Covid

New Zealand Rugby top brass has ordered a please explain from several unions who let players travel out of Auckland to five other regions.

The players were given exemptions to head to their NPC teams… Audio

Vaccine passports that prove a person's Covid-19 immunisation status are expected to be available from December for New Zealanders who want to travel abroad.  Professor Kim Mulholland is a… Audio

Truck drivers and other essential workers crossing Auckland's boundary are preparing to get weekly nasal swabs, even though saliva testing is widely used for border workers.

On Friday, the new… Audio

More on that mystery case at Middlemore Hospital now.. which has sent several doctors and nurses into isolation - and exacerbated staffing shortages. Katie Todd has the latest. Audio

The head of an Auckland company with 10 truck drivers says Covid-19 compliance costs are killing small businesses, as a new rule requires essential workers crossing Auckland's border to be tested… Video, Audio

Alert level 2 looms for the whole country outside of Auckland on Tuesday night, but with extra rules in the face of Covid-19 Delta.

Gatherings will be limited to 50 people at indoor venues, and 100… Video, Audio

We all know the rule - you can get your fitness fix in lockdown, but only if you maintain a two metre buffer.

But with Auckland's footpaths seemingly busier than ever under Level Four, we wanted to… Video, Audio

It can be tough for adults to get their heads around horrific events like terror attacks, so how do we explain it to our kids? Child and Family Psychologist Linde-Marie Amersfoort offers some advice… Audio

Vaccinators are going from whare to whare with Pfizer shots in the Far North to make sure nobody misses out.

The region's population has been identified as one of the most vulnerable to Covid-19… Audio

An investigation is underway after a Covid-19 positive man escaped from an Auckland MIQ facility and travelled more than 12km.

There 49 new Delta cases in the community today, bringing the cluster… Audio

A man who had tested positive for Covid-19 has been arrested after escaping from a quarantine facility in Auckland.

He was last seen at the Ellerslie facility at one this morning, and police were… Video, Audio

UK correspondent Hugo Gye joins Kathryn to look at the questions the government faces over its commitments to Afghan civilians that worked with British soldiers during the 20-year war and whether it… Audio

The Covid-19 outbreak is putting New Zealand's intensive bed capacity under increased strain and there's growing concern about the consequences of a wider and more significant outbreak of Delta in the… Audio

Joe Biden says evacuations of US citizens and allies from Afghanistan will continue, despite the attack this week in Kabul that has killed 13 American soldiers and many others. Ron also reports on the… Audio

Covid-19 has seen Sydney investigative journalist and broadcaster Dr Norman Swan thrust into a role as arguably Australia's most well-known doctor and a trusted voice in the long pandemic. He joins us… Audio

At least 15,000 contacts and more than 400 locations of interest: as covid-19 cases rise, so too do the number of places where Aucklanders may have been exposed to it.

On the list: almost 30… Audio

Pacific community and health leaders say the government's vaccination campaign has not mobilised Pasifika to respond effectively to the Covid-19 rollout.

More than half of the current 148 cases in… Audio

A vaccinologist says that children under 12 could be vaccinated against Covid-19 as soon as the end of the year.

Vaccinologist Helen Petousis-Harris told Checkpoint the clinical trials are nearly… Video, Audio