Chris Hipkins

Mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations will now be required for large numbers of people working in the health and education sectors by the start of the year.

Health sector workers need to be fully… Video, Audio

This week's call that Auckland must linger longer in Level 3 - but with picnics and double bubbles - upset those who wanted more freedom, those who saw it as waving the white flag and those demanding… Audio

Northland will move to alert level 3 from midnight tonight, following recent information on the risk presented by the positive case initially tested in Whangārei, Covid-19 Minister Chris Hipkins has… Video, Audio

A Southland surgeon has been twice declined twice an emergency spot in MIQ, forcing his patients to either travel to other hospitals or delay surgery.

Dr Jim Faherty is the clinical director of the… Audio

A teacher backlash is building over government plans to reopen Auckland's classrooms after the school holidays.

Union leaders have told RNZ their Auckland members are astonished they could be back in… Audio

Covid-19 Minister Chris Hipkins told Checkpoint if there is additional risk seen outside existing level 3 boundaries in the next 24 hours - like Kāwhia and Cambridge where two new cases have appeared… Video, Audio

If you're hoping to attend a gig or a festival this summer - be prepared to get vaccinated.

The Government has announced a Covid-19  passport system to control who will get in the gates, and who will… Audio

Aucklanders have been given a peek at what the road back to level two looks like.

But it is a long road and the government is warning it may need to pull the handbrake on at any moment.

Covid-19… Video, Audio

The government is scouting locations for purpose-built MIQ facilities - but construction of a new facility would take longer than six months.

Covid-19 response minister Chris Hipkins says the… Audio

A Ministry of Health insider worries people will easily be able to get the new vaccine certificate without ever having got a shot.

The person told RNZ that the level of identity checking when people… Audio

New Covid-19 cases in the community jumped up to 45 yesterday, the highest daily figure since 2 September. All of the new cases are in Auckland.

Covid-19 response minister Chris Hipkins says that the… Audio

National Party leader Judith Collins says the country and the Government need to accept that the elimination strategy no longer works.

 She told Morning Report there have been 17 weeks of lockdowns… Audio

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins has not ruled out the possibility home isolation could be available for more than businesspeople before Christmas.

"I wouldn't rule that out, although I don't… Video, Audio

Parliament lost three weeks of debating time recently. Now the government is clawing back time to get things done, like bills on counter-terrorism, drinking water and a Matariki holiday. Audio

Home isolation is coming, but not quite yet and it is just for a select few. The Prime Minister floated the idea of a self isolation in pilot in August saying it would begin in October.

Today Jacinda… Video, Audio

Pacific communities in New Zealand have been told the only way Aotearoa can be sure it's Covid-19 free is if people get vaccinated. This comes ahead of vaccine rollouts in Tamaki Makaurau Auckland… Audio

On Wednesday morning, Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield acknowledged New Zealand could never return to absolutely zero Covid-19 cases.

On Wednesday authorities reported another 23 cases in… Audio

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says a first-stage proof of vaccination will be ready in weeks.

"The first stage is a manual process where you'll be able to download a certificate, and that… Video, Audio