Covid 19
Reported Covid-19 cases top 8000 today for first time in country's third wave
Daily Covid-19 numbers are the highest they have been for four and a half months, at 8428.
Covid-19 vs the flu: Death rates compared
Covid-19 is killing three times as many New Zealanders as influenza does in a typical year.
Covid-19: Data reveals virus has killed more than flu
You may have heard friends or family compare Covid-19 to getting the flu, it's likely to lay you low for a few days and then life goes on, but is that really the case?
Data journalist Farah Hancock… Audio
The Panel with Stephen Jacobi and Cas Carter (Part 1)
Today on The Panel Wallace and panellists Stephen Jacobi and Cas Carter discuss the Chief Ombudsman's investigation into the Managed Isolation Allocation System, National's newest MP Tama Potaka… Audio
MBIE acted 'unreasonably' over managed isolation allocation system - Chief Ombudsman
The Chief Ombudsman has found the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) acted unreasonably over the managed isolation allocation system.
Covid-19 update: 40,098 new cases, 514 hospitalised
There have been 40,098 new cases of Covid-19 and 35 deaths of people with the virus over the past week, the Ministry of Health says.
National party calls for apology over MIQ treatment
The Chief Ombudsman heard countless heartbreaking stories in his review of the managed isolation and quarantine system.
The Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment points out that system… Audio
Chief Ombudsman finds heartbreak in MIQ scheme
Stories of heartbreak dominated the Chief Ombudsman's review into the Managed Isolation and Quarantine or MIQ system.
The Chief Ombudsman says the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's… Audio
Immunologist worried about Covid case spike for summer
A leading immunologist is concerned that a lack of reliable data means we could be heading into the Christmas period with far more Covid infections than we're aware of. University of Auckland senior… Audio
'Hundreds of thousands are infected' - China's grim new Covid reality
Beijing's Covid-19 gloom deepened today as an expert warned of many thousands of new coronavirus cases as anger over China's previous Covid policies gave way to worry about coping with infection.
The Week in Detail: In Nelson, Christchurch and Franz Josef
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
The Week in Detail: In Nelson, Christchurch and Franz Josef
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
AudioCovid-19 antiviral medications: What you need to know
More New Zealanders are getting free medicine that may help prevent serious sickness from Covid-19 but it is not available, or right, for everyone.
Blood donor case: Baby's surgery takes place at Starship
The baby whose parents did not want him to receive blood from people who may have had the Covid-19 vaccine has undergone urgent heart surgery today.
Reported daily Covid-19 cases top 7000 for first time since July
Daily Covid-19 cases have topped 7000 for the first time since July as the current wave keeps growing.
Stats NZ confirms drop in household climate emissions during 2020 Covid lockdown
New data confirms the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions in 2020 caused a drop in household climate emissions.
Xi's face-saving exit from his signature zero-Covid policy
Analysis - If you want to know what the government's Covid plan is in China, look at what it does rather than what it says.
Covid-19 inquiry must look at response to specific communities, Pasifika health leader says
A Pasifika health leader hopes the Royal Commission into the Covid-19 pandemic will look into the equity of the response and resource allocation. Audio
High Court hearing underway after parents refuse vaccinated donor blood for baby
A hearing is underway at the High Court in Auckland into a dispute over a seriously ill baby whose parents do not want him to have surgery unless doctors use blood from unvaccinated donors.
National welcomes Royal Commission of Inquiry into Covid
A Royal Commission of Inquiry -- the highest-level inquiry available to the government -- will examine how New Zealand responded during to the Covid-19 pandemic. It will be chaired by Australian-based… Audio
