Ellie Jay

Yesterday Cabinet agreed to the use of vaccines certificates in New Zealand, and they'll probably take the form of a QR code. At the moment they are being planned for use at high risk settings like… Audio

October is Breast Cancer awareness month and one Breast cancer survivor, Helen King is launching a different kind of social media campaign. It's called 'This is Breast Cancer' and it features the… Audio

When Sarah Elsworth arrived in India at the end of February 2020 to do a dance residency, she had 2 weeks of 'normal life' before the first lock down. Sarah says that over the past 18 months she has… Audio

Aksel Bech, the acting mayor of the Waikato District spoke with Ellie Jay. Audio

Raglan, Te Kauwhata, Huntly, Nga-rua-wahia and Taupiri are now in Alert Level 3 after two cases were reported yesterday with no known links to the Auckland outbreak. The two new cases, who are known… Audio

The government has this morning announced a 44.9 million dollar funding package to prevent sexual violence. The four-year investment comes from the ACC budget and includes 11.7 million dollars for… Audio

The government has scrapped its plan to build a 785 million dollar cycling and pedestrian bridge over Auckland's Waitemata Harbour. A contentious proposal from its inception, it was the met with… Audio

We'll be heading round the country to give you an update on the covid-19 situation here in Aotearoa. But first, we'll head to North America where a Canadian citizen has been charged in the USA with… Audio

It's the last day of term but Aucklanders have been told they won't be able to head out of town for the holidays. Even if there is an alert levels shift next week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern… Audio

Sumeet Dev got married in India at the very start of the pandemic in March of 2020. He managed to get back to New Zealand on a repatriation flight soon after, but unfortunately his wife Shaina… Audio

Thousands of migrant workers stuck in visa limbo will soon have the chance to apply for fast-tracked residency. The government has confirmed it is setting up a one-off resident visa, that could see… Audio

Tens of thousands of people logged in for the latest round of what's increasingly being referred to as "the MIQ lottery" last night to try and secure one of the 3,800 managed isolation spots that… Audio

A lack of MIQ rooms and shortage of overseas flights has led to a surge in business for charter plane companies. Luke Hampshire from Australian-based Airly.com says with seats on commercial flights a… Audio

Last night at least 27-thousand people gathered in the virtual MIQ lobby in a desperate bid for one of 3800 vouchers to come home before Christmas. UK-based Kiwi Sarah-Jane Taylor-Seres was to visit… Audio

The Government has this morning announced it's making 37.5 million dollars available to protect jobs in the arts and culture sectors. People who work in these areas have been particularly hard hit by… Audio

The latest series of the podcast 'Eating Fried chicken in the shower' is released today, The podcast features comedian James Nokise and guests sitting in a shower, eating fried chicken and discussing… Audio

To Europe now, where Germany's centre-left Social Democrats have claimed a narrow victory in the federal election.. Ellie Jay spoke with our correspondent in Germany, Trent Murray. Audio

There were 18 new cases of Covid-19 in the community yesterday with two of them so far unable to be linked to previous cases. It continues a somewhat worrying trend of case numbers bouncing up and… Audio