games are being postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The delay, the first ever in peacetime. was agreed between the Japanese Prime Minister and the head of… Audio

Two German tourists in New Zealand are relieved they will be able to head home, after the German government announced it will evacuate nearly 80,000 of its citizens stranded abroad.

Susi Vormwald and… Audio

Business NZ says the government's financial scheme will lift the weight off the shoulders of many small businesses.

A six-month mortgage holiday and helping banks make credit available are just some… Audio

New Zealand is going into lockdown tonight to flatten the curve of Covid-19 transmission.

At the moment New Zealand has 155 cases and probable of the new coronavirus, and 12 people have recovered.

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The Covid-19 contact tracing system is coming under increased pressure and scrutiny.

The Health Ministry says tracing is vital but admits its new national tracing centre is locked into using only its… Audio

The country will be in lockdown from midnight for at least the next four weeks.

Councils will still be providing essential services.

Lianne Dalziel is the mayor of Christchurch, Phil Goff is the… Audio

As New Zealand prepares for Level Four, we break down the latest news and give a Q+A on how the new rules will work Audio

Two-thirds of New Zealand's Covid-19 cases so far are in older people but the patterns are still too "idiosyncratic" to draw any strong predictions from, a researcher modelling the virus says.

New… Audio

Around 800,000 children are about to learn that there's no escape from school work - even during a global pandemic and national lockdown.

They've been ordered home for nearly five weeks and today… Audio